The current scientific and research profile of my activity covers the following problem areas, largely constituting a continuation of interests from the previous period of work: 1. research aimed at determination of strength characteristics of casting alloys in uniaxial and complex states of stress in case of permanent and cyclic variable loads and methods of fracture mechanics, and their use for numerical modeling of deformations and stresses in the casts resulting in their permanent deformation or low-cycle fatigue, 2. manufacturing technology and strength of skeleton (cellular) casts intended for impact absorbing elements. 3. Issues related to determining the impact of casting defects on the strength and fatigue life of cast construction. 4. The use of additive manufacturing methods AM, and especially the SLM method for manufacturing parts of die casting mold tooling 5. Research and modeling of changes in current density, temperature, stresses and displacements during the graphitization proces and graphite electrodes