Emilia T. Skupień, Ph.D., Eng., is an Assistant Professor at Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. She holds a Ph.D. in Technical Sciences in the discipline of Machine Construction and Operation, specializing in inland waterway vessels. Her research focuses on transport systems, inland waterway transport, digitalisation, data-driven transport analysis, maturity models, transport safety and sustainable mobility. Her notable academic works address maturity assessment of transport systems, digital maturity in inland waterway transport, and safety assessment in public transport. She has participated in national and European research projects on inland waterway transport, transport system reliability and sustainable mobility. She is a member of the Polish Society for Safety and Reliability and the Polish Scientific and Technical Society of Exploitation. Her Ph.D. thesis was awarded with distinction, and she received the Rector’s Award of Wrocław University of Science and Technology in 2018. In 2025, she was ranked among the top 10% of researchers at the WUST Faculty of Mechanical Engineering for scientific publication activity.