http://en.wbia.pollub.pl/en/o-wydziale/struktura-wydzialu/department-of-solid-mechanics Tomasz Sadowski received his PhD from the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research (Polish Academy of Sciences) in 1985. He worked as a Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago (USA), Technical University of Munich (Germany), Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany), Martin-Luther University Halle-Saale (Germany), University of Wales Swansea (UK), Polytechnic Marche Ancona (Italy), and others. In 2005, he received within the 5th Framework Program of the European Union, an Individual Marie Curie Fellowship for Transfer of Knowledge to University of Wales. He has published 253 papers (Scopus) and was organizer or co-organizer of many international conferences and scientific courses at the Centre for Mechanical Sciences in Udine (Italy). In 2016, he received a Doctor Honoris Causa from the Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania. He co-ordinated four European Union projects within 5FP, 6FP, and 7FP. Dr. Sadowski's current research activities include the continuum damage mechanics of materials and structures; modeling of ceramic polycrystalline materials; modelling of composites: ceramic and polymer matrix, polymer foams, wood, and plywood; fracture mechanics of materials under mechanical loading and thermal shock; plates with damage and sandwich structures; and experimental testing of materials and structures under static, cyclic, thermal, and impact loading.