Prof. Ireneusz Kreja

Ireneusz Kreja, professor at Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT), Poland. Master of Sciences in Civil Engineering after studies at GUT (1974-1979). Since 1979 became an employee of the GUT. In 1989 earned a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering (with grade "Summa cum Laude") from the GUT. In 2008 obtained a D. Sc. (Habilitation) degree in Civil Engineering (with grade "Summa cum Laude") from the GUT. Since 2011 employed as a professor of the GUT. Major research interests include computational structural analysis, nonlinear analysis of plates and shells, heat transfer analysis with phase-change problems, continuum damage mechanics, vehicle crash-test computer simulation, thin-walled structures, and multilayered composite structures. Got some experience while working (over 3 years in total) as a visiting scientist at foreign universities: Concordia University in Montreal, Canada; University of Windsor, Canada; Wuppertal University, Germany; Florida State University in Tallahassee, USA; RWTH Aachen, Germany.