Head of
The Department of Geophysics and Mechanics of Continuum,
Warsaw University, Poland

Al. Zwirki i Wigury 93;
02-089 Warszawa PL
Tel: (+48-22) 55 405 07; fax: (+48-22) 55 40 001
e-mail: s.j.matysiak@uw.edu.pl

Education:

Employment information:

Scholarships:

12- month - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1981-82

3- month - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1984

1- month - Moscow University, 1976, 1989

2-week - University of Rostock, 1992

1- month - University of Metz, 1992

1-week - University of Lviv, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002

Memberships :

American Mathematical Society

Polish Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

International Association of Engineering Geology

Membership of editorial board :

regional editor of International Journal of Fracture, Kluwer Academic Publishers

regional editor of International Journal of Fracture, Kluwer Academic Publishers

Research fields of investigations :

elasticity, thermoelasticity, fracture mechanics, contact problems, crack problems, mechanics of composite materials, diffusion problems,

List of scientific achievements, all published papers (03/2008) (pdf file)

Some published papers:

Wave fronts in nonhomogeneous three-dimensional elastodynamics,
      Solid Mechanics Archiv, 9, (1984), pp. 451- 471

Thermal stresses in a periodic two-layered composite weakened by an interface crack,
      Acta Mechanica, 78, (1989), pp. 95-108

On the homogenized model of periodic stratified fluid - saturated porous solids,
      Intern. J. Engng Sci., 6, 30, (1992), pp. 729 - 737

Analysis of stress intensity factors in crack problems of periodic two-layered elastic composites,
      Acta Mechanica, 110, (1995), pp. 95-110

On homogenization of diffusion processes in microperiodic stratified bodies,
      Intern. Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, (1999),.26,4 539-547

Frictional contact of laminated elastic half-space allowing interface cavities. Part 1: Analytical treatment.
      Part 2: Numerical results, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics,
       (2001), 25, 1077 - 1099

Contact temperature and wear of composite elements during braking,
      Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer,(2002) [współautorzy A. Jewtushenko, E. Ivanyk], Vol. 45,1,
      pp. 193-199, (Elsevier, USA)

On some problems of diffusion in an isotropic half-space,
      Intern. Communications in heat and Mass Transfer, (2003)30, 5, pp. 625-632,
      [współautor R. Mieszkowski], (Elsevier, USA)

On the three dimensional problem of an interface crackunder uniform heat flow in a bimaterial periodically layered space,
      Int. Journal of Fracture, 123, pp. 127-138, [współautor A. Kaczyński] (Kluwer, USA)

Effect of laser radiation upon heat and mass transfer in two-component elastic semitransparent layer,
      Int. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 47, pp. 977-985, [współautorzy: T. Kurnickij, A. Gaczkiewicz] (Elsevier, USA)

A Griffith interface crack in a micro-periodic reinforced elastic composite,
      European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids, (2005), 24, pp. 59-67, [coauthor A. Kaczyński], (Elsevier, France).

On Approximate solutions of temperature and thermal stresses in an elastic semi-space due to laser heating,
      Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, (2005), 47, pp. 899-915, [coauthor A. Jewtushenko], (Taylor  Francis, USA).

Awards:

Ministry of Education (1990),

Polish Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (1976),

Rector of the Warsaw University (multiple).

Teachers:

Prof. Witold Nowacki, Prof. Zbigniew Olesiak, Prof. Czesław Woźniak

Hobby:

play of accordion, work in garden