{"id":17101,"date":"2022-06-08T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T08:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wm.pb.edu.pl\/?page_id=17101"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:34:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:34:01","slug":"department-of-machine-design-and-exploitation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wm.pb.edu.pl\/en\/faculty\/institutes-and-departments\/department-of-machine-design-and-exploitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Machine Design and Exploitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"h3\">Head of the Department \u2013 Assoc. Prof. Dariusz Szpica, DSc, PhD, Eng<\/div>\n<p><i class=\"fal fa-envelope\"><\/i> <a href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow\"  onclick=\"this.href='mailto:' + ' d.szpica' + '@' + 'pb.edu.pl'\"> d.szpica [at] pb.edu.pl<\/a>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Department of Machine Design and Exploitation <\/strong>was established in 2005 as a result of combination of: Department of Fundamentals of Machine Design and the Department of Motor Vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, 14 people works at the Department: 6 associate professors, 6 assistant professors and 2 technical employees<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Scientific and research topics of the <\/strong><strong>Department of Machine Design and Exploitation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Agricultural vehicles pneumatic braking systems experimental research and modeling<\/li>\n<li>Vehicles braking systems empirical and theoretical tests<\/li>\n<li>Alternative energy sources<\/li>\n<li>Internal combustion engines classic and alternative supply systems<\/li>\n<li>Technological processes and construction nodes friction issues<\/li>\n<li>Heterogeneous materials and welded connections fatigue and fracture strength<\/li>\n<li>Research on tribological, thermal and mechanical properties of composite materials (traditional and hybrid)<\/li>\n<li>Piezoelectric transducers analytical modeling<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"h2\">Scientific and didactic employees<\/div>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\">\n<table class=\"table table-striped table borderless\" style=\"width: 88.7241%;height: 494px\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"height: 38px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.514%;height: 38px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Name and surname<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.31776%;height: 38px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Room<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.6822%;height: 38px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Phone<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34.3925%;height: 38px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Email<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 38px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.514%;height: 38px\" width=\"339\">Assoc. Prof. Dariusz Szpica, DSc, PhD, Eng<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.31776%;height: 38px\" width=\"105\"><strong>M-205<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.6822%;height: 38px\" width=\"138\"><strong>571-443-076<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34.3925%;height: 38px\" width=\"198\"><strong>d.szpica[at]pb.edu.pl<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 38px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.514%;height: 38px\" width=\"339\">Assoc. Prof. Kami\u0144ski&nbsp; Zbigniew, DSc, Phd, Eng<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.31776%;height: 38px\" width=\"105\">M-207<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.6822%;height: 38px\" width=\"138\">571-443-071<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34.3925%;height: 38px\" width=\"198\">z.kaminski[at]pb.edu.pl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 38px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.514%;height: 38px\" width=\"339\">Assoc. Prof. Szusta Jaros\u0142aw, DSc, Phd, Eng<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.31776%;height: 38px\" width=\"105\">M-213<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.6822%;height: 38px\" width=\"138\">571-443-037<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34.3925%;height: 38px\" width=\"198\">j.szusta[at]pb.edu.pl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 38px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.514%;height: 38px\" width=\"339\">Borawski Andrzej, DSc, Phd, Eng.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.31776%;height: 38px\" width=\"105\">M-203<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.6822%;height: 38px\" width=\"138\">571-443-067<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34.3925%;height: 38px\" width=\"198\">a.borawski[at]pb.edu.pl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 38px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.514%;height: 38px\" width=\"339\">Czaban&nbsp; Jaros\u0142aw, Phd, Eng<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.31776%;height: 38px\" width=\"105\">M-209<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.6822%;height: 38px\" width=\"138\">571-443-068<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34.3925%;height: 38px\" width=\"198\">j.czaban[at]pb.edu.pl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 38px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.514%;height: 38px\" width=\"339\">\u0141ukaszewicz Andrzej, Phd, Eng<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.31776%;height: 38px\" width=\"105\">M-211<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.6822%;height: 38px\" width=\"138\">571-443-115<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34.3925%;height: 38px\" width=\"198\">a.lukaszewicz[at]pb.edu.pl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 38px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.514%;height: 38px\" width=\"339\">Assoc. Prof. Mieczkowski Grzegorz, DSc, Phd, Eng<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.31776%;height: 38px\" width=\"105\">M-217<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.6822%;height: 38px\" width=\"138\">571-443-073<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34.3925%;height: 38px\" width=\"198\">g.mieczkowski[at]pb.edu.pl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 38px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.514%;height: 38px\" width=\"339\">Tarasiuk Piotr, Phd, Eng<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.31776%;height: 38px\" width=\"105\">M-211<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.6822%;height: 38px\" width=\"138\">571-443-077<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34.3925%;height: 38px\" width=\"198\">p.tarasiuk[at]pb.edu.pl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"h2\">Engineering And Technical Staff<\/div>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\">\n<table class=\"table table-striped table borderless\" style=\"width: 1077px\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 492px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Name and surname<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 90px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Room<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Phone<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 370px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Email<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 492px\" width=\"339\">Laskowski Daniel, MA, Eng<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 90px\" width=\"105\">M-511<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px\" width=\"138\">797-995-907<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 370px\" width=\"198\">d.laskowski[at]pb.edu.pl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 492px\" width=\"339\">Ostrowski Bartosz, MA, Eng<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 90px\" width=\"105\">M-511<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px\" width=\"138\">797-995-908<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 370px\" width=\"198\">b.ostrowski[at]pb.edu.pl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head of the Department \u2013 Assoc. 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