Technology (IACSIT); Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National
Academies; Committee on Subsurface Soil-Structure Interaction (AFS40). He was
the scholarship holders of the Foundation of Polish Science for the young prominent scientists; scientific scholarship for outstanding young scientists awarded by
the Ministry of Science and Higher Education; 2011 Outstanding Reviewer for the
Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE); and the European Social Found for Ph.D.
Research interests: analysis of soil-steel bridge, durability of engineering structures,
field load tests of structures, non-destructive evaluation of structures, environmental
protection in transportation engineering.
Zbigniew Perkowski, Ph.D., D.Sc. Associate Professor. E-mail: z.perkowski@po.
edu.pl. He has been working since 1999 at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Architecture of Opole University of Technology (Poland) where he is currently the
Head of the Mechanics of Materials Team in the Materials Physics Department and
the Faculty Editor. He is an author or co-author of three books, and over 60
publications including proceedings of the domestic and international conferences as
well as articles in the peer-reviewed scientific journals including: International
Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Journal of Building Physics, Engineering
Structures, Materials. He was a member of scientific boards of two international
conferences and belongs to two sections of the Committee of Civil Engineering and
Hydroengineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences—Section of Building Physics
and Section of Mechanics of Structures and Materials. He is a Chairman of the
Commission of Civil Engineering at Katowice Branch of Polish Academy of
Sciences in the terms of office 2015–2018 and 2019–2022. In 2013, he received the
Professor W. Żenczykowski’s Award of Polish Association of Civil Engineers and
Technicians (PACET) for the achievements in research in the field of civil engineering concerning damage mechanics. The most important research interests:
damage mechanics, mechanics of concrete, composite structures, building physics,
and ultrasonic testing of concrete structures.
Adam Rak, Ph.D., D.Sc., Associate Professor. E-mail: a.rak@po.opole.pl. He is
the Head of Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Processes at the
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Opole University of Technology
(Poland). Research activities focus on conducting researches on the application of
modern mathematical methods in the modelling of technological processes in
environmental engineering and construction, construction of numerical models to
optimize the procedures of supervision and control of investment processes, analysis of the issues of engineering and environmental protection in construction,
environmental conditions of preparation and the implementation of investment and
the problems of processes that shape the quality of surface and underground waters.
Author or co-author of more than 100 studies, concepts, designs and expertise in the
field of water and sewage management, agricultural waste management and environmental impact assessment. The current scientific achievements include 185
publications and studies. Forty-four of these works have been published, including
two books, editing of four multi-authorial monographs, 31 original works. Some
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About the Editors
Academies; Committee on Subsurface Soil-Structure Interaction (AFS40). He was
the scholarship holders of the Foundation of Polish Science for the young prominent scientists; scientific scholarship for outstanding young scientists awarded by
the Ministry of Science and Higher Education; 2011 Outstanding Reviewer for the
Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE); and the European Social Found for Ph.D.
Research interests: analysis of soil-steel bridge, durability of engineering structures,
field load tests of structures, non-destructive evaluation of structures, environmental
protection in transportation engineering.
Zbigniew Perkowski, Ph.D., D.Sc. Associate Professor. E-mail: z.perkowski@po.
edu.pl. He has been working since 1999 at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Architecture of Opole University of Technology (Poland) where he is currently the
Head of the Mechanics of Materials Team in the Materials Physics Department and
the Faculty Editor. He is an author or co-author of three books, and over 60
publications including proceedings of the domestic and international conferences as
well as articles in the peer-reviewed scientific journals including: International
Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Journal of Building Physics, Engineering
Structures, Materials. He was a member of scientific boards of two international
conferences and belongs to two sections of the Committee of Civil Engineering and
Hydroengineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences—Section of Building Physics
and Section of Mechanics of Structures and Materials. He is a Chairman of the
Commission of Civil Engineering at Katowice Branch of Polish Academy of
Sciences in the terms of office 2015–2018 and 2019–2022. In 2013, he received the
Professor W. Żenczykowski’s Award of Polish Association of Civil Engineers and
Technicians (PACET) for the achievements in research in the field of civil engineering concerning damage mechanics. The most important research interests:
damage mechanics, mechanics of concrete, composite structures, building physics,
and ultrasonic testing of concrete structures.
Adam Rak, Ph.D., D.Sc., Associate Professor. E-mail: a.rak@po.opole.pl. He is
the Head of Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Processes at the
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Opole University of Technology
(Poland). Research activities focus on conducting researches on the application of
modern mathematical methods in the modelling of technological processes in
environmental engineering and construction, construction of numerical models to
optimize the procedures of supervision and control of investment processes, analysis of the issues of engineering and environmental protection in construction,
environmental conditions of preparation and the implementation of investment and
the problems of processes that shape the quality of surface and underground waters.
Author or co-author of more than 100 studies, concepts, designs and expertise in the
field of water and sewage management, agricultural waste management and environmental impact assessment. The current scientific achievements include 185
publications and studies. Forty-four of these works have been published, including
two books, editing of four multi-authorial monographs, 31 original works. Some
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About the Editors