career

POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 

since 09.2020

VICE-RECTOR for RESEARCH of the PUT

since 09.2016

MEMBER of Library Council of PUT

since 04.2016

HEAD of Division of Computer Aided Design

01.2020-08.2020

VICE DEAN for RESEARCH AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT of the Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering PUT

03.2017-08.2020

DIRECTOR of Doctoral Studies at Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering PUT/Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering PUT

09.2016-12.2019

DEPUTY DIRECTOR for RESEARCH of the Institute of Structural Engineering PUT

01.2021-currently

FULL Professor

10.2019-01.2021

Professor PUT

07.2016-10.2019

Professor PUT

12.2014-07.2016

Associate Professor in Institute of Structural Engineering, PUT

03.2010-12.2014

Assistant Professor in Institute of Structural Engineering, PUT

10.2006-03.2010

Research Assistant in Institute of Structural Engineering, PUT

10.2004-10.2006

PHD Student in Division of Computer Aided Design, PUT

MEMBERSHIP 

2024-2028

Member of the Board of NanoBioMedical Centre AMU

since 2023 

Member - Academy of Engineering in Poland

2023-2026

MEMBER of the Scientific Committee for Mechanics and Structural Engineering, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Branch in Poznan

2022-2026

CHAIRMAN of the Board Łukasiewicz Research Network - Poznań Institute of Technology

2022-2024

Member of the Board of the Poznań Foundation of Scientific Libraries

2020-2026

MEMBER of Committee on Mechanics, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

2020-2024

Member of the Science Committee - Conference of Rectors of Polish Technical Universities (KRPUT)

2019-2022

CHAIRMAN of the Scientific Committee for Mechanics and Structural Engineering, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Branch in Poznan

since 2018 

Member - EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society

since 2018 

Member - The International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM)

2015-2018

CHAIRMAN of the Scientific Committee for Mechanics and Structural Engineering, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Branch in Poznan

2020-2027

Member - Section of Computational Methods, Committee on Mechanics, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

2020-2027

Member - Section of Mechanics of Materials, Committee on Mechanics, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

2016-2020

Member - Section of Computational Methods and Optimization, Committee on Mechanics, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

2011-2027

Member - Section of Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Committee on Civil Engineering and Hydroengineering, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

since 2017

Polish Association of Civil Technicians and Engineers

since 2016

International Association of Protective Structures

since 12.11.2007

Polish Association for Computational Mechanics

(2022-   ) President of PACM 

since 15.10.2007

Polish Association for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (PATAM)

(2015-2017) Vice Chairman of the PATAM department in Poznań, Poland

(2013-2015) member of the Board PATAM department in Poznań, Poland

01.03.2004 - 17.05.2006

CHAIRMAN of Student's Scientific Group "StuKNauk"

2005-2013

Secretary of the Editorial committee of Foundations of Civil and Environmental Engineering

since 2014

Editorial Board Member of Engineering Transactions

since 2017

Editorial Board Member of Frontiers of Mechatronical Engineering (EnPress)

since 2019

Editorial Board Member of Fractal and Fractional

since 2020

Editorial Board Member of Solids

since 2022

Editorial Board Member of Frontiers in Materials

since 2022

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Thermal Stresses

since 2025

Associate Editor of Archive of Applied Mechanics

CONFERENCES 

Member of the Scientific Committee - 44th Solid Mechanics Conference SolMech 2026,  7-10 September 2026, Krakow, Poland

Chair of the Scientific Committee - The 25th Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics, July 8-11, Łódź, Poland

Member of the Scientific Committee - The 17th World Congress on Computational Mechanics and the 10th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Munich, Germany, on 19-24 July 2026

Member of the Scientific Committee - 31st Conference Vibrations in Physical and Technical Systems, October 16-18 2024, Poznań, Poland

Member of the Scientific Committee - 43rd Solid Mechanics Conference SolMech 2024 and Organiser of thematic session "Advanced continuum theories" with Ł. Madej AGH, G.Voyiadjis LSU, Y.Sun HU 

Member of the Scientific Committee of 16th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM2024) and 4th Pan American Congress on Computational Mechanics (PANACM2024), July 21 – July 26, 2024 in Vancouver, BC, Canada

Member of the Scientific Committee of The 5th Polish Congress of Mechanics and The 25rd International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics, 4-7 September, Gliwice, Poland, 2023

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE - Konferencja Lekkich Konstrukcji w Budownictwie, 30 listopada - 1 grudnia, Gdańsku, Poland, 2023

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE - XXVIII Conference of Lightweight Structures in Civil Engineering - LSCE 2022, December 1-2, Poznan, Poland, 2021

Member of the Scientific Committee of the CMM-SolMech-2022 conference - September 5-8, 2022, Świnoujście, Poland

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE -  The 14th WORKSHOP DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES,16-17 June,2021, Agadir, Morocco

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE - XXVII Conference on Lightweight Structures in Civil Engineering organized by Polish Chapters of IASS, December 2-3, Łódź, Poland, 2021

Mini-symposia organiser, Wojciech Sumelka, Tomasz Blaszczyk, HongGuang Sun, Jacek Leszczyński and Giuseppe Failla "Non-conventional Methods for Solid Mechanics", The 14th World Congress in Computational Mechanics and ECCOMAS Congress, 19-24 July 2020, Paris, France

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE –  XVI Konferencji Naukowo-Technicznej TECHNIKI KOMPUTEROWE W INŻYNIERII -  TKI2020  - 20-23 października 2020, Poznań. 

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE – XIV International Conference on Metal Structures – ICMS2021 - 16-18 June 2021, Poznan.

Mini-symposia organiser, Wojciech Sumelka, Tomasz Blaszczyk, HongGuang Sun, Jacek Leszczyński and Giuseppe Failla "Non-conventional Methods for Solid Mechanics", 4th Polish Congress of Mechanics & 23rd International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics, 8-12 September 2019, Kraków, Poland

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE – 4th Polish Congress of Mechanics & 23rd International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics, 8-12 September 2019, Kraków, Poland

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE - The First International Conference on Materials, Environment, Mechanical and Industrial Systems ICMEMIS’19, DJELFA University, Algeria, June 29 to 30,  2019

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE – The 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Management, 1-4 September 2019, Poznań, POLAND

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE - XXIV Conference on Lightweight Structures in Civil Engineering organized by Polish Chapters of IASS, December 7th, Łódź, Poland

Mini-symposia organiser

Wojciech Sumelka, Tomasz Blaszczyk, Jarosław Jędrysiak, Jacek Leszczyński, Agnieszka Malinowska

"Non-conventional Methods for Solid Mechanics", 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems) (ECCM 6), 11-15 June 2018, Glasgow, UK

SECRETARY

5th International Conference on Protective Structures (ICPS4), 20-24 August 2018, Poznan, Poland

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE - Conference: BUDMIKA 2018, 20-22 April 2018, Poznań, Poland

Mini-symposia organiser

Wojciech Sumelka, Tomasz Błaszczyk, Wacław Kuś, Jarosław Jędrysiak

Non-conventional Methods for Solid Mechanics, 22nd International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics, CMM2017, 13-16 September 2017, Lublin, Poland

Chairman of a Scientific Committee - XV Konferencja Naukowo-Techniczna 'Rewitalizacja obszarów zurbanizowanych', 7-9 September 2017, Wałcz, Poland

Member of a Scientific Committee - The 11th WORKSHOP DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES, Guimarães, Portugal, 23-25 August, 2017

Mini-symposia organiser:

Tomasz Łodygowski, Wojciech Sumelka, Tomasz Jankowiak, Piotr Sielicki

Materials under extreme loading - experiments and numerical simulations, XIV Konferencja Naukowo-Techniczna TECHNIKI KOMPUTEROWE W INŻYNIERII, 18-21 Października 2016, Teresin (Poland)

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE - Conference: IKAR 2016, 9 September 2016, Wałcz, Poland

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE - Conference: BUDMIKA 2016, 20-22 April 2016, Poznań, Poland

Co-Chairman - The 10th WORKSHOP DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES, Poznan, 24-26 August, 2016

International scientific committee- Annual International Workshop on Dynamic

Behaviour of Structures and Materials, Interaction

and Friction Across the Strain Rates 2015, 26–28 August 2015

Institute of Physics, London, UK

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE - Conference: 'BUDMIKA 2015' 22-24.04.2015, Poznań, Poland

Mini-symposia organiser:

C.S. Drapaca, S. Hartmann, J. Leszczynski, S. Sivaloganathan, W.Sumelka, Theoretical, computational and experimental mechanics for coupled field problems and multiphase materials, PCM-CMM-2015 CONGRESS, The 3rd Polish Congress on Mechanics (PCM) and The 21st International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics (CMM), September 8 - 11, 2015, Gdansk (Poland)

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE - Conference: 'BUDMIKA 2015' 22-24.04.2015, Poznań

Mini-symposia organiser:

Jerzy Malachowski, Wojciech Sumelka, Adam Wisniewski Advanced Analysis of Materials & Structural Solutions in Biomechanics & Safety, 14-th PAN AMERICAN CONGRESS OF APPLIED MECHANICS (PACAM XIV), 24-28 March 2014, Santiago, Chile

SECRETARY - 20th International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics, Poznań, 27-31 August 2013

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - Workshop 2012 Poznan "Dynamic Behaviour of Materials and Safety of Structures", Poznań, 2-4 May, 2012

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - Rozwój techniki, technologii i transportu w lotnictwie, Poznań, 6-7 Września, 20012

SECRETARY - II Polish Congress of Mechanics, Poznań, 29.08 - 02.09.2011

SECRETARY - 7th German-Greek-Polish Symposium on Recent Advances in Mechanics, September 19-22, 2010, Poznań

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - Workshop 2008 Poznan "Dynamic fracture and damage of brittle and ductile materials and its industrial applications", Poznań, 3-5 Września, 2008