Krystyna Majorkowska-Knap

Background

Majorkowska-Knap, Krystyna was born on February 17, 1941 in Plock, Poland. Daughter of Franciszek and Maria (Zlobecka) Majorkowski.

Education

Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Technology Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, 1973. Doctor of Science in Applied Mechanics, Technology University, Poznan, Poland, 1986.

Career

Engineer, senior engineer, Building Investment and Project Office, Plock, 1965-1968; assistant lecturer, assistant professor, Warsaw (Poland) U. Technology, 1968-1987; associate professor, Warsaw (Poland) U. Technology, 1987-1988, 89; associate professor, Warsaw (Poland) U. Technology, 1991-1996; professor, Warsaw (Poland) U. Technology, since 1996; associate director institute, dean for student matters, Warsaw (Poland) U. Technology, 1975-1978. Member section mechanics committee Polish Academy Science, Warsaw, 1987-1989, 94-. Member The Senate Committee for International Cooperation, Warsaw U. Technology, Poland, 1987-1989, 93-.

Visiting professor U. Karlsruhe, Germany, 1989. Visiting scholar Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1989-1990, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1990-1991.

Achievements

• Krystyna Majorkowska-Knap has been listed as a noteworthy Engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, European Mechanics Society, National Technology Organization, Polish Society Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Gessellschaft fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Society Engineering Science, Inc., American Ceramic Society, Polish Society Applied Electromagnetics.

Connections

Married Andrzej Knap. Children: Malgorzata, Marek.

Father:

Franciszek Majorkowski

Mother:

Maria (Zlobecka) Majorkowski

Spouse:

Andrzej Knap

child:

Malgorzata Majorkowska-Knap

child:

Marek Majorkowska-Knap