Theory and Practice of Decision Making in Regulation, Diagnostics and Reliability of Machines

Biography

Paweł Lindstedt PhD Eng. was born in 1942 in Grabów Kościerski. He is a graduate of the Military University of Technology in Warsaw. He served for many years as a professor at the Air Force Institute of Technology (ITWL) in Warsaw, in the Department of Aircraft Engines. He was also a professor at the Bialystok University of Technology from 1998 to 2014 and at the Bydgoszcz University of Technology. He is now retired. His scientific disciplines include automation and robotics, diagnostics, and the reliability of machines. His specialization is in applied automation, diagnostics, and the reliability of machines. Throughout his career, he has promoted eight PhDs in engineering sciences and supervised over 120 Master Engineers of Science. He has served as a reviewer for numerous doctoral and post-doctoral theses and has managed more than ten research and scientific projects. He is the author of more than 200 books and papers on applied automation, diagnostics, and machine reliability.

Rafał Grądzki PhD Eng. was born in 1984 in Mońki. He is a graduate of the Bialystok University of Technology in the field of automation and robotics, specializing in information systems (2008). He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Technical Diagnostics in 2012. Since 2011, he has been an employee of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Bialystok University of Technology. From 2011 to 2012, he worked as an assistant at the Department of Production Engineering. From 2012 to 2020, he served as an assistant professor at the Department of Automation and Robotics. From 2020 to 2023, he continued his role as an assistant professor at the Department of Automation and Robotics. Since 2023, he has been an assistant professor at the Department of Dynamic Systems. He has so far supervised approximately 100 master’s/graduate students at Bialystok University of Technology. He is the author of papers on automation, diagnostics, machine reliability, and robotics.

Karol Golak PhD Eng. was born in 1984 in Białystok. He completed his master’s degree at Bialystok University of Technology in 2008 with a degree in automation and robotics, specialising in information systems. In the same year, he also graduated from the University of Bialystok with a degree in management. In 2016, he obtained a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, specialising in Technical Diagnostics. Since 2014, he has been employed at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Bialystok University of Technology, in the Department of Materials and Production Engineering. To date, he has supervised the promotion of dozens of master’s graduate students at the Bialystok University of Technology. He is the author of numerous papers on automation, diagnostics, machine reliability, and tribology.