ON AUTHOR

Marcin Chrzanowski (born in 1939) is a professor at the Cracow University of Techology, Poland.

Doctor of Engineering Sciences (1968), he earned the second Polish scientific degree of habilitation in 1973.

Since mid 60-ties he was - and still is - involved into a newly formed branch of applied mechanics: Damage Mechanics, which is a branch of applied mechanics overlapping fracture phenomena and high temperature material behaviour under steady and variable loading conditions.

Author of more than 60 papers in mechanics, with a great teaching experience, he is heavily involved into international scientific cooperation. He worked at several foreign universities (Moscow University 1969/70, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden 1973/74, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA 1987/88) as researcher and visiting professor.