Michał Życzkowski

Michał Życzkowski
Michał Życzkowski
Born	12 April 1930; Kraków, Poland
Died	24 May 2006 (aged 76)
Alma mater	Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology, Imperial College London
Employer	Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology

Michał Życzkowski (12 April 1930 – 24 May 2006) was a Polish mechanical engineer.

Career

Życzkowski was born in Kraków. In 1954 he graduated at the Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology, and in 1958 he received a diploma at the Imperial College London. He became Professor and doctor honoris causa of the Cracow University of Technology, full member of Polish Academy of Sciences and Polish Academy of Learning, Foreign Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

He was the youngest professor in the history of Poland during his time.^{[citation needed]} He became professor at the age of 31. He advised 29 Ph.D. students, 11 of them were promoted to professors.

He had four children, among them Karol Życzkowski. He died in his home city of Krakow.

Editor

Member of Editorial Boards of:

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
Structural Optimization
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik.

Works

Sprężystość i plastyczność (with Wiesław Krzyś), Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN Warsaw, 1962
Obciążenia złożone w teorii plastyczności, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN Warsaw, 1973
- Combined loadings in the theory of plasticity, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN Warsaw, 1981
- 294 scientific publications