On 29 September2016 at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Cracow University of Technology, the third plenary meeting of the Committee on Machine Building of the Polish Academy of Sciences took place for the 2016-2020 term.
Program of the Meeting: Election of Members of the Ballot Commission, Voting on candidacies of PAN Members, Confirmation of the list of Experts of CMB PAN Sections for the 2016-2020 term, Confirmation of the program of activities for the CMB PAN Sections for the 2016-2020 term, Discussion and other motions. The Meeting was opened by the Chairperson of CMB PAN, Prof. Janusz Kowal, who welcomed the Committee Members in attendance. The Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Cracow University of Technology, Prof. Jerzy Sładek, delivered a presentation of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Cracow University of Technology. In accordance with the Meeting program, Members of the Ballot Commission were elected, comprising: Prof. Jerzy Merkisz, Prof. Jan Pilarczyk, and Prof. Stefan Berczyński. In closed voting, the Committee elected as Chairperson of the Ballot Commission Prof. Jerzy Merkisz. In a secret ballot for candidates for Corresponding Members of PAN, Prof. Adam Mazurkiewicz received 24 yes votes, Prof. Tadeusz Uhl received 21 yes votes, and 3 votes were invalid. The Secretary of CMB PAN, Dr. hab. Eng. Bolesław Karwat Prof. AGH University of Science and Technology, gave a visual presentation of candidacies for Experts of the CMB PAN Sections for the 2016-2020 term which had been proposed after consultation with the community of mechanical engineers by the Chairpersons of the Sections. After discussion and corrections to the list, the Experts were confirmed by CMB PAN and will be published on the websites of the CMB PAN Sections. The Chairpersons of the CMB PAN Sections presented their programs of activities for the 2016-2020 term: Technology Section, Prof. Jan Pilarczyk, Operations Section, Prof. Stanisław Radkowski, Theory of Machines and Mechanisms Section, Prof. Włodzimierz Kurnik, Mechatronics Section, Dr. hab. Eng. Mirosław Pajor Prof. ZUT. The program of activities of the Construction Section was shown be means of a visual presentation due to the absence of its Chairperson, Prof. Janusz Sempruch.
After discussion, the programs were confirmed. The programs of operations will be published on the websites of the CMB PAN Sections.