Speciality
mechanics (computational methods in mechanics, interval methods, heat transfer).

Scientific activity

• PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering, 1996,
• habilitated doctor of technical sciences in mechanics, 2011.

Research interests

•  computational methods in mechanics
•  interval methods (BEM, FDM, FEM)
•  mathematical modelling
•  heat transfer in nano, micro and macro scales

Books:

• M. Dziewoński, M. Jasiński, G. Kałuża, E. Majchrzak, J. Mendakiewicz, M. Paruch, A. Piasecka-Belkhayat, Operation research. Theory and applications, Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej, Gliwice 2007
• A. Piasecka-Belkhayat, Interval boundary element method for imprecisely defined unsteady heat transfer problems, Monograph (321), Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej, Gliwice 2011

Selected publications:

• A.Piasecka Belkhayat, Interval boundary element method for 2D transient diffusion problem, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Volume 32, Issue 5, Elsevier, 2008, 424-430.
• A.Piasecka Belkhayat, Interval boundary element method for 2D transient diffusion problem using directed interval arithmetic, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Volume 35, Issue 3, Elsevier, 2011, 259-263.
• A.Piasecka Belkhayat, Interval boundary element method for transient diffusion problem in two-layered domain, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics , vol. 49, no. 1, Warsaw 2011, 265-276.
• A. Piasecka Belkhayat, J. Mendakiewicz, Application of interval arithmetic for numerical modelling of solidification process, Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization and Control with Applications to Industrial and Societal Problems (Eds. T.Burczyński and J.Periaux), April 2011, CIMNE, Barcelona, Spain, A Series of Handbooks on Theory and Engineering Applications of Computational Methods, 2011, 292-297.
• A.Piasecka Belkhayat, Zastosowanie metod interwałowych w przepływie ciepła, Warsztaty Doktoranckie 2013, Warszawa-Poronin 2013, ISBN: 978-83-61956-08-2, 9-23.
• A.Piasecka Belkhayat, P.Kowalski, Numerical modelling of the skin tissue heating using the interval finite difference method, 20th International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics CMM-2013, Short Papers, Keynote, Poznań, 2013, ISBN: 978-83-89333-51-3, MS09-01-02.
• B.Mochnacki, A.Piasecka Belkhayat, Numerical modeling of skin tissue heating using the interval finite difference method, Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, 2013, vol. 10, issue 3, 233-244.
• A.Piasecka Belkhayat, A.Korczak, Modelling of transient heat transport in one-dimensional crystalline solids using the interval lattice Boltzmann method, Recent Advances in Computational Mechanics (Eds. T.Łodygowski, J.Rakowski and P.Litewka), 2014, Taylor & Francis Group, A Balkema Book, London, ISBN 978-1-138-02482-3, 363-368.

Organizational Activities:

• Head of Department of Thermal and Biomedical Engineering, 2013-current
• Head of supported fields of study projects: Automation and Robotics, Mechanics and Machine Technology, Mechatronics, 2012-current

Membership in academic associations:

• • Member of PACM (Polish Association for Computational Mechanics) since 2005