Specialty
Materials Science (computer modeling of solidification, inverse problems)

Scientific activity

• Ph. D. Silesian University of Technology, in Materials Science (1995)
• D. Sc. (habilitation) Silesian University of Technology, in Materials Science (2012)

Research interests

• modeling of transient heat diffusion
• numerical simulation of solidification and cooling processes alloys
• sensitivity analysis, inverse problems in thermodynamics foundry processes
• identification of thermophysical parameters
• optimization problems
• statistical analysis of research results

Books:

• M. Dziewoński, M. Jasiński, G. Kałuża, E. Majchrzak, J. Mendakiewicz, M. Paruch, A. Piasecka-Belkhayat, Badania operacyjne. Teoria i zastosowania, Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej, Gliwice 2007
• J. Mendakiewicz, Identyfikacja parametrów krzepnięcia stopów odlewniczych na przykładzie żeliwa szarego, Wyd. Politechniki Śląskiej, seria Monografie, nr 331, Gliwice 2011

Selected publications:

• E.Majchrzak, J.Mendakiewicz, A.Piasecka Belkhayat, Algorithm of the mould thermal parameters identification in the system casting-mould-environment, ELSEVIER Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Amsterdam 2005, 1544-1549
• E.Majchrzak, J.Mendakiewicz, M.Paruch, Identification of solidification parameters using evolutionary algorithm, AI-METH 2009 Symposium on Methods of Artificial Intelligence, Gliwice 2009, pp. 45-46
• E.Majchrzak, J.Mendakiewicz, Sensitivity analysis as a tool of optimal sensors location for solidification parameters estimation, Materials Science Forum Vols. 638-642 (2010), pp 2640-2645, Trans Tech Publications, Switzerlans
• J.Mendakiewicz, Algorithms of optimum location of sensors for solidification parameters estimation, Archives of Foundry Engineering, Vol. 10, No4/2010 , 2010, pp. 141-146
• E.Majchrzak, J.Mendakiewicz, Identification of Material Thermophysical Parameters with Regard to Optimum Location of Sensors, Mathematical Methods in Engineering International Symposium, Instituto Politecnico de Coimbra, Portugal 2010
• J.Mendakiewicz, Identification of solidification process parameters, Computer Assisted Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, 2010, Vol. 17, No 1, pp. 59-73
• E.Majchrzak, J.Mendakiewicz, M.Paruch, Application of evolutionary algorithms for inverse solidification problems solution, Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization and Control, Applications to Industrial and Societal Problems, CIMNE, Barcelona 2011, pp. 281-286

Teaching activities:

• numerical methods
• information technology
• computer methods in thermomechanics
• mathematical statistics and planning of the experiment
• techniques for experiment planning
• technical information

Organizational activities

• Member of Scientific Council REPOLIS in Silesian University of Technology, since 2013

Membership in academic associations

• Silesian Branch of Polish Academy of Sciences in Katowice, Foundry Commission, member since 1988
• Polish Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, member since 2000
• Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Metallurgy, Section on Casting Processes Theory, member since 2005
• Polish Association for Computational Mechanics, member since 2005