Assoc. Prof. Krzysztof ŻABA

AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland, EU

Position: Head of the Production Engineering Laboratory at the Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals, AGH University of Science and Technology

At the METAL'23 conference Assoc. Prof. Krzysztof Żaba will present an invited lecture in session A.

Academic and Scientific Qualification:

• 2015 Assoc. Prof, AGH UST, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals
• 2013 DSc, AGH UST, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals
• 2002 PhD, AGH UST, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metal
• 1996 - MSc, AGH UST, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals

Research Focus:

• Sheet metal forming (incremental sheet forming, flow and shear forming);
• Welded tubes (stainless and coated steels);
• Tube drawing (steel and non-ferrous metals);
• Investment casting;
• NDT (thermography, 3D scanning, CT);
• Expert systems;
• Production engineering;
• LeanSigma.

Activities:

• Head of the Production Engineering Laboratory, AGH UST, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals;
• Founder and mentor of the student research group „Quality Improvement”, AGH UST, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals;
• Member of Materials Research Society;
• Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics;
• Member of the Plastic Working Section of the Committee of Materials Science and Metallurgy of the Polish Academy of Sciences;
• Member of the Polish Society for Production Management at the Production Engineering Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences;
• Member of the Editorial Board in the Research & Development in Material Science Journal;
• Member of the Editorial Board in the PLOS ONE Journal;
• Expert of The National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR);
• Expert of The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP);
• Expert of The Polish National Agency For Academic Exchange (NAWA);
• Head of Scientific and Advisory Council in the Miner Company.

Publication activity:

• 2 Books: K. Żaba: Modular system of quality prediction in the investment casting process, AKAPIT Press, Cracow, 2019; K. Żaba: The influence of Al-Si coating on the manufacturing process and quality of welded aluminized steel tubes, AKAPIT Press, Cracow, 2013;
• 1 Academic Book: K. Żaba, A. Mamala: Plastic processing non-ferrous metals: rolling and wire drawing: laboratory exercises The AGH UST Press, 2011;
• 15 chapters in an edited book;
• 81 original and review papers in journals;
• 146 proceedings of the conferences;
• 5 patents.

Projects:

• 23 Projects founded by NCBiR in the aviation and automotive sectors;
• 67 Expertise for the aviation and automotive industry;
• 21 Implementations in polish and foreign industry.

Foreign Experiences:

• Visegrad Scholarship Program 2019, 2020, 2021;
• HUST, Hanoi, Vietnam;
• VŠB-TUO, Ostrava, Czech Republic;
• MUST, Ulan Bator, Mongolia;
• University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland;
• VIMLUKI National Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Hanoi, Vietnam;
• THOMES e. K., Köln, Germany;
• Aluminum Factory Settlement, Nagaa Hammadi, Egypt.

Awards:

• 2012 - 1^st Prize in the 5^th Edition of the SIMP Competition for "The Best Technical Achievement 2011" under the auspices of the Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Poland;
• 2012 - The "Pioneers of Our Future" award for the development and implementation of "Expert System - investment casting process optimization", awarded by Pratt & Whitney Canada;
• 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018 - Prize of the Rector of AGH UST Cracow.

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