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Faculty of Civil Engineering

Marcin Szyszka, PhD

Email: marcin.szyszka@pwr.edu.pl

Unit: Faculty of Civil Engineering » Department of Building Engineering

Marcin Szyszka

Contact details:

Grunwaldzki Square 11, 50-377 Wrocław
building C-7, room 902

 M: 697 353 727


 Contact hours - spring semester 2023/24:

  • Thursday 11:00 - 14:00, building C-7, room 902
  • Saturday 16:00 - 17:00, building C-7, remote via MS Teams

Scientific interests:

  • mechanics of materials and structures, material and geoemetrical nonlinearities, contact problems;
  • historical masonry, mathematical description, statics and dynamics of masonry;
  • seismic and paraseismic (mining zones) resistance of structures;
  • interaction of fire and mechanical (static and dynamic) loading;
  • nonlinear soil-structure interaction.

Engineering work:

  • structural design of industrial and bridge structures in seismic zones;
  • geotechnical engineering in seismic zones;
  • numerical modelling and structural design of composite steel-soil birdges;
  • static and dynamic analysis of historical objects, including Royal Palace in Genoa.

Achievements:

  • Rector Prize for work on the behalf of Wrocław University of Science and Technology, June 2012
  • First ranked graduate of year 2013 at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, WUST, Wrocław
  • Grant Plus Scholarship; Issued by Lower Silesian Marshal Office; October 2014
  • grant co-executor: The Getty Foundation (LA, USA). Keeping It Modern: Architectural Conservation Grants; delivered task: nonlinear numerical model of reinforced concrete dome: Centennial Hall in Wrocław;
  • Fulbright Junior Advanced Research Award; Issued by Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission; scientific internship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Masonry Research Group (prof. John Ochsendorf), IX.2016 - II.2017;
  •  
    Leader of research grant MINIATURA 8 (National Science Center): Reliability of fire partition walls in combined load case of fire conditions and dynamic random impact loading.
     

 

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