Professor Adam Mazurkiewicz was born on 3rd January 1952 in Przemysl. He is a graduate from Wroclaw University of Technology from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. In 1982 he was awarded, with honourable mention, doctor’s degree at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow. In 1999 the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Working Machines and Transportation at Poznan University of Technology conferred on Adam Mazurkiewicz, on the basis of his thesis “Modelling the knowledge transformation into practice in machines construction and maintenance”, the degree of associated professor of technical sciences. In 2002 by, a resolution dated 18th October, he was awarded the title of professor of technical sciences by the President of the Republic of Poland.

Professional career. Professor Adam Mazurkiewicz started his professional carrier in 1976 at Kielce University of Technology as an assistant lecturer. In 1983, after he had been appointed to the position of lecturer, he became the Head of Maintenance System Research Department in the then Higher Engineering School, now Technical University of Radom. In 1986 he took up work at the Scientific Centre of Fixed Assets Maintenance on the post of the director of the Institute of Systems Research and in 1987 he was appointed director of this Centre, which in 1992 was transformed into Institute for Sustainable Technologies in Radom and in 2005 was awarded the status of National Research Institute. Adam Mazurkiewicz has still remained the Institute’s director, after subsequent competitions in 1991, 1996 and 2002.

Scientific achievements. Prof. Adam Mazurkiewicz is an author of over 200 publications issued in Poland and over 50 published abroad, including 7 books (2 monographs) that mainly deal with the following fields: machine maintenance and manufacturing, materials engineering, methodology of scientific research, methods of knowledge transformation for industrial applications. Professor Mazurkiewicz was a supervisor of two doctoral students who got their degree with honourable mention and at present he also supervises two other, almost completed, doctoral dissertations. The professor is also an author of numerous reviews of scientific and qualification papers. He led and participated in the realisation of several dozen scientific and development works which usually resulted in significant industrial implementations. He was directly responsible for the realization of national and international programmes, e.g. in 1990-92 he managed a programme established by the Ministry of Industry RPBR-15 “Rationalisation of fixed assets maintenance in the industry” and in 1998-2001 he was the manager of several scientific programmes within the framework of governmental agreements with China and Ukraine. At present he is in charge of a unique in the county-scale The Multi-Year Programme established by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Poland, entitled “Development of innovativeness systems of manufacturing and maintenance 2004-2008”

Activity in scientific organisations. Professor Adam Mazurkiewicz was elected to the Mechanical Engineering Committee of Polish Academy of Sciences (terms: 1999-2003, 2003-2006) in 1999. Since July 2003 he has been the member of the Presidium and he has been acting as a Scientific Secretary of the Mechanical Engineering Committee of Polish Academy of Sciences (term 2003-2006). He has been a member of Section of Exploitation Foundations at Polish Academy of Sciences (the sixth term since 1986), Section of Surface Engineering at the Mechanical Engineering Committee of Polish Academy of Sciences (term 2003-2006), Intersectional Team of Surface Engineering of the Mechanical Engineering Committee of Polish Academy of Sciences (Deputy Chairman in the term 1999-2003), Section of Micro and Nanotechnology of Mechanical Engineering Committee of Polish Academy of Sciences (term 2003-2006). He was a member of programme councils of several dozen national and international scientific conferences, including such important ones as: Euromaintenace, Congresses on Technical Diagnostics, Congresses on Technical Devices Maintenance and Congresses on Reliability and Safety.
He is a member of programme councils of several significant scientific Polish and foreign journals, e.g. “Maintenance Problems of Machines”, “Problems of Working Machines”, “Physical surface engineering”, “Friction and wear”, “Tribology” and also the editor-in-chief of scientific bulletins “Maintenance Problems”, as well as the scientific editor of the monographic series “Library of Maintenance Problems”. Already the fifth term, by election, he has been a member of the Scientific Council of the Institute for Sustainable Technologies – National Research Institute. He is a member of international scientific organisation European Materials Research Society (France), a real member of Engineers Academy in Poland, a member of Polish Academic-Economic Forum, as well as a member of International Team of Advisers of the Advanced Technology Centre RIMAMI. He is a representative of the Minister of Sciences and Information for activities in the Mazovian Committee for Monitoring Programmes of Regional Development. Several times he was a member and participated in the activities of the Expert Team of the Minister of Economy. He is a Chairman of the Chapter of Gold Medal of Poznan International Fairs „Innovations – Technologies – Machines”
Professor Adam Mazurkiewicz has been an expert of the 6th Framework Programme of the European Union, appointed for the term 2002-2006 by the EU Commissioner for science and development, as a member of special advisory group in Priority Area 3 on  “Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials, and new production processes and devices” (Advisory Group EAG).

Awards and distinctions. Professor Adam Mazurkiewicz has received numerous awards from ministers of Science, Economy and National Education for his research-scientific and organisational activity. In 2001 he received a nomination for team award of the President of the Republic of Poland in the category: „Invention within the area of product or technology” for advanced technologies aimed at the improvement of tools quality.
He possesses many national and international awards, e.g. Silver Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Silver medal “For merits for the Republic of Poland”, Silver medal “For merits for the national defence”, Belgian Knight’s, Officer’s and Commodore’s Crosses “Le Merite de Invention”, Honourable Medal of the Tadeusz Sendzimir Association of Polish Inventors and Rationalizers, Silver medal of A. S. Popow – awarded by the resolution of International Academy of Scientific Discoveries and Inventiveness in Saint Petersburg, Medal of Professor Stefan Ziemba, Badge „For merits for the inventiveness” awarded by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, “Gold engineer” award obtained in poll of the Technical Review readers, the title of “Radom Citizen of the Year” 1998, as well as a Special Award of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Radom region for the year 2005.