Krzysztof Wilmanski

Krzysztof Wilmanski
Born	March 1, 1940 Łódź, Poland
Died	August 26, 2012 (aged 72) Berlin, Germany
Fields	Continuum mechanics
Alma mater	Technical University of Łódź
Notable awards	M. T. Huber Prize, Lady Davis Prize

Krzysztof Wilmanski (March 1, 1940 – August 26, 2012) was a Polish-German scientist working in the fields of continuum mechanics and thermodynamics.^[1][2][3][4]

Main research fields

• axiomatic and kinetic foundations of continuum thermodynamics,
• mixture theory,
• phase transformations in solids,
• non-newtonian fluids,
• acoustic waves in continua,
• crystal plasticity and the evolution of textures,
• thermodynamics of porous materials.

Visiting posts

• postgraduate at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (USA, 1969–70)
• visiting professor at the University of Baghdad (Iraq, 1972–74)
• von Humboldt stipend (Germany, 1979)
• fellow at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Germany, 1984-1985)
• visiting professor at the University of Paderborn (Germany, 1986–87)
• research fellow at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg (Germany, 1987–90)
• the Technical University of Berlin (Germany, 1991–92)
• the University of Essen (Germany, 1992-1996)
• head of the Research Group Continuum Mechanics in the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics^[5] in Berlin (Germany, 1996-2005)
• professor of Mechanics at the University of Zielona Góra (Poland, 2005-2010)
• member of the faculty^[6] of the ROSE School, Centre for Post-Graduate Training and Research in Pavia, Italy

Main original contributions to research

• axiomatic foundations of continuum thermodynamics
• thermodynamics of Maxwellian heat conducting fluids
• thermodynamics of poroelastic materials under large deformations
• modelling of porous materials with the balance equation of porosity

(publication list^[7])

Selected books

• Wilmanski, K.: Thermomechanics of Continua, Springer, Berlin, N.Y., 1998, ISBN 978-3540641414.
• Wilmanski, K.: Continuum Thermodynamics, Part I: Foundations, Wold Scientific, Singapore, 2008, ISBN 978-981-283-556-7.
• Albers, B. (ed.): Continuous Media with Microstructure. Collection in Honor of Krzysztof Wilmanski, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-11444-1.

References

1. Add to Timeline. "KRZYSZTOF WILMAŃSKI : Nekrologi - Nekrologi - Gazeta Lubuska". Nekrologi. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
2. "Krzysztof Wilmański, Warszawa, 01.09.2012 - kondolencje" (in Polish). Nekrologi.wyborcza.pl. 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
3. "Nachruf für Prof. Dr.-Ing. Krzysztof Wilmanski". TU Berlin. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
4. "ISIMM-forum: Krzysztof Wilmanski and CMwM2015". TU Darmstadt. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
5. "Weierstrass Institute". Wias-berlin.de. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
6. http://www.renomo.com. "Prof. Krzysztof Wilmanski - Rose School". Roseschool.it. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
7. http://www.mech-wilmanski.de/List2012.pdf