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Service to University (Selection)
- CEE Department Chair, since 1992
- Host to Western Conference of CEE Department
Heads, 1999
- Member of the Shared Vision Committee, SDSU,
1997
- Member of the Follow-up Conference, SDSU,
1998
- Director of the CEE Defense Conversion Program
1997-98, 1998-99
- Instrumental in developing Environmental
Engineering Program at SDSU
- Initiator of developing AGC-Sponsored Construction
Program at SDSU
- Instrumental in developing the following
CEE labs
- Concrete Research Institute
- California Institute on Transportation
Safety
- Transportation Lab
- Rain Stimulator Lab
- Four Environmental Labs
- Executive producer of the educational/promotional
video featuring the National Steel Bridge
Building
competition held at San Diego State University in May of 1994; 500 copies
distributed
to all Engineering Colleges around the USA
Advisorship to
the Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (highlights)
- Best Chapter in
the Western US, 1995
- Best Advisor in
the Western US, 1996
- Winning Regional
Steel Bridge Building Competitions in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998
- Finalist in National
Steel Bridge Building Competition 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999
(the worst national ranking: 7)
- Organization of
National Steel Bridge Building Competition, 1994
- Organization of
the Regional ASCE Conference, 1998
- Finalist of the
National Ridgeway Award for the best Student Chapter in the US, 1999
Media Related Issues
- Two feature articles in San Diego Union-Tribune
(1989, 1998)
- 152 articles presenting San Diego Congestion
Pricing Project (including
The Economist,
New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Fortune, etc.)
- 6 TV interviews
- 7 Radio Interviews
- 5 feature articles in Polish
Service to San
Diego Professional Community
- Director, Regional Transportation Technology
Alliance (since 1995)
- Development of research projects to Civil
Engineering faculty through contacts with
local industry (e.g. SDSU participation in
$3.2 million Erosion Control Project)
- Delegate to the meeting of the members
of Project California, California Council on
Science and Technology, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
- Working contacts and organization of meetings
of the Civil and Environmental
Engineering Advisory Board, San Diego
State University
- Regular participation in meetings of the
American Society of Civil Engineers, American
Association of Cost Engineers, and
Regional Transportation Technology Alliance,
Institute of Transportation Engineers, and Society of Women Engineers
International Links
- Development of International Exchange Programs with three leading
technical universities in Europe
- Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands,
- Warsaw University of Technology, Poland,
- Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Cracow, Poland
· Currently
employing on his research project graduate students from:
- Technical University of Berlin, Germany,
- Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands,
- Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
- Other Service to Community
- Director, Paderewski Society (Polish Cultural
organization), since 1986
- President, San Diego - Warsaw Province
Sister City Society, Sister Cities International, since
1996
- Vice-president, Polish American Congress
of Southern California, since 1994
- Chairman, RC Parish Council, La Mesa, 1994-1997,
Vice-Chair, since 1997
- Music Director, RC Parish, since 1992
- Performer at 5 Benefit Concerts
- Performer at International Heritage Festival,
El Cajon (4 times) and San Diego (6 times)
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