Service to Community


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

  1. 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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