Piotr Czyżewski is an accomplished mechanic. He acquired his experience in the tools and processing industry in, among others, the AKSON company, where he developed several dozen projects as a designer. He works as an adjunct in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the UTP University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz, and is an employee of the Department of Materials Science and Polymer Processing. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the UTP. Member of the program TOP 500 Innovators, within which he served internship at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford. He owns several patents and utility models (including three international), using his design experience in numerous research undertakings and projects carried out for various businesses.

Areas of interest:

• Polymer processing tools construction
• Polymer processing technologies
• Technologies and constructions of light and hybrid structures
• Construction of Products made from Polymers
• Tools and Machines for Polymer Processing
• Automation in polymer processing technologies
• Additive manufacturing, 3D printing tools and systems
• Rapid Tooling, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Manufacturing

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Piotr Szewczykowski works as an adjunct in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the UTP University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz, an employee of the Department of Materials Science and Plastics Processing. He graduated from the Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering at the mentioned University (known then as the Academy of Technology and Agriculture in Bydgoszcz). He also studied at the Siegen University in Germany (ERASMUS program) and the DTU Technical University of Denmark, where he received his doctoral degree. He worked as a specialist for innovations in Toruńskie Zakłady Materiałów Opatrunkowych S.A., senior specialist in the Enterprise Europe Network at the Toruń Regional Development Agency S.A. and a postdoctoral researcher for Aquaporin A/S. He was a participant during the first edition of the internship-training program Top 500 Innovators at Stanford University. He was one of the founders of the Design Thinking Workspace at the UTP. He supervised 20 projects carried out in accordance with Design Thinking (DT) for the sector of small and medium enterprises and conducted a number of training courses in the field of DT. In 2013 – 2015, he worked as Innovation Broker on behalf of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for the UTP Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering.

Areas of interest:

• Materials Science and Engineering
• Materials testing
• Micro- and Nanoporous polymeric materials
• Membrane Technology
• Electron microscopy
• Diffraction Techniques
• X-ray microtomography

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Dawid Marciniak works as an assistant in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the UTP University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz, an employee of the Department of Materials Science and Plastics Processing. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the UTP, majoring in biomedical engineering, receiving his Master of Engineering degree in the field of telemedical engineering and Computer Aided Engineering. He acquired his experience during a six-month internship program at TU Chemnitz (Germany) and cooperation with such companies as Lifeapps, Sepin Inc., Alloy-Lab sp. Z o. o., Domik, KT3D Customs, Kazimierz Wielki University, Cracow University of Technology, Printerspace, Plastique Sp. z o.o. He developed his own designs and technological solutions in the field of additive manufacturing.

Areas of interest:

• 3D printing
• Medical devices
• Automation of additive manufacturing
• Quality control with optical vision systems
• Selection of additive manufacturing techniques for specific applications
• Technological consultations

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