Jan Ryś, Prof. D. Sc.

• Full professor on the Faculty of the Mechanical Engineering - Cracow University of Technology
• Director of the Institute of Machine Design
• Head of the Chair Fundamentals of Machine Design
• Member of Academic Senate
• Chairmen of the Technical Committee for Standardisation: Gas Cylinders, Pressure Vessel & Chemical Apparatus

• Honours & Awards: 1985-89 Chairmen Cracow Branch of Polish Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; 1980-1990 Director for Research of the Institute of Mechanics and M.D.; 1990-1993 Vice-Rector Cracow Univ. of Technology; 1999-2002 Member of Main Council of Higher Education
• Current Research: Design of mechanical power transmission system - especially dynamics and design of gears; An analyses of load distribution between co-acting elements of machines; Design and optimisation of pressure vessels and cylinders; Experimental testing of machines; Application CAD and FEM in design machine elements.