Jan Tadeusz Bialasiewicz

Electrical engineering and electronics educator

Born Jun. 1, 1939, Pruszkow, Poland; came to U.S., 1985; son of Piotr and Wanda (Leszczynska); married Ewa (Wanasz); children: Luiza, Seweryn.

Education: Master of Electrical Engineering (M.E.E.), Technical University of Warsaw (Poland), 1962; Ph.D. (in electrical engineering), 1966; Dr. hab., 1972, Technical University of Silesia in Gliwice (Poland); certified professional engineer in Colorado.

Career: research associate, Institute of Automatic Control, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1962-68, Department of Mathematics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1968; department head, Industrial Institute of Automation and Measurements, 1968-78, and Nuclear Research Institute 1978-79, Warsaw; associate prof., Higher Institute of Electronics, Malta, 1979-80; prof., Higher Petroleum Institute, Tobruk (Libya), 1980-82, associate prof., Higher Institute of Electronics, Beni-Walid, 1982-85, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; associate prof., University of Colorado, Denver, 1985 -; visiting research scientist, George Washington University, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1990-91.

Author: numerous scientific papers in professional journals.

Member of: past member, International Purdue Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems; senior member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); Kosciuszko Foundation (president, Rocky Mountains chapter).

Honors: grants, NASA, 1992, 1993; fellowship, NASA - American Society for Engineering Education, 1993.

Affiliation: Roman Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English, Russian, German.

Hobbies: skiing, travel.

Office: University of Colorado, Department of Electrical Engineering, Campus Box 110, Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996