Michael Z. Podowski
Nuclear engineering scholar
Born May 15, 1940, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1979; son of Roman and Halina (Paprocka); married Irene (Gryszko); children: Raf, Martin.
Education: Master of Science of Mechanical Engineering (M.S.M.E.), 1965, Ph.D. (in nuclear engineering), 1972, Dr. hab. (in nuclear engineering), 1975, Warsaw Technical University; Master of Science (M.S.) (in mathematics), University of Warsaw, 1970.
Career: assistant to associate prof., Warsaw Technical University, 1965-79; visiting associate prof., Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1979-80; visiting associate prof., 1980-82, associate prof., 1982-88, prof., 1988 -, acting director, Center for Multiphase Research, 1988-89, chairman, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, 1993 -, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; technical expert to China and Argentina, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1987, 1989; technical expert, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1987-91; professional consultant to U.S. government and industry.
Author: co-author, Nuclear Radiation Detection, 1973, Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, 1977, Nuclear Reactor Safety, 1979, On the Analysis of instabilities in Two-Phase Flow in Multiphase Science and Technology, 1988; Boiling Heat Transfer, 1992; over 150 professional articles and papers.
Member of: American Nuclear Society (secretary, deputy chairman, chairman, Thermal - Hydraulics Division, 1990-92); American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AlChE); American Society for Engineering Education; New York Academy of Sciences; Polish American Congress (P.A.C.).
Honors: doctoral dissertation award, Warsaw Technical University, 1973; Meritorious Service award, Polish Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1978; editorial committee chairman, First International Workshop on two-phase Flow Fundamentals, 1985; certificate of governance, American Nuclear Society, 1986; technical program chairman, American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Reactor Thermal - Hydraulics, 1995; listed in: Who's Who in Frontier Science & Technology, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Technology Today, Who's Who in the East, American Men & Women of Science, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, Personalities of the Americas, International Leaders of Achievement, Who 's Who in Society, Men of Achievemet, Who's Who in America, Dictionary of International Biography, Who's Who in Technology, Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in Engineering.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian.
Hobbies: travel, books, film.
Office: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics, NES Building, Tibbits Avenue, Troy, NY 12180.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.