Miroslaw Jan Skibniewski
Civil engineer, educator, consultant
Born Sept. 14, 1957, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1981; son of Stefan and Lucyna (Kurowicka); married Hanna (Dudzin).
Education: Master of Science (M.S.) (in engineering), Technical University of Warsaw, 1981; Master of Science (M.S.), 1983, Ph.D., 1986, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (PA).
Career: project engineer, Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory, 1981-82; research assistant, Carnegie Mellon University, 1982-86; assistant prof., 1986-90; associate prof., 1990 -, Purdue University, West Lafayette (IN).
Author: Robotics in Civil Engineering, 1988; over 100 articles in professional journals and conference proceedings; 2 book chapters in edited books.
Member of: U.S. co-director, International Association for Automation & Robotics in Construction; co-chairman, Technical Committee on Robots and Tall Buildings, International Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat; International Council on Building Research Studies & Documentation; American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Honors: President, Young Investigator, National Science Foundation (NSF), 1987.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Japanese.
Hobbies: classical music, geography, recreational sports.
Home: 111 Leslie Avenue, West Lafayette, IN 47906.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.