Adam Smiarowski

Computer engineering educator

Born Sept. 7, 1953, Ostroda, Poland; came to U.S., 1982; son of Adam and Maria (Rzepecka); married Wieslawa (Walczak); children: Maria R., Adam T., Magdalena W.

Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (in electrical engineering), Merchant Marine Academy, Gdynia (Poland), 1978; Master of Science (M.S.), Penn State University, State College (PA), 1984; Ph.D., Tennessee Technical University, Cookeville, 1989.

Career: radio officer, Polska Zegluga Morska (PZM), Szczecin, 1976-81; manufacturing engineer, Ford Motor Company, Lansdale (PA), 1982-86; research assistant, Tennessee Technical University, 1986-90; assistant prof., Catholic University of America, Washington (DC), 1990 -.

Author: over 20 scientific papers in professional journals on robotics and computers, 1988-94.

Member of: Institute of Electrical and Electrinics Engineers (IEEE).

Honors: Eta Kappa Nu; Phi Kappa Phi.

Languages: Polish, Russian, English, French.

Home: 529 Meadow Hall Drive, Rockville, MD 20851.

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