Tadeusz Jerzy Swierzawski
Power engineering consultant
Born Sept. 14, 1925, Zloczow, Poland; came to U.S., 1972; s. Franciszek and Paulina (Winiarska); children: Ewa, Jan.
Education: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (M.S.M.E.), Technical University of Wroclaw (Poland), 1950; graduate, Moscow Energy Institute (U.S.S.R.), 1958; Master of Science (M.S.) (in nuclear engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, 1962; Ph.D. (in mechanical engineering), Technical University of Silesia, Gliwice (Poi.), 1963.
Career: assistant to senior assistant, Experimental Heat Engineering Division, Technical University of Wroclaw, 1949-52; head, Nuclear Engineering Division, Technical University of Silesia, 1952-68; visiting associate prof., University of Missouri, Columbia, 1968-70, 1972-73; head, Nuclear Power Division, Institute of Power, Warsaw (Poland), 1970-72; engineer, 1973-75, power engineer, 1976-77, senior power engineer, 1978-80, consultant, 1981-86, senior principal mechanical engineer, 1987-89, consultant, 1990 -, Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, Boston (MA); senior consultant engineer, Advances Engineering Associate's, Newton (MA), 1990 -; consultant, International Resources Group, Washington (DC), 1990 -.
Author: Teoria reaktor—w jadrowych, 1962; co-author (with T. Bes), Zbior zadan z teorii reaktorow jadrowych, 1964, (with S. Ocheduszko), Energetyka jadrowa na Politechnice Slaskiej, 1965; Fluid Systems Design Manual, vol. II, 1983, vol. I, 1984, Selected Considerations Related to Improvements in Thermal Performance of Nuclear Power Plants, 1986; co-author (with P. Patkowski), Optimizing Steam Turbine Sizes for Cogenerating Plants, 1986; 2 chapters of The Piping Handbook, 1992; over 40 other technical publications.
Member of: American Nuclear Society; American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); New York Academy of Sciences.
Sigma Xi; Best Paper award, Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, 1986.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, Ukrainian, German.
Hobbies: skiing, swimming, travel.
Home: 50 Chandler Road, Burlington, MA 01803.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.