Michael Peter Wnuk
Engineering educator, researcher
Born Sept. 12, 1936, Katowice, Poland; came to U.S., 1966; son of Marian and Franciszka (Zaluska); married Renata (Budzilowicz); child: Jennifer.
Education: Ph.D., Technical University of Cracow (Poland), 1962; California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1968.
Career: Technical University of Cracow, 1959-66; California Institute of Technology, 1967-68; South Dakota State University, Brookings, 1968-81; visiting prof., Northwestern University, Evanston (IL), 1981; prof., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1982 -.
Author: Introduction to Fracture Mechanics, 1980; co-author, editor, Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics, 1991.
Member: founder, executive director, American Association for the Advancement of Polish Culture; life member, New York Academy of Sciences; Cambridge Philosophical Society; fellow, American Society for Engineering Education.
Honors: Sigma Xi; grants, National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States Navy (USN), Office of Naval Research, since 1967; scholarship, Fulbright Foundation, 1991.
Affiliation: Republican. Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian, French, Italian, Serbo - Croatian.
Hobbies: kayaking, sailing, skiing.
Home: 3436 North Dousman Street, Milwaukee, WI 53212.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.