Andrzej S. Nowak
Civil engineer, educator
Born Oct. 31,1945, Swietochlowice, Poland; came to U.S., 1978; son of Stanislaw and Jozefa (Czopor); married Jolanta; children: Dorota, Maciej, Katherine.
Education: Poznan Technical University (Poland), 1964-68; Master of Science (M.S.), Ph.D., Warsaw Technical University (Poland), 1968-75.
Career: adjunct prof., Warsaw Technical University, 1975-76; research associate, University of Waterloo (Canada), 1976-78; assistant prof., State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, 1978-79; assistant prof. 1979-84, associate prof., 1984-90, prof., 1990 -, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Author: co-author and editor, 6 books on bridges and buildings engineering; over 100 papers in professional journals.
Member of: International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering; American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); American Concrete Institute; Transportation Research Board; Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) (president, Ann Arbor chapter, 1980-81); Kiwanis Club, Ann Arbor.
Honors: grants, National Science Foundation (NSF), Federal Highway Administration, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), National Cooperative Highway Research Program; U.S. Geological Survey; Excellence in Research award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 1990.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English.
Home: 2185 Mershon, Ann Arbor, MI 48103.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996