Andrzej Krzysztof Wojtanowicz
Engineer, educator
Born Mar. 31, 1943, Cracow, Poland; married Leokadia (Glodek); children: Monika, Anna, Robert.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) 1965, Master of Science (M.S.), 1967 (both in mining petroleum engineering), Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (in geology), 1968, Ph.D., 1973, Mining and Metallurgical Academy, Cracow; registered professional petroleum engineer, 1993, and environmental engineer, 1994.
Career: miner trainee, Coal Mine "Katowice" (Poland), 1961-62; drilling engineer trainee, Oil Exploration Company Cracow, 1964, 1966 (summers only), Geological Exploration Company, Warsaw (Poland), 1971-72; assistant, 1967-73, assistant prof., 1973-78, Petroleum Engineering Department, Mining and Metallurgy Academy; engineering supervisor, General Water Authorities, Tripoli (Libya), 1978-80; drilling fluids technologist, NL Bariod Petroleum Services, Inc., London (United Kingdom), 1980-82; visiting assistant prof., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, 1983-84; assistant prof., 1984-89, associate prof. 1989 -, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; drilling expert, UN Technological Assistance Service, 1982 -; environment research fellow, Conoco, Inc., 1991-92; consultant, Conoco, Inc., L. S. & A. Environment; world wide instructor, Oil & Gas Consultants International, Tulsa (OK).
Author: Optimization of Drilling Process, 1975; chapters in: Practical Petroleum Engineer's Handbook, and Casing Design: Theory and Practice (in print); numerous articles in professional journals and papers on scientific meetings.
Member of: active member, American Filtration Society; American Society of Testing and Materials; American Society of Drilling Engineers; Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Honors, i.a.: Pi Epsilon Tau; awards, Mining and Metallurgy Academy, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976; grants, Louisiana Department of Conservation, 1985-86, United States Environment Protection Agency, 1988-91, Louisiana Board of Regents, 1988-90, United States Department of Energy, 1988-90, United States - Yugoslavia Joint Board on Science and Technology Cooperation, 1989-91, Conoco, Inc., 1991-92, Mineral Management Service, 1994-99.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian.
Home: 449 Daventry Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.