Name and surname: Aleksander Sladkowski (23.11.1956)

Master: 1978 - Dnepropetrovsk State University (DSU).

Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (PhD): 1987 - DSU.

Senior Researcher: 1989 - Higher Attestation Commission of the USSR.

Doctor Habil. of Tech. Sci.: 1997 - National Mining Academy of Ukraine.

Docent: 2001 - The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

Professor: 2002 - The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

Nostrification of professor title: 2002 - Polish BAR&IE.

Full professor: 2007 – Silesian University of Technology (SUT).

Head of Department: 2009-2020 - SUT. Professor honoris causa of USURT: 2013. Academician of Russian Academy of Transport: 2013. Medal of the National Education Commission: 2014. Doctor honoris causa of EUNU: 2015. Badge "Distinguished for SUT": 2016. Member of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria: 2016. Honorary member of Sci. Council of Inst. of Machine Mechanics of GNAS: 2017. Doctor honoris causa of the University of Ruse: 2018. Professor honoris causa of DIIT: 2019. Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta: 2021. Doctor honoris causa of the Akaki Tsereteli State University: 2023.

Aleksander Sładkowski was born on the 23rd of November 1956 in Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine) in a Polish-Russian family. The parents were engineers. In 1963 he entered secondary school and graduated in 1973 with a gold medal. Last years he was educated in a special mathematical class. In parallel, he graduated from the music school at Dnepropetrovsk Music College in piano classes.

In 1973 he entered the Dnepropetrovsk State University (DSU) in Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty. After 5 years of studying he graduated with an honors degree in a specialty "Dynamics and Strength of Machines". Starting from 3 year he engaged in scientific work under the guidance of academician of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, professor V.I. Mossakovski, who at this time headed the department of "Applied Theory of Elasticity" and was the rector of the university.

After graduating at university in 1978 he entered the Problem Scientific Research Laboratory of Strength and Reliability of Constructions DSU as an engineer, where he was responsible to calculate the contact interaction of elastic bodies.

In autumn of 1978 A. Sładkowski became a postgraduate student in DSU at the department of "Applied Theory of Elasticity." The scientific leader at the preparation dissertation work was prof. V.I. Mossakovski. After finishing graduate courses in 1981, he continued...

1. Silesian University of Technology
2. Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering
3. Department of Railway Transport
   
4. International scientific journal "Transport Problems"
5. Web application for business - Webgate Systems