Professor Jarosław Jędrysiak is a distinguished representative of structural mechanics at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering of the Lodz University of Technology. After completing his master’s studies with distinction in June 1991 (thesis: “Finite-Element Analysis of Spatial Rod Structures”), he continued his education at his home institution, where in October 1996 he defended his doctoral dissertation in technical sciences entitled “On the Scale Effect in the Dynamics of Kirchhoff Plates with Periodic Structure.” The doctoral degree, awarded with distinction, marked the beginning of his further scientific development. In March 2002, he obtained his habilitation at the Warsaw University of Technology on the basis of the dissertation “Dispersive Models of Thin Periodic Plates. Theory and Applications.” In recognition of his scientific achievements, the President of the Republic of Poland conferred upon him, in August 2011, the title of Professor of Technical Sciences.
Since earning his master’s degree in 1991, Professor Jędrysiak has been continuously affiliated with the Department of Structural Mechanics at the Lodz University of Technology. He began as an assistant, was promoted to assistant professor in 1997, and in 2006 became an associate professor. Since October 2007, he has headed the Department, which he leads with passion and a clear vision for the development of both research and education. From 2011 to 2016, he also served as a full professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at the State University of Applied Sciences in Kalisz.
He has been deeply involved in the academic life of his faculty, serving as the Dean’s Plenipotentiary for the Festival of Science, Technology and Art (2005–2019) and as Chair of the Faculty Diploma Committee for part-time studies. He has been a member of the Faculty Council of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering (2002–2019), the Discipline Council for Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Transport (2020–2024), and the University Election Committee. He chaired the Faculty Election Committee for the 2020–2024 and 2024–2028 terms. He was also elected to the Council for Scientific Degrees in the disciplines of Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Transport, and Architecture and Urban Planning (2020–2024 term), and subsequently as Chair of the Discipline Council for Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Transport for 2024–2028.
Since 2011, Professor Jędrysiak has successfully chaired the Łódź Branch of the Polish Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, organizing regular scientific seminars of the branch. He has also been invited to serve on scientific committees of national and international conferences, such as Composites. Layered Structures (Wrocław), Vibrations in Physical Systems (Poznań), Modeling of Media with Microstructure (Łódź), Conference on Lightweight Structures in Civil Engineering (Łódź, Polish Chapters of IASS), Polish Congress of Mechanics, and the International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics. He is also a member of the editorial boards of several journals, including Acta Scientiarum Polonorum (Warsaw), Vibrations in Physical Systems (Poznań), and Vibration (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland). As a mentor and supervisor of six doctoral students and numerous master’s and bachelor’s graduates, he has earned the reputation of a demanding yet supportive academic teacher.
His scientific interests focus on the thermomechanics and dynamics of bodies with microstructure, including periodic and functionally graded materials. His pioneering studies on tolerance modelling of microstructures in structural mechanics have produced groundbreaking results now applied to the analysis of beams, plates, shells, and composites with complex internal architectures. Between 2015 and 2018, as principal investigator of the National Science Centre project OPUS 8 (2014/15/B/ST8/03155), he conducted research on “Geometrically Nonlinear Problems in the Dynamics of Beams with Discontinuous Periodic Structure.” He had previously managed research projects funded by the State Committee for Scientific Research (KBN) and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education on thermomechanical modelling of composite structures.
Professor Jędrysiak’s scientific output includes over 200 publications, among them 93 papers indexed in Scopus and 54 in Web of Science, 43 chapters in edited volumes, and four monographs. His most notable works include Thermomechanics of Laminates, Plates and Shells with Functional Grading of Properties (Lodz University of Technology Press, 2010), the English-language monograph Thermomechanics of Microheterogeneous Solids and Structures: Tolerance Averaging Approach (2008), and the edited volume Mathematical Methods in Continuum Mechanics (2011). He is also co-author of two major academic textbooks: Structural Mechanics: Statically Determinate and Indeterminate Systems – Force Method (2020) and Structural Mechanics: Indeterminate Systems – Displacement Method (2021).
His most frequently cited papers in recent years include analytical–numerical studies of Timoshenko beam vibrations (Composite Structures, 2019), investigations of free vibrations of functionally graded plates (Composite Structures, 2018), and analyses of heat conduction effects in microstructured composites (Composite Structures, 2021).
The impact of his research is confirmed by bibliometric indicators: Google Scholar reports an h-index of 23 and more than 1,560 citations; Scopus – an h-index of 19 with about 880 citations; and Web of Science – an h-index of 18 with approximately 650 citations. His ResearchGate profile lists 118 publications with over 2,800 reads and 770 citations, while his ORCID record (0000-0002-4217-9198) contains 87 registered works.
For his scientific and academic accomplishments, Professor Jędrysiak was awarded the Medal of the Commission of National Education in 2024. In previous years he received the Gold Medal for Long Service and the Bronze Medal for Long Service, as well as the Gold Badge of the Polish Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He has also been the recipient of numerous Rector’s Awards of the Lodz University of Technology for research, teaching, and organizational activity. Earlier in his career, he received the Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Mechanics Award for a young scientist and the Minister of Spatial Economy and Construction Award for his master’s thesis. His name appears on the Stanford University Top 2% Scientists list for 2023 and 2024, confirming the international significance and recognition of his research achievements.