PRELEGENT

Piotr Kula is a graduate of the Łódź University of Technology Faculty of Mechanics (1975). He has gained his doctorate, distinguished with the Minister’s Award (1982), habilitation (1994) and Professor’s title (2001) at the Łódź University of Technology. He represents the academic discipline of Materials Engineering.Laureate of the Łódź Governor’s Award in the Category “Invention of the Year 2007” and Award of the Łódź Metals Science Association. Academic interests: surface engineering, nanomaterials. He is an author of 3 monographs, over 250 science and science-technical articles, as well as author or co-author of 21 patents. He is the founder and primary shareholder of the Hart-Tech Sp. z o.o. quenching plant, where he currently holds the position of Management Member. The company was established in 2010.