Tomasz Wierzbicki

Biography

Tomasz Wierzbicki Professor of Applied Mechanics Director, Impact and Crashworthiness Laboratory Room 5-218A Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139-4307 Phone: 617-253-2104 Fax: 617-253-8125 Email: wierz@mit.edu Administrative Contact: Barbara Smith Room 5-320 Phone: 617-253-0137 Email: bsmith@mit.edu Education: Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics, 1965 Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw, Poland S.M. in Engine Design, 1960 Warsaw Technical University, Warsaw, Poland B.S. I took a unified program that led directly to the Master of Science. MIT Service: 1983 to date: Professor of Applied Mechanics, Department of Ocean Engineering, MIT; currently the Department of Mechanical Engineering Tomasz Wierzbicki Professor of Applied Mechanics Director, Impact and Crashworthiness Laboratory Room 5-218A Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139-4307 Phone: 617-253-2104 Fax: 617-253-8125 Email: wierz@mit.edu Administrative Contact: Barbara Smith Room 5-320 Phone: 617-253-0137 Email: bsmith@mit.edu Education: Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics, 1965 Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw, Poland S.M. in Engine Design, 1960 Warsaw Technical University, Warsaw, Poland B.S. I took a unified program that led directly to the Master of Science. MIT Service: 1983 to date: Professor of Applied Mechanics, Department of Ocean Engineering, MIT; currently the Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Interest

Thermal management, energy conversion, and storage Nanoengineered surfaces and materials Water harvesting, purification, and conservation