Professor Zbigniew Smalko for the 21st century science of reliability, safety and transport (birthday festschrift)

Prof. Zbigniew Smalko is a creator of the Polish school of reliability, also in the literal sense, because he organized 34 Winter Schools of Reliability under the auspices of Polish Academy Sciences. The Schools were devoted to different problems. Schools Reliabilities concerning machines and vehicles concentrate outstanding scientists and in this domain the Polish science places itself in the world first ranks. In the last period Prof. Smalko actively attends in the International Scientific Congresses of European KONES. Prof. Z. Smalko, outstanding scientist has about 200 papers and the monograph. In many scientific domains he is a pioneer and leader. Prof. Smalko concentrated round himself the society of outstanding co-workers, who along with him, but also independently, continue his work and then independently develop it. Prof. Smalko is a member of a lot of domestic and world Scientific Associations and Societies, in this elitist ones such as European KONES, where he acts functions from the elections. Beside the scientific activity expressed in his novel papers, Prof. Smalko actively participates in domestic and international symposia, conferences and Congresses not only as an author and chairman, but also as a very careful listener and discussion participant, as well as an attraction explorer of the culture and art of remote countries. Prof. Smalko has a great scientific authority, he is a member of many organizations and Scientific Societies domestic and foreign. Superlative is an election of Prof. Smalko to the State Committee for Scientific Research as a Member (2 times). The scientific activity of Prof. Smalko mainly concentrates in Polish Academy of Sciences, Faculty of Transport of the Warsaw University of Technology, and the Air Force Institute of Technology.