Professor Andrzej Szarata, prof. dr hab. inż.
The Rector directs the activities of PK Krakow University of Technology and represents the university externally, serving as the superior of all employees and students of PK Krakow University of Technology.
Professor Andrzej Szarata, dr hab. inż., was born in 1975 in Krynica-Zdrój. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, specializing in road and highway construction (ranking among the top 5% of graduates). He has been associated with Kraków University of Technology since 1999, when he began work as a research and teaching assistant at the Institute of Road and Railway Engineering.
In 2006, he defended his doctoral dissertation at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Kraków University of Technology. From 2013 to 2016, he served as Deputy Director for Scientific Research and Industry Cooperation at the Institute of Road and Railway Engineering at PK KUT. He received the title of Professor on September 28, 2020. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Kraków University of Technology during the 2016-2020 and 2020-2023 terms.
He has published, as author and co-author, over 90 scientific papers. He is the author of two monographs and co-author of four (including two in English), has organized over 20 industry scientific and technical conferences, and has served as principal investigator for 10 research projects, both domestic and international, carried out at Kraków University of Technology (including: Civitas Caravel, MAX, Shape-It, TraCit, Posmetrans, GSP, Capital). He has developed transport models for many Polish cities, including: Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, Rzeszów, Warsaw, Kraków, Kielce, and transport models for the Mazovian and Lesser Poland voivodeships. He is also a co-author of the transport model for Thessaloniki (Greece).
Professor Andrzej Szarata is a member of many prestigious scientific and advisory bodies, including the Council for Higher Education, Science and Innovation under the President of the Republic of Poland, the Transport Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Construction Commission of the Polish Academy of Sciences Branch in Kraków, the Task Force for Large-Scale Development Projects at the Committee for Spatial Development of the Country of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Commission of Technical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Polish Association of Civil Engineers and Construction Technicians, and the Association of Communication Engineers and Technicians. He serves as Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Carpathian Euroregion and Chairman of the Science Committee of the Association of Communication Engineers and Technicians of the Republic of Poland. Additionally, he is a member of the Scientific Councils of: the Railway Institute, the Building Research Institute, the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways, Warsaw Metro, the Podhale Association, the Galician Chamber of Construction, and the Polish Ecological Club. He is a member of the Program Council of the ITS Poland Association, and since 2020, Chairman of the Program Council for the Development of Kraków’s Transport System, operating under the Mayor of Kraków.
