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The main task of the Institute is to conduct high quality research in the areas which are the focus of the world's science and technology. The most important fields of the Institute's expertise include advanced problems in modern mechanics, materials science, electronics and biomedical engineering, information and computational science. Extensive research is conducted in areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology, multicomponent and multifunctional materials, micro-, nano- and biomaterials, computational mechanics, computational materials science, computational intelligence, computational biology, bioinformatics, bioengineering, ultrasonic medical diagnostics and smart technologies. Advanced research is also conducted in several branches of fundamental science and technology, such as: physics and thermodynamics of continua; fluid mechanics; laser beam interaction with metal surfaces, nanophotonics, applied mathematics and informatics.
The Institute mission is:
To be the reference centre of scientific and technological excellence, radical innovation and implementation of technology achievements into Polish scientific and industrial environment.
To start up and participate in activities related to multifunctional materials, polymers, smart materials and technologies, biomedical applications of ultrasound and microfluidic technologies, applied information science, and innovation technologies.
To provide highest-level PhD education in contemporary technology, mechanics, materials science, electronics, information science, and biomedical engineering, accompanied by international cooperation, links with industry, and the awakening the discovery spirit in students.
To promote, support, drive initiatives aimed at implementation of research results and technology transfer and supporting links with industry and commerce to contribute to the sustainable development of society.
Current research goals
Research and development of advanced multifunctional materials, numerical methods
Polskie Towarzystwo Mechaniki Teoretycznej i Stosowanej (PTMTS) jest ogólnopolskim stowarzyszeniem skupiającym około 1000 pracowników naukowych, działających w dziedzinie szeroko pojętej mechaniki. Towarzystwo działa nieprzerwanie od 1958 roku, stanowiąc bazę integracyjno-informacyjną dla swoich członków zatrudnionych w wyższych uczelniach, instytutach naukowych i ośrodkach badawczo-rozwojowych w 19 centrach akademickich w Polsce.
Oddziały Towarzystwa działają w: Białymstoku, Bielsku-Białej, Bydgoszczy, Częstochowie, Gdańsku, Gliwicach, Kielcach, Koszalinie, Krakowie, Lublinie, Łodzi, Olsztynie, Opolu, Poznaniu, Rzeszowie, Szczecinie, Warszawie, Wrocławiu i Zielonej Górze.
Celem statutowym PTMTS jest krzewienie i popieranie rozwoju mechaniki teoretycznej i stosowanej oraz współdziałanie w jej szerzeniu i rozpowszechnianiu. Cele swoje Towarzystwo realizuje głównie poprzez organizowanie konferencji, zebrań, seminariów i kursów oraz wydawanie kwartalnika naukowego.
PTMTS współpracuje z wieloma pokrewnymi towarzystwami, np. Polskim Towarzystwem Elektrotechniki Teoretycznej i Stosowanej, Polskim Towarzystwem Biomechaniki oraz Polskim Towarzystwem Matematycznym.
Nieprzerwanie od 1963 roku, ukazuje się kwartalnik naukowy PTMTS. Do 1991 roku ukazywał się pod nazwą Mechanika Teoretyczna i Stosowana, od 1992 roku czasopismo zaczęło ukazywać się w języku angielskim pod dwujęzycznym tytułem Mechanika Teoretyczna i Stosowana * Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Od roku 1998 czasopismo ukazuje się tylko pod tytułem angielskim Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
The Stress Analysis Group of the Institute of Physics was established in the UK in 1946 for the purpose of providing a means of sharing information on research and developments in the field of experimental stress analysis and related topics. In 1959, with the help of The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and with the active cooperation of organisations in France, Germany (see footnote, Table 1) and Switzerland, the Group organised the Delft international conference. Following a discussion amongst the conference organisers, a meeting of national representatives was convened in Düsseldorf by Professor H. Fessler, UK, for the purpose of confirming the venue for the next conference and setting up an organising body for the conference series. A further meeting was held during the Paris conference in 1962 and at the next conference (Berlin, 1966) a formal constitution document was agreed for the Permanent Committee for Stress Analysis (PCSA), comprising representatives from twelve European countries and Israel. The modus operandi was that the PCSA should choose the venue for the four yearly conference. The appropriate body in the host country then took on responsibility for all aspects of the conference including publicity, organisation, selection of papers and publishing of the proceedings volume. The Chairman of the organising body became the Chairman of the PCSA with the responsibility of confirming and maintaining membership of the Permanent Committee, communicating with members and convening the next PCSA meeting at the forthcoming conference. The Permanent Committee could meet between conferences, at the request of the current chairman, for the purpose of offering comments and suggestions to the organisers. It has to be said that, by and large, the working of this scheme has been entirely satisfactory.Some constitutional changes and innovations have been made over the years.
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