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dr hab. inż. Wojciech Litwin

Biography

1992÷1996 - study on Mechanical Department at Gdansk University of Technology
1996 – employed in the Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology at the Gdansk University of Technology
2004 – PhD
2014 – habilitation
2016 - vice dean for science at Faculty of Ocean Engineering
He participated in a number of designing and research programs connected with water lubricated bearings, solar technology and modern ship propulsion.

Since 2005 Wojciech Litwin is a leader of Student Scientific Club KORAB. He was engaged in many projects connected with designing and building human powered and solar powered boats (www.korab.pg.gda.pl, www.solarboats.pl ).

Recent important publications (last five years):

Litwin W. Olszewski A.: Water-Lubricated Sintered Bronze Journal Bearings —Theoretical and Experimental Research; Tribology Transactions 1 2014
Litwin W.: Experimental research on water lubricated three layer sliding bearing with lubrication grooves in the upper part of the bush and its comparison with a rubber bearing. Tribology International 82 (2015)
Litwin W. Properties comparison of rubber and three layer PTFE-NBR-bronze water lubricated bearings with lubricating grooves along entire bush circumference based on experimental tests. Tribology International 90 (2015)
Litwin W. Dymarski C.: Experimental research on water-lubricated marine stern tube bearings in conditions of improper lubrication and cooling causing rapid bush wear. Tribology International 95 (2016);
Litwin W., Matsuoka I., Hirata N.: Water lubricated main shaft bearings with three layer bush – modern solution for marine industry STLE Conference, Las Vegas USA 2016
Litwin W. Influence of local bush wear on water lubricated sliding bearing load carrying capacity. Tribology International  (2016)
Full list available at: http://www.pg.gda.pl/~wlitwin/work/dorobek.htm

Wojciech Litwin profile and papers available at Research Gate web page: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wojciech_Litwin

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