Janusz Szafran, Prof.

Department of Electrical Power Engineering (K36W05D02)
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
Wyb. Wyspiańskiego 27
50-370 Wrocław
Poland
room 423, building D-20
tel: +48 71 / 320 3487
email: janusz.szafran@pwr.edu.pl

Publications

Wrocław University of Science and Technology publications database

Fields of Interest

• Digital signal processing
• Power system protection
• Computer based control methods in power systems
• Estimation of protection criterion values

Scientific Activity

• supervision of 4 Ph.D. thesis (1995 - W. Rebizant, 1997 - M. A. Moftah, 2006 - D. Bąk, 2013 - B. Brusiłowicz)
• reviews - numerous PhD thesis, students' books, conference papers, research grant applications, DSc and Prof. applications
• monographs - J.Szafran, "Signal recognition in digital power system protection", Scientific papers of the Institute of Electrical Power Engineering of WUT, No 83, Monographs No 23, Wroclaw 1990
• książka - J. Szafran, A. Wiszniewski: "Algorithms of measurement and decision-making for power system protection applications", WNT, Warszawa, 2001 (in Polish)
• książka - W. Rebizant, J. Szafran, A. Wiszniewski, "Digital signal processing in power system protection and control", Springer, London, 2011 (ISBN 978-0-85729-801-0, e-ISBN 978-0-85729-802-7).

Professional Organizations

• Association of Polish Electrical Engineers (SEP)
• Control Engineering Committee of SEP
• member of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE): Societies for Education, Instrumentation and Measurement, Signal Processing

Organizational Activity

• Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering WUT (1999-2002, 2002-2005),
• member of the WUT Senate (1993-2008) as well as two Senate Committees: Academic Staff Committee(1993-96, 1996-1999), Evaluative Committee (1996-1999)
• head of the Power System Control and Protection Team (1990-2005),
• manager of the KBN grant - "Mikroprocessor based MV substation protection system"
• chairman of the Committee of Scientific Board of Electrical Engineering Faculty for the new option of study "Control Systems and Robotics"
• V-ce Rector of WUT for Teaching (2005-2008)

Awards

• 1999, Prime Minister Prize for "Outstanding Polish Applied Scientific Achievement" (industrial research project Microprocessor based protection system for MV substation done by PSCPG WUT & REFA S.A. Swiebodzice)
• 2002, Award of the Minister of National Education and Sport of the Republic of Poland for the overall business activity in research, teaching and education
• Wroclaw University of Technology Rector Prizes
• Faculty of Electrical Engineering Dean's Prizes
• Institute of Electrical Power Engineering Institute Director Prizes.

Honors

• Honorary Doctorate (2006, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg)
• Gold Badge of Wrocław University of Technology (1984)
• Gold Cross of Merit (1989)
• Medal of the National Education Commission (2009)
• Gold Badge of Honour of the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers (2010)
• Centenary Medal for Technical Universities in Wroclaw (2010)
• Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2011)
• Solidarity Medal (2011)
• Medal of Merit for the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (2013)
• Gold Badge of Wrocław University of Technology with Diamond (2013)