Awards and honors; membership of organizations and commissions
Award type, year:
Diploma of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, 2012
Award subject:
"A low-cost flow meter for measuring small mass fluxes of gases. The method and setup for calibration of this and similar devices"
Presenter:
The Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Recipients:
Juliusz Topolnicki, PhD,
Jacek Sobczyk, PhD,
Norbert Skoczylas, PhD,
Mateusz Kudasik, MSc.
Award type, year:
The Professor Henryk Czeczott Award, 2011
Award subject:
"Conducting safe mining exploitation in the conditions of accumulation and coincidence of the ventilation, methane, and fire hazards — a model"
Presenter:
AGH University of Science and Technology
Recipient:
Norbert Skoczylas, PhD
Award type, year:
Silver Prize In recognition of excellent and creative efforts to invent, 2011
Award subject:
"A low-cost flow meter for measuring small mass fluxes of gases. The method and setup for calibration of this and similar devices"
Presenter:
Korea Invention Promotion Association
Recipients:
Jacek Sobczyk, PhD,
Norbert Skoczylas, PhD,
Mateusz Kudasik, MSc,
Juliusz Topolnicki, PhD.
Membership of organizations and commissions:
Mirosław Wierzbicki, PhD — a member of the commission for investigation of causes and circumstances of the methane and rock outburst and the resulting group accident at work on November 22nd, 2005, in the "Zofiówka" hard coal mine of the JSW S.A. - appointed by the President of the State Mining Authority (2005)
Mirosław Wierzbicki, PhD — a member of the Commission for the Abatement of Methane Hazard and Gas and Rock Outburst Hazard in Underground Mining Facilities at the State Mining Authority, with the office in the Central Mining Institute — appointed by the Decision no. 42 of the President of the State Mining Authority from December 22nd, 2005 (2005-2008)
Mirosław Wierzbicki, PhD — a member of the Group for the analysis of the legal framework concerning mining activities conducted under the conditions of methane and rock outburst hazard and for the abatement of this hazard — appointed by the Decision of the President of the State mining Authority from March 1st, 2006. The Group proceeded until September 30th, 2006
Mirosław Wierzbicki, PhD — a member of the Commission for the assessment of water and caving hazard in the "Wieliczka" S.A. Salt Mine in Wieliczka and for the development of necessary safety precautions — appointed by the Decision no. 22 of the President of the State Mining Authority. The Commission proceeded from December 23rd, 2008 to September 10th, 2009
Mirosław Wierzbicki, PhD — a member of the Commission for the Abatement of Gas and Rock Outburst Hazards in Underground Metal Extraction Facilities — appointed by the President of the State Mining Authority on September 16th, 2009 (2009-2010)
Mirosław Wierzbicki, PhD — a member of the Commission for Natural Hazards in Underground Copper Extraction Facilities — appointed by the Decision of the President of the State Mining Authority from January 7th, 2010 (2012)
Mirosław Wierzbicki, PhD — a member of the Organizing Committee for The 1st International Scientific and Practical Conference/Underground catastrophes: models, forecasting, prevention at the National Mining University, 30th September, 2009 – October 3rd, 2009, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine