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At the invitation of Professor Yujin Wang from the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor Mikolaj Szafran, a distinguished professor at the Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics, and an internationally renowned expert in materials chemistry, will visit our university for academic exchange in October 2026.
During his visit, Professor Szafran will deliver a series of public lectures from October 14 to October 27, 2026, at Room 417, Institute for Advanced Ceramics, Building C3, Science Park. All faculty members and students are warmly welcome.
Course Information
Instructor: Prof. Mikolaj Szafran
Email: mikolaj.szafran@pw.edu.pl
Class Schedule:
Week 1 (October 14–18):
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 9:00–11:00 a.m.
Week 2 (October 19–25):
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 9:00–11:00 a.m.
Week 3 (October 26–27):
Monday and Tuesday, 9:00–11:00 a.m.
Venue:
Room 417, Institute for Advanced Ceramics, Building C3
Lecture topic:
Colloidal Chemistry in the Design of Advanced Ceramic Materials and Composites
Main Sequence:
1. Introduction to Advanced Ceramics, Part I, and Part II, 2 hours
2.An Introduction to Colloidal Chemistry, 2 hours
3.Main Methods of Shaping of Advanced Ceramic Materials, 2 hours
4.Role of Chemistry in Designing of Advanced Ceramic Materials, 2h
5.Colloidal Processing of Advanced Ceramic Materials and Composites, 2 hours
6.Gel-Casting of Advanced Ceramic Materials, 2 hours
7.Additive Manufacturing , 2 hours
8.Porous Ceramic Materials-Designing, Properties and Application, 2 hours
Biography：
Professor Mikolaj Szafran, PhD, DSc. Eng.
Member (Academician) of the World Academy of Ceramics, Class Science
Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology
Adress: Noakowskiego 3 St., 00-664 Warsaw, Poland
Phone: 04822/234 55 86
Mobile: +48 604 833 522
E-mail: mikolaj.szafran@pw.edu.pl
Mikolaj Szafran is a chemist specializing in advanced ceramic technology and works on designing advanced ceramic materials, based on chemistry. He considers ceramic materials only as the top of a “pyramid” whose foundations are constructed from chemistry, physics, mechanics, biology, etc. In his work, he tries to combine or use his knowledge of organic, inorganic and physical chemistry in order to understand the relations between properties of raw materials, green and sintered bodies. His scientific achievements comprise one book, four monographs, 270 articles published in scientific journals and over 350 oral and poster presentations at national and international conferences in Poland and abroad. He is also the author and co-author of 40 patents and 19 patent applications. Besides, he is also the author or co-author of over 50 technological studies, many of which have been used in the industry, e.g. Specially designed ceramic porous materials have been used in 60 industrial plants. Moreover, he has delivered more than 60 speeches as a plenary and invited speaker at numerous conferences in many countries. Dr. Szafran has cooperated with foreign centres for many years, for example:
o Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
o Korea Institute of Materials Science, Changwon, Korea
o EMPA, Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
o Institute for Problems of Materials Science National Academy of Science, Kiev, Ukraine
o Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie e Ambiente, Rome, Italy
o National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
o Institute of Glass and Ceramics, Madrid, Spain
