Karol Sikora
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Past Employment:
  • Lecturer at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China; Honorary Lecturer at University of Liverpool, UK
  • Postdoctoral researcher at National University of Ireland, Galway;
‘Innovation in Irish Timber Usage’ - project funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine of the Republic of Ireland  in  partnership between National University of Ireland, Galway and Queen's University, Belfast
  • Adjunct Lecturer at College of Engineering and Informatics, National University of Ireland, Galway

Memberships:
  • Rotary Club of Suzhou - President Elect, Secretary, Chair for Administration
  • Academic Board Member at XJTLU (elected for term of office: 2016-2018)
  • Management Committee Member (representing Ireland) of COST Action FP1004 Enhance mechanical properties of timber, engineered wood products and timber structures
  • Management Committee Substitute (representing Ireland) and Working Group Member of COST Action FP1402 Basis of structural timber design - from research to standards
  • Member of Working Group 2 of COST Action FP1101 Assessment, Reinforcement and Monitoring of Timber Structures
  • Member of Task Group 1 of Timber Standards Consultative Committee of National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)
  • Society of Wood Science and Technology
  • Civil Engineering Research Association of Ireland

Editorial duties:
  • Scientific Board of Materialy Budowlane
  • Editorial Board of Developments in the Built Environment (DIBE)
  • Reviewer of Construction and Building Materials
  • Reviewer of Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
  • Reviewer of Wood and Fibre Science
  • Reviewer of Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture
  • Editor Area of Journal of Building Chemistry 'Chemical modifications of wood'

Invited presentations:
  • 2020: Co-Chair: 44th International JVE Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • ‘International Conference on Recent Advancements in Civil Engineering and infrastructural developments (IC-RACEID-2019). Keynote, Emerging trends in sustainable construction materials, (Nagpur, India)
  • Promatap 2019 (Lodz Expo, Poland)
  • International Eco-Conference EKON 2018 (EKON Foundation, Poland)
  • GLOBAL BAMBOO AND RATTAN CONGRESS 2018 (China National Convention Center, Beijing)
  • International Eco-Conference EKON 2017: Circular Economy-The Economy of the Future (EKON Foundation, Poland)
  • The National Sustainability Summit 2015 (Aviva Stadium, Dublin)
  • Innovations in Timber Construction, Industry Seminar (National University of Ireland, Galway)
  • Trainer at COST Action FP 1011 Training School on Reinforcement of timber structures (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2014)
  • Invited lectures on ‘The importance of Civil Engineering in Development of Civil Society’ (Long Island University and Mercy College, NY, USA)
  • Invited lecture on ‘Professional Advantages of Studying and doing Research in Civil Engineering (College in Walbrzych, Poland)

Academic PhD Supervision:
  • 1st Supervisor of PhD student in Timber-Concrete Composites (XJTLU)
  • Co-supervisor of 2 PhD students (National University of Ireland, Galway)

Funding awarded:
  •  > RMB1,000,000 for various projects in timber, and concrete technology and design

Skills:
  • Research techniques including: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry (MIP), X-ray scanning, Calorimetric methods, Destructive and non-destructive methods of mechanical properties assessment of construction materials, Building Information Modelling (BIM), Life-cycle assessment (LCA)
  • Certificate in Professional Studies at The Higher Education Academy (HEA), 2018 (2016-2018), Suzhou/Liverpool. 
  • Postgraduate course at the Warsaw School of Economics in “Strategic management in the enterprise”
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education at Warsaw University of Technology
  • Training on:
- Timber grading (Edinburgh Napier University, UK);
- CLT (Cross-Laminated Timber) Materials Product and Calculation (University of Trento, Italy);
- Assessment and reinforcement of timber elements (Mons, Belgium);
- Building Information Modelling (BIM) (Glasgow, UK);
-  International contracts FIDIC type of building (Warsaw, Poland);
- ‘The longer it is the better it is...’ - sustainable development, company visits, workshops (Lille, France);
- ‘Get Yourself Integrated’ - maintenance security, environment pollution, production quality, concern logistics, quality management, accreditation, normalisation (Kosice, Slovakia);
- Smart Home!’ – safety, automations, materials, construction methods, standards, emergency situations, energy saving, eternal building (Thessaloniki, Greece);
  • Courses: managing groups of people, work in a team, negotiations, professional presentation, effective memorising;
  • Driving Licence, Scuba Diving License, Motorboat Licence

Previous volunteering:
2011-2012                   President of the Research Students' Society at the Glasgow Caledonian University
07.2007-12.2007        Auditor – Faculty of the Mathematics and Information Science, the Warsaw University of Technology
2005-2009                   Secretary of Committee on Finance of the Civil Engineering Faculty Council of WUT
2005-2009                   Various representational roles at Students’ Union of the Warsaw University of Technology including:
-          President of the Civil Engineering Faculty Council of Students’ Union
-          Member of the Warsaw University of Technology Students’ Parliament
-          Member of European Students' Union of Civil Engineering (Baufak)
2005-2009                   Member of the Civil Engineering Faculty Council of Warsaw University of Technology (WUT)
07.2006-09.2006        Fund-raising from the European Union – Radom town
2003-2009                   Member of the Scientific Group of Engineering of Building Materials at WUT
2003-2005                   Member of the International Association of Civil Engineering Students (IACES)
07.2004-09.2004        Fund-raising from the European Union – Radom town office
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