Adam Waldemar Skorek (December 24, 1956) is a Canadian University

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and a Polish

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. He was born in Krzczonów, Lublin,

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Education

He completed Master of Sciences in

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Program at

Białystok Technical University Bialystok University of Technology ( pl, Politechnika Białostocka) is the largest technical university in northeast Poland.Engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...

degree in 1980. His

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Degree in

was received at

Warsaw University of Technology The Warsaw University of Technology ( pl, Politechnika Warszawska, lit=Varsovian Polytechnic) is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professor ...

in 1983.

Career

Adam Skorek is a Full

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and Former Head of the

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and

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Department at the

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières The Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) (''English: University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières''), also known as "l'université du peuple", established in 1969 and mainly located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, is a public universi ...

. He was elected and nominated Director of the UQTR's Research Group on Industrial Electronics (1995-2001). He is a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Management at the

Białystok Technical University Bialystok University of Technology ( pl, Politechnika Białostocka) is the largest technical university in northeast Poland.supercomputers A supercomputer is a computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer. The performance of a supercomputer is commonly measured in floating-point operations per second (FLOPS) instead of million instructions p ...

applications to the electro-thermal applications and complex problems solutions in industrial environment. More specifically he worked on

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with the use of

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for the analysis of the thermal problems in

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electronics The field of electronics is a branch of physics and electrical engineering that deals with the emission, behaviour and effects of electrons using electronic devices. Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification ...

and

nanoelectronics Nanoelectronics refers to the use of nanotechnology in electronic components. The term covers a diverse set of devices and materials, with the common characteristic that they are so small that inter-atomic interactions and quantum mechanical pr ...

devices. He has made contributions to the

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of electro-thermal phenomena exploring and applying various techniques to the power electronics devices design and

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control. This contribution is reflected in the number of papers published and presented in journals and conferences.

Memberships and organizations

He is an active Fellow Member of the Institute of Electrical and Computer Engineering (

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). His IEEE implications includes membership of the IEEE MGA Awards and Recognition Committee (2015-2016), IEEE Awards Board (2013-2014 and 2008–2009), IEEE Medal of Honor Committee (2008-2009) and the Industry Applications Society Executive Board (2005–2008 and 2001–2003) as well Chairs of the IEEE MGA Awards and Recognition Committee (2013-2014), the St-Maurice Section (2003–2004 and 1992–1994),

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Chapters Committee (1997–2001), Eastern Canada Council and Education Activities Committee of the IEEE Canada. He is a co-founder of the PARELEC IEEE International Conference dedicated to parallel computing applications in electrical engineering. He is the Member of the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers (SEP) and the Member of the Polish Association of Production Management (PTZP). Adam Skorek was appointed as Head of his Department (2001-2007) and elected by his Colleagues as Chair of the Canadian Heads and Chairs of Electrical Engineering Departments Network (2004). He was a Member (2001-2007) of both the Canadian Heads and Chairs of Electrical Engineering Departments network (CHECE) and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments Heads Association (ECEDHA), providing Canadian representation as a Member of ECEDHA's Board of Directors (2004). He was elected a President of the Canadian Polish Congress - Quebec District (2015-2017). He was a Member of the Board of Directors of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Canada (1994-2009).

Awards and recognition

Recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, awarded by the President of the Republic of

(2015) Recipient of the Medal of Governors of the University of Quebec (2014) Elected Full Member of the Academy of Engineering in Poland (2013) Recipient of the

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (french: Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine Elizabeth II) or The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal created in 2012 to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ...

(2012) Elected

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of the

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(IEEE) in 2009 Recipient of the 2006 IEEE RAB Leadership Award - "In recognition of his dynamic leadership and significant contributions in promoting IEEE and the engineering profession" Recipient of the 2005 IEEE Canada Wallace S. Read Outstanding Service Award - "In recognition of service to the profession and to the society" Recipient of the Gold Cross of the Order of Merit, awarded by the President of the Republic of

(2004) Elected

of the

Engineering Institute of Canada The Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) ( French: l'Institut canadien des ingénieurs; ICI) is a federation of fourteen engineering societies based in Canada, covering a broad range of engineering branches, and with a history going back to 1887. ...

in 2004

Family

His wife Marzena Skorek died at the age of 56 on December 31, 2016, she was an

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. Married in 1980, they had two children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skorek, Adam Waldemar 1956 births Living people Fellow Members of the IEEE Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada Polish emigrants to Canada Warsaw University of Technology alumni Canadian electrical engineers Academic staff of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Polish electrical engineers 20th-century Canadian engineers 21st-century Canadian engineers Academic staff of the Université du Québec Engineers from Quebec Bialystok University of Technology alumni Academic staff of Bialystok University of Technology