Andrzej Nowak, professor and department chair of civil engineering, received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Warsaw University of Technology. This is the highest academic distinction awarded by a university in Poland.

Andrzej Nowak

Recipients are selected through a stringent process among academic professionals across Poland. The selection committee evaluates each candidate’s research contributions and societal impact within the country. 

Nowak is the 70^th person in the university’s history to receive the honor.

Nowak’s research specializations include risk analysis, reliability index, code calibration, bridge engineering, bridge loads, field testing and weigh-in-motion measurements.

“This distinction is truly fitting of Andy’s contribution and service to academia,” said Christopher B. Roberts, dean of the College of Engineering. “He is a true scholar who is well-deserving of this international recognition, and he is an outstanding representative of the College of Engineering.”

Previous recipients include Olgierd Zienkiewicz, a pioneer of the finite-element method, and Marie Skłodowskac Curie, who shared in two Nobel Prizes for her work in nuclear chemistry and discovery of the elements radium and polonium.