ABSTRACT: Prof. dr hab. ing. Józef Żurek obtained a Master of Engineering degree at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Military University of Technology in Warsaw and in 1969 in the specialization of aircraft and aircraft engines' construction. In the years 1969–1973 he worked as a lecturer at the Central Training Center for Technical Specialists of the Air Force in Oleśnica. In 1973 he was transferred to the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in Warsaw as a senior laboratory engineer. In the years 1976–2012 he was promoted to the successive scientific positions: assistant, senior assistant, assistant professor, docent, associate professor at AFIT, up to the title of full professor. Currently, he lectures at the Polish Air Force University on the following courses: Aircraft Operation Control, Aircraft Structure Research and Transport Systems Management.

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