Deputy Rector for Internationalisation, Cooperation, and Development

Professor Tomasz Tarasiuk, DSc(Eng)
Electrical Engineer Officer

Academic Degrees and Titles:

  • Professor of Engineering and Technical Sciences in Automation, Electronics, and Electrical Engineering (2021)
  • Doctor of Technical Science in Electrical Engineering (with distinction) - Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology (2010)
  • Doctor of Technical Science in Electrical Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Department of Electrotechnics and Automation (2001)
  • MSc in Electrical Engineering, specialising in Marine Electronics - Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Gdynia Higher Maritime School

Employment:

  • Gdynia Maritime University (previously Gdynia Maritime Academy and Gdynia Higher Maritime School)
    • Professor (2021-present)
    • Gdynia Maritime University Professor - Department of Ship Power Engineering (2010-2021)
    • Assistant Professor - Department of Ship Power Engineering, Gdynia Maritime Academy (2001-2010)
    • Assistant - Department of Ship Power Engineering, Gdynia Maritime Academy (1994-2001)
  • Remontowa Electrical Solutions (2019-2022), Head of R & D on the NCBiR research project
  • Swan Shipping - Electrical Engineer Officer, 1996
  • Polsteam – PŻM
    • 1st Electrical Engineer Officer, 1993
    • Electrical Engineering Assistant, 1989-1993

Positions held at Gdynia Maritime University:

  • Deputy Rector for Cooperation and Development (2020-2024)
  • Deputy Dean for Maritime Affairs and Science - Faculty of Electrical Engineering (2016-2019)
  • Member of the GMU Senate (2012-2016, 2020-2024)
  • Member of the Senate Committee for Maritime Affairs (2016-present)
  • Member of the Senate Committee for Academic Affairs (2020-present)
  • Member of the Senate Committee for Budget and Financial Affairs
  • Member of the Rectoral Commission for Rector's Awards for Academic Staff and the Commission for Adavancement of Academic Teachers
  • Chairperson of the Faculty Commission for Scientific Research 2016-2020

Other functions:

  • Lay judge at the Maritime Court in Gdynia (2005-2007)
  • Reviewer, secretary, and member of the committee in habilitation (post-doctoral) proceedings and doctoral procedures
  • Co-editor of Proceedings of 14th IMEKO Symposium on New Technologies in Measurement and Instrumentation and 10th Workshop on ADC Modelling and Testing, Gdynia-Jurata, Poland, 2005
  • Guest Associate Editor for the special section of IEEE Transaction on Energy Conversion, 2017
  • Examiner at the Central Maritime Education Committee

Areas of Research:

  • Ship Power Engineering - Characteristics of electrical energy systems modelling
  • Digital signal processing in measurements

Scientific Activity:

  • Author of more than 100 articles published in scientific journals and peer-reviewed science conference materials, including 16 publications as a result of international cooperation
  • Head of two research projects and main project developer on five research projects financed by the National Science Centre (NCN), the Ministry of Education and Science (MNiSW), the State Committee for Scientific Research (KBN), and the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU)
  • Supervisor of two successfully completed doctoral dissertations
  • During the years 2020-2023, included in the top 2% of the most influential researchers globally in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, based on researchers’ entire academic output, as produced by Stanford University scientists in cooperation with publisher Elsevier BV and SciTech Strategies Inc.

Social and Economic Cooperation: 

  • Head of R & D of the NCBiR POIR.01.02.00-00-0005/18 2019-2022 research project carried out by the consortium Remontowa Electrical Solutions and NMG Innovative Technologies on an integrated system for the modelling and graphic design of electrical installations on ships
  • Co-author of nine expert appraisals on electricity quality carried out on behalf of industrial companies and the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG-MUGed
  • Co-author of two Polish Register of Shipping reports

International Cooperation:

  • Visiting Scholar at Shanghai Maritime University from 2013-2019 and 2022-2024; gave 30 hours of lectures for postgraduate students on Digital solutions for electromagnetic phenomena measurement
  • Guest Lecturer at Aalborg University as part of a course on Maritime Microgrids for doctoral students in 2018-2019 and 2021. Lecture topics: Power quality issues in maritime microgrids and Introduction to signal processing of power quality disturbances in maritime microgrids
  • Co-author of IMO Model Course 7.08. Electro-Technical Officer. 2014 Edition, ISBN: 978-92-801-1580- 2
  • Coordinator for the Polish team as part of the projects: Study on power quality assessment in shipboard AC systems - models, definitions, procedures – No 37-11, 2018-2020 (37th Session of the Poland-China Scientific and Technological Cooperation Committee), and Power Management in Ships with Hybrid Power Systems PPN/BCN/2019/1/00087, as well as project developer on five other Poland-China Scientific and Technological Cooperation Committee projects
  • Co-author of tutorials at the conferences: 8th European Conference on Power Electronics 2016 and Applications, and IEEE COMPEL 2021, alongside scientists from Aalborg University, University of Tasmania and University of Trieste
  • Peer reviewer of research projects for Hong Kong Research Grants Council and the Research Council of Norway
  • Mentor for trainees from Aalborg University and University of Tasmania
  • Development and Implementation of Technology

Technological Achievements:

  • Head of design and construction of an estimator-analyser of electrical power quality, awarded a gold medal at the VII Trade Fair of Industrial Technology, Science and Innovation TECHNICON  INNOVATIONS'2011; the device was certified by the Polish Register of Shipping under no. TE/212/883995/11
  • Consultant for development work on an electricity quality analyzer dedicated to shipboard applications, developed at Remontowa Electrical Solutions
  • Development manager and co-author of a portable measuring system for testing the quality of electricity in marine power networks, used in the performance of expert appraisals and services
  • Co-creator of the original database of real signals registered in several ship and land microgrids, made available for a fee for the needs of works carried out by Remontowa Electrical Solutions

Awards:

  • Distinction in the Pomeranian Employers Primum Cooperatio competition "for outstanding scientific achievements combined with documented activity in the implementation of original scientific achievements" - 2019
  • Award of the Mininister of Infrastructure for overall scientific contribution, 2022
  • Granted the GMA/GMU Rector’s Award 18 times, 1998-2024
  • Received the Rector’s bonus for scientific activity, scientific excellence or research project leadership 15 times, 2014-2024
  • Gold Cross of Merit
  • Silver Cross of Merit
  • Gold Medal for Long Service
  • Silver Medal for Long Service
  • National Education Committee Medal
  • Honorary Badge "Distinguished Maritime Worker"