Polish version  Kamil Krzywiński, MSc Eng kamil.krzywinski@pwr.edu.pl, office hours for students, building C-7, room 710. Web pages:

Ph.D. thesis:
Multi-scale evaluation of the effect of thermal shock on the properties of environmentally-friendly polymer-cement composites modified with recycled fine aggregates

Supervisor: Łukasz Sadowski, Ph.D.
Co-supervisor: Konrad Józef Krakowiak , Ph.D. (University of Houston, TX, USA)

Research fields:
polymer-cementitious composites, thermal properties of epoxy resin, adhesion

Projects:

Title: Multi-scale identification of the effect of the epoxy resin modification with titanium (IV) oxide in a rutile crystal structure on the adhesive and thermal properties of concrete reinforced with carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites (WINGS)
Grant No. 0151/DIA/2020/49, IX Diamond Grant, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Position: project manager, scientific supervisor: Ph.D. Łukasz Sadowski
Duration: 2020-2024, grant value: 220 000 PLN ~ 48 000 EUR - info PWr 

Title: Multi-scale evaluation of the effect of thermal shock on the properties of environmentally-friendly polymer-cement composites modified with recycled fine aggregates (POWER)
Grant No. 2019/35/O/ST8/01546, Preludium Bis 1, National Science Center (Poland)
Position: Ph.D., project manager: Ph.D. Łukasz Sadowski
Duration: 2020-2024, grant value: 525 425 PLN ~ 115 000 EUR - info PWr

Title: The use of granite powder waste for the production of selected construction products (WOW)
Grant No. 0130/L-11/2019, Lider XI, The National Centre for Research and Development (Poland)
Position: assistant, project manager: Ph.D. Łukasz Sadowski
Duration: 2021-2024, grant value: 1 497 287,50 PLN ~ 326 000 EUR - info PWr

Title: Utilization of concrete wastes from demolition in industrial floors
Grant No. MNISW/2020/266/DIR/NN4, Najlepsi z Najlepszych! 4.0, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland
Position: project manager, scientific supervisor: Ph.D. Łukasz Sadowski
Duration: 2019-2020, grant value: 19 880,44 PLN ~ 4 300 EUR - info PWr

Scholarships / other achievements:

- Marian Suski Schloarschip 2023 - info Wroclaw.pl
- Scholarship of the Minister of Education and Science for the Best Young Scientists 2021 - info PWr
- The best M.Sc. graduate student award in Civil Engineering at Wroclaw.Tech for the year 2019/2020 - info PWr
- Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for students for year 2019/2020. - info PWr

Internships:

• USA – University of Houston – 2022, duration: 6 months – Doctoral program of foreign internship NAWA Preludium BIS 1, host supervisor: Ph.D. Konrad Józef Krakowiak.
• Poland – Łukasiewicz Research Network, 2021, duration: 5 days, main aim: thermal analysis of materials with LFA, DSC and DIL apparatus, host supervisor: Ph.D. Marta Homa.
• Portugal – Universidade NOVA de Lisboa – 2019, duration: 21 days – Short Term Scientific Mission, founded by COST Action 15202, STSM title: Life Cycle Assessment of different preventive repair solutions, host supervisor: Prof. Carlos Chastre.

Articles:

• Moshiri, A., Morshedifard, A., Stefaniuk, D., El Awad, S., Phatak, T., Krzywiński, K. J., ... & Krakowiak, K. J. (2023). Organic cross-linking decreases the thermal conductivity of calcium silicate hydrates. Cement and Concrete Research, 174, 107324.
  
  
• Krzywiński, K., Sadowski, Ł., Fedoruk, K., & Sieradzki, A. (2022). Fundamental understanding of the thermal properties of amorphous epoxy resin coatings filled with quartz-feldspar powder sourced from quarry waste. Applied Surface Science, 156133.

• Krzywiński, K., Sieradzki, A., Sadowski, Ł., Królicka, A., & Chastre, C. (2022). Thermal wear of epoxy composite modified with rutile titanium dioxide. Composite Structures, 115127.

• Krzywiński, K., Sadowski, Ł., Stefaniuk, D., Obrosov, A., & Weiß, S. (2022). Engineering and manufacturing technology of green epoxy resin coatings modified with recycled fine aggregates. International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology, 1-19.

• Krzywiński, K., Sadowski, Ł., Szymanowski, J., Żak, A., & Piechówka-Mielnik, M. (2020). Attempts to improve the subsurface properties of horizontally-formed cementitious composites using tin (ii) fluoride nanoparticles. Coatings, 10(1), 83.

• Krzywiński, K., & Sadowski, Ł. (2019). The effect of texturing of the surface of concrete substrate on the pull-off strength of epoxy resin coating. Coatings, 9(2), 143.

• Ostrowski, K., Stefaniuk, D., Sadowski, Ł., Krzywiński, K., Gicala, M., & Różańska, M. (2020). Potential use of granite waste sourced from rock processing for the application as coarse aggregate in high-performance self-compacting concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 238, 117794.

• Krzywiński, K., Sadowski, Ł., & Łaszczak, M. (2020). The effect of the type of substrate and its surface treatment on the pull-off strength of gypsum plasters. The Journal of Adhesion, 96(1-4), 370-383.

• Sadowski, Ł., Krzywiński, K., & Michoń, M. (2020). The influence of texturing of the surface of concrete substrate on its adhesion to cement mortar overlay. The Journal of Adhesion, 96(1-4), 130-143.