Civil Engineering, Geodesy
and Transport

Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Transport

Duration of the programme: 4 years (8 semesters) 

Programme description:

This programme enables access to the latest technologies, methodologies, implementations and engagement with leading edge cross-disciplinary research using the state of the art civil engineering, geodetic and transportation technologies.

PhD research programmes in Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Transport offer the opportunity to carry out research in a broad range of fields including geospatial engineering and monitoring; photogrammetry and remote sensing; the technology and applications of satellite system; physical and space geodesy; building and construction engineering; and geotechnics. 

Courses are focused on chosen specialized subjects (mathematical and empirical methods in engineering and geodesy, optimization and numerical methods, state of the art technologies). They also contain optional aspects developing creative problem solving skills, necessary in scientific, didactic and business activities.

Career opportunities:

The graduates of the PhD programme are prepared for scientific and didactic work, but also for business activities. They have the knowledge and skills in the fields of  innovative and novel techniques, methodologies. The graduates can be employed at the universities, research and development centres, industrial laboratories, design offices and construction and surveying companies. They will be able to implement the acquired knowledge to their research work and will be well prepared to take postdoc trainings and to work in academia as well as in industry in Poland and abroad.

Key words:

  • positioning and autonomous systems
  • location based services
  • photogrammetry and laser scanning
  • remote sensing
  • engineering monitoring
  • geospatial engineering
  • spatial data infrastructure
  • physical and space geodesy
  • advanced soil mechanics
  • artificial intelligence computing techniques in engineering
  • optimization of construction investment processes
  • innovative building materials
  • numerical methods and constitutive modeling
  • modern measurement methods in engineering

Candidates for PhD Supervisors

ORCID Number:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7654-458X

Department/Chair/Institute:
Chair of Geodesy / Institute of Geodesy and Construction

Faculty:
Faculty of Geoengineering

University:
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Phone:
+48 66 77 87 814

E-mail:
wojciech.jarmolowski@uwm.edu.pl

ResearchGate Profile:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wojciech-Jarmolowski

Scientific Discipline:
(selection of up to two disciplines represented in the Doctoral School; in the case of a doctoral dissertation conducted in two disciplines, one that is not represented in the Doctoral School may be indicated)

Scientific Output Indicators:

  • Number of scientific publications (WoS/Scopus): 26 / 24

  • Number of citations (WoS/Scopus) excluding self-citations: 151 / 151

  • H-index (WoS/Scopus): 8 / 8

  • Number of citations (Google Scholar): 274

  • H-index (Google Scholar): 10

  • Number of PhD graduates supervised: 0

  • Number of current PhD candidates under supervision: 1

Willingness to Supervise PhD Students:

Polish candidates: Yes (1)
Foreign candidates: Yes (1)

Scientific Interests or Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  • Analysis of ionospheric disturbances caused by earthquakes observed via low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites

  • Analysis of ionospheric disturbances induced by geomagnetic storms and earthquakes using Global Ionosphere Maps (GIM)

Funding or Special Equipment Required for the Implementation of the PhD Project:

Are there funds to cover research costs?
Yes

Is infrastructure and appropriate resources available in the Laboratory/Department/Institute to carry out the planned research tasks?
Yes

ORCID Number:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6033-2547

Department/Chair/Institute:
Chair of Geodesy / Institute of Geodesy and Construction

Faculty:
Faculty of Geoengineering

University:
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Phone:
89 523 48 73

E-mail:
jacek.paziewski@uwm.edu.pl

ResearchGate Profile:
http://uwm.edu.pl/gnss/sklad-zespolu/jacek-paziewski
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jacek_Paziewski

Scientific Discipline:
Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Transport

Scientific Output Indicators:

  • Number of scientific publications (WoS/Scopus): 62 / 60

  • Number of citations (WoS/Scopus) excluding self-citations: 1063 / 1288

  • H-index (WoS/Scopus): 21 / 121 (likely a source error; verification recommended)

  • Number of citations (Google Scholar): 1956

  • H-index (Google Scholar): 24

  • Number of PhD graduates supervised: 0

  • Number of current PhD candidates under supervision: 1 (assistant supervisor)

Willingness to Supervise PhD Students:

Polish candidates: Yes (1)
Foreign candidates: Yes (1)

Scientific Interests or Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  • GNSS positioning using low-cost receivers and smartphones

  • Development of algorithms for processing high-rate GNSS observations

  • Precise absolute GNSS positioning

  • Use of low-cost GNSS receivers for ionospheric disturbance monitoring

Funding or Special Equipment Required for the Implementation of the PhD Project:

Are there funds to cover research costs?
Yes

Is infrastructure and appropriate resources available in the Laboratory/Department to carry out the planned research tasks?
Yes

ORCID Number:
0000-0002-2614-8017

Department/Chair/Institute:
Chair of Geodesy / Institute of Geodesy and Construction

Faculty:
Faculty of Geoengineering

University:
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Phone:
664 314 622

E-mail:
slawomir.cellmer@uwm.edu.pl

ResearchGate Profile:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Slawomir-Cellmer?ev=hdr_xprf

Scientific Discipline:
Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Transport
(In the case of a PhD project conducted within two scientific disciplines, it is permissible to indicate one that is not represented in the Doctoral School)

Scientific Output Indicators:

  • Number of scientific publications (WoS/Scopus): 40 / 44

  • Number of citations (WoS/Scopus) excluding self-citations: 143 / 169

  • H-index (WoS/Scopus): 11 / 11

  • Number of citations (Google Scholar): 551

  • H-index (Google Scholar): 13

  • Number of PhD graduates supervised: 2

  • Number of current PhD candidates under supervision: 1

Willingness to Supervise PhD Students:

Polish candidates: Yes
Foreign candidates: Yes

Scientific Interests or Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  • Optimization of the computational process of the PPP-RTK technique
    (No further information provided)

Funding or Special Equipment Required for the Implementation of the PhD Project:

Are there funds to cover research costs?
Yes

Is infrastructure and appropriate resources available in the Laboratory/Department/Institute to carry out the planned research tasks?
Yes

ORCID Number:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6169-1579

Department/Chair/Institute:
Chair of Geodesy / Institute of Geodesy and Construction

Faculty:
Faculty of Geoengineering

University:
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Phone:
506 350 660

E-mail:
wioleta.blaszczak@uwm.edu.pl

ResearchGate Profile:
www.researchgate.net/profile/Wioleta-Blaszczak-Bak

Scientific Discipline:
Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Transport

Scientific Output Indicators:

  • Number of scientific publications (WoS/Scopus): 43 / 46

  • Number of citations (WoS/Scopus) excluding self-citations: 277 / 282

  • H-index (WoS/Scopus): 12

  • Number of citations (Google Scholar): 567

  • H-index (Google Scholar): 14

  • Number of PhD graduates supervised: 0

  • Number of current PhD candidates under supervision: 1

Willingness to Supervise PhD Students:

Polish candidates: Yes
Foreign candidates: Yes

Scientific Interests or Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  • Processing of point clouds acquired from laser scanning (ALS, MLS, TLS, ULS) for assessing the safety condition of buildings and engineering structures, BIM applications, and environmental protection

  • Integration of data from various sources, optimization and reduction of large datasets, development and programming of processing algorithms, geoinformatics

  • Interdisciplinary approaches to data acquisition technologies for objects and their use in spatial, environmental, and social analyses

Funding or Special Equipment Required for the Implementation of the PhD Project:

Are there funds to cover research costs?
Yes

Is infrastructure and appropriate resources available in the Laboratory/Department to carry out the planned research tasks?
Yes

ORCID Number:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6169-1579

Department/Chair/Institute:
Chair of Geodesy / Institute of Geodesy and Construction

Faculty:
Faculty of Geoengineering

University:
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Phone:
506 350 660

E-mail:
wioleta.blaszczak@uwm.edu.pl

ResearchGate Profile:
www.researchgate.net/profile/Wioleta-Blaszczak-Bak

Scientific Discipline:
Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Transport

Scientific Output Indicators:

  • Number of scientific publications (WoS/Scopus): 43 / 46

  • Number of citations (WoS/Scopus) excluding self-citations: 277 / 282

  • H-index (WoS/Scopus): 12

  • Number of citations (Google Scholar): 567

  • H-index (Google Scholar): 14

  • Number of PhD graduates supervised: 0

  • Number of current PhD candidates under supervision: 1

Willingness to Supervise PhD Students:

Polish candidates: Yes
Foreign candidates: Yes

Scientific Interests or Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  • Processing of point clouds acquired from laser scanning (ALS, MLS, TLS, ULS) for assessing the safety condition of buildings and engineering structures, BIM applications, and environmental protection

  • Integration of data from various sources, optimization and reduction of large datasets, development and programming of processing algorithms, geoinformatics

  • Interdisciplinary approaches to data acquisition technologies for objects and their use in spatial, environmental, and social analyses

Funding or Special Equipment Required for the Implementation of the PhD Project:

Are there funds to cover research costs?
Yes

Is infrastructure and appropriate resources available in the Laboratory/Department to carry out the planned research tasks?
Yes

ORCID number:
0000-0002-3984-0846

Department/Chair/Institute:
Department of Geodesy

Faculty:
Faculty of Geoengineering

University:
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Tel.:
+48 89 523 45 24; +48 605 850 697

E-mail:
a.ciecko@uwm.edu.pl

ResearchGate account:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam-Ciecko

Academic discipline:
Civil engineering, geodesy and transport

Academic Achievement Indicators:

  1. Number of publications (WoS/Scopus): 34 / 43

  2. Number of citations (WoS/Scopus) without self-citations: 169 / 297

  3. Hirsch index (WoS/Scopus): 9 / 10

  4. Number of citations (Google Scholar): 661

  5. Hirsch index (Google Scholar): 13

  6. Number of promoted doctors: 0

  7. Number of supervised doctoral students: 0

Willingness to Supervise a Doctoral Student:

  • Polish doctoral student: Yes

  • Foreign doctoral student: No

Scientific Interests or Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  1. GNSS systems, GNSS navigation, GNSS geodesy

  2. Utilisation of GNSS systems in aviation

  3. GNSS interference analysis

Funds or Special Equipment Required for the Doctoral Project:

  1. Is there funding available to cover the cost of research? Yes

  2. Is the infrastructure and adequate resources available in the Laboratory/Chair to serve the planned research tasks? Yes

Scientific Disciplines