**Ryszard Palka**

Ryszard Palka, D.Sc. Ph.D. Eng.; Head of Department of Electrical Machines and Drives, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland. In 1987–2005, he was with the Institute of Electrical Machines, Traction and Drives, TU Braunschweig, Germany. Areas of research: electromagnetic field theory, numerical field calculations, optimization of electromagnetic fields, electrical machines, high-temperature superconductivity. He is the author of about 320 refereed journal articles, conference papers, technical reports, and co-author of 4 books. He is a member of the IEEE, International Compumag Society, Polish Society of Theoretical and Applied Electrical Engineering, International Maglev Board, and Committee on Electrical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences.
