**About the Editor**

### **Aleksander Lisiecki**

Aleksander Lisiecki is a Professor at Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland, where he has been working since graduating in 1998. He is also a lecturer at the WSB University in Poznan. He completed internships at the University of Warwick, Warwick Manufacturing Centre ´ in Coventry, United Kingdom. He obtained a Ph.D. in the discipline of materials science in 2001, and then a higher doctorate in 2017. He is a Vice-Head of the Department of Welding Engineering. He is involved in teaching and research. He executed many scientific projects and was involved in many research and development projects as R&D manager in the field of manufacturing technologies, especially welding, laser processing and coatings. He participated in many international conferences, and he is the author or co-author of over 250 publications in Polish and English, 15 patents and 17 patent applications. His main areas of research and interests include advanced methods of material manufacturing and processing, advanced structural materials and materials with special properties, design and manufacturing of structures, assurance and quality control, and automation and robotization of production processes.

He is an expert in many organizations and a technical advisor to many manufacturing and service enterprises. Author of many expert opinions, including court opinions. The member of many associations and organizations, including the Polish Welding Society, the Polish Production Management Association, and the Polish Innovation Management Association.
