Andrzej Olas
Mechanical engineer, educator
Born Nov. 25, 1936, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1981; son of Feliks and Erna (Blank); married Eleonora (Tatarczak); children: Anna-Maria, Pawel, Krystyna.
Education: Master of Science (M.S.), Technical University of Warsaw; Ph.D., Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw.
Career: in Warsaw - manager, aircraft repairs plant, 1962-65, designer, PROZAMET, 1965-67, senior constructor, 1967-73, scientist, 1973-81, Polish Academy of Sciences; prof., University of Vermont, Burlington, 1982-84, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1984 -.
Author: co-author, Advances in Control, 1990; various articles in: Bulletin of Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland), Matematicheskaya Fizika (U.S.S.R.), Acta Technica (Czechoslovakia), International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, Transactions of Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers, Journal of Dynamics Systems, Dynamics and Control.
Member of: Polish Mechanical Engineers Association (Poland), 1970-81; board member, Principles of Technology Institute (Poland), 1980-81; editorial board member, Dynamics and Control; American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, Czech.
Hobbies: reading, history.
Office: Oregon State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rogers 204, Corvallis, OR 97331.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.