Krzysztof Wilmanski (March 1, 1940 – August 26, 2012) was a Polish-German scientist working in the fields of continuum mechanics and thermodynamics.
axiomatic and kinetic foundations of continuum thermodynamics,
phase transformations in solids,
crystal plasticity and the evolution of textures,
thermodynamics of porous materials.
postgraduate at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (USA, 1969–70)
visiting professor at the University of Baghdad (Iraq, 1972–74)
von Humboldt stipend (Germany, 1979)
fellow at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Germany, 1984-1985)
visiting professor at the University of Paderborn (Germany, 1986–87)
research fellow at the Hamburg University of Technology (Germany, 1987–90)
the Technische Universität Berlin (Germany, 1991–92)
the University of Essen (Germany, 1992-1996)
head of the Research Group Continuum Mechanics in the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics in Berlin (Germany, 1996-2005)
professor of Mechanics at the University of Zielona Góra (Poland, 2005-2010)
member of the faculty of the ROSE School, Centre for Post-Graduate Training and Research in Pavia, Italy
Main original contributions to research
axiomatic foundations of continuum thermodynamics