Project Manager

Łukasz Bartela, PhD, DSc, Silesian University of Technology

Łukasz Bartela, PhD, DSc, works as an associate professor at the Silesian University of Technology. His main area of interest concerns clean energy production and electricity storage technologies. As part of his research work, he focuses on issues related to the development of optimal energy mix. He conducts research in the field of technologies and algorithms concerning energy security.

He is competent in the field of thermodynamic analyses, economic analyzes and energy systems optimization. He participated in large research projects developing hydrogen technologies, supercritical coal blocks, also integrated with CO2 separation systems, and hybrid energy systems.

Since 2019, he has been dealing with Coal-to-Nuclear technology, assessing the possibilities and legitimacy of using the infrastructure of functioning coal and gas units as part of nuclear investments. He is the author or co-author of many scientific monographs, publications in international journals and many patents.

Nuclear Energy Expert

Agnieszka Miśkiewicz, PhD, Instytut Chemii i Techniki Jądrowej

Agnieszka Miśkiewicz, PhD, works at the Center for Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry, at the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, where she is the Deputy Head of the Centre. She deals with issues related to the environmental protection, in particular the management of radioactive waste.

Her research works focus on the use of membrane processes in the processing of radioactive waste as well as the treatment of water and industrial wastewater. She led the NCN Sonata 6 project concerning use of radioactive tracers to study membrane processes. She also participated in the implementation of a number of national and international projects in the field of environmental protection and nuclear energy.

She is the author of over 30 peer-reviewed publications, including 20 in journals from the Philadelphia List, and numerous conference speeches; HI=7, 179 citations.

Expert

Przemysław Sokoła, M.Sc., Energoprojekt Katowice SA

Przemysław Sokoła is the Nuclear Projects Director at Energoprojekt-Katowice S.A. He has extensive experience in the execution and coordination of design documentation for large-scale energy projects, including:

– Serving as the general designer and design coordinator for the execution and delivery of comprehensive, multidisciplinary design documentation for a 910 MWe gross supercritical power unit at the Jaworzno Power Plant.

– Leading design work for an investment project involving the preparation of concepts, studies, reports, and designs in the process of conducting research and development work on the feasibility of constructing a 500 MWe class integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power unit using Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) clean coal technology.

He is currently coordinating the implementation of technical consulting services involving the construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site for Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe Sp. z o.o.