Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief
Beata Grabowska, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Vice-Editor in Chief
Karolina Kaczmarska, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Co-editors
Giuliano Angella, National Research Council of Italy, Institute ICMATE, Italy
Artur Bobrowski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Peter Futas, Technical Univerisity of Kosice, Slovakia
Daniel Gurgul, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Bożena Tyliszczak, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
Language Editor (native speaker)
Aeddan Shaw
Technical Editor
Agnieszka Rusinek
Scientific Board
Giuliano Angella, National Research Council of Italy, Institute ICMATE, Italy
Roberto Enrique Boeri, Conicet University of Mar del Plata, Argentina
Artur Bobrowski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Franco Bonollo, Padova University Dept. of Engineering & Management (DTG), Italy
Marcin Brzeziński, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Andriy Burbelko, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Józef Dańko, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Rafał Dańko, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Attila Diószegi, Jönköping University, Sweden
Stanisław Marian Dobosz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Aleksander Fedoryszyn, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Peter Futas, Technical Univerisity of Kosice, Slovakia
Marcin Górny, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Beata Grabowska, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Jarosław Jakubski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Anders E. W. Jarfors, Jönköping University, Sweden
Jan Jezierski, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Mieczysław Kaczorowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Barbara Kalandyk, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Dorota Kalisz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Magdalena Kawalec, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Dariusz Kopyciński, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Halina Krawiec, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Janusz Lelito, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Hugo F. Lopez, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Maria Maj, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Katarzyna Major-Gabryś, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Paweł Malinowski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Dawid Myszka, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Adel Nofal, Central Metallurgical R&D Institute (CMRDI), Egypt
Tadeusz Pacyniak, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Bogdan Piekarski, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland
Marcela Pokusova, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
Alena Pribulová, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
Edyta Proniewicz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Iulian Riposan, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Salem Seifeddine, Jönköping University, Sweden
Agnieszka Sobczak-Kupiec, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
Jerzy Sobczak, Foundry Research Institute, Poland
Maria Starowicz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Bożena Tyliszczak, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
Doru Michael Stefanescu, University of Alabama and Ohio State University, USA
Ewa Witek, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Gotthard Wolf, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Roman Wrona, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Vincent Vignal, ICB, CNRS - Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Szczepan Zapotoczny, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Eugeniusz Ziółkowski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Cover Designer
Karolina Kaczmarska, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland