Ryszard Antoni Knosala (born 8 August 1949 in Opole) is a Polish engineer, professor of technical sciences and politician. He was the first Rector of the University of Applied Sciences in Nysa, starting from 5 October 2001.[1] Knosala was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 9087 votes in 21 Opole district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.
Knosala is the Chairman of Polish Society of Production Management.[2]
Awards and recognition
Honorary degree of doctor honoris causa of the Czestochowa University of Technology, 2019.[3]
Knosala published his works, as the only author or together with other scientists, at such renowned publishing houses as Polish Economic Publishing House (PWE), Elsevier or Springer. Selected publications include:
Management Engineering. Production digitization - series of PWE books (in Polish) with 3 editions of research news: #1 (2019),[6] #2 (2020),[7] #3 (2021).[8]
Verification of the Method for Assessing Productivity, Taking into Account Logistical Processes in Manufacturing Companies, Springer, 2018.[9]
Production Engineering. Knowledge Compendium (in Polish), PWE, 2017.[10]
Evaluation of design alternatives in mechanical engineering, Elsevier, 1992.[11]
^Postanowienie Prezydenta RP o nadaniu orderów [The decision of the President of the Republic of Poland to award orders] (PDF) (Decision of the President of the Republic of Poland 682, 37) (in Polish). President of the Republic of Poland. 31 August 2000. p. 1141.
^Postanowienie Prezydenta RP o nadaniu odznaczeń [The decision of the President of the Republic of Poland to award orders] (Decision of the President of the Republic of Poland 450, 120) (in Polish). President of the Republic of Poland. 11 August 1993. p. 589.