We are pleased to announce that our employee, Karol Makowiecki, has defended with distinction his doctoral dissertation entitled. “System for acquisition, testing and processing of synchrophasors in medium and low voltage networks”. The thesis was carried out within the framework of the prestigious “Implementation Doctorate” program at the Wrocław University of Technology, under the supervision of the supervisor – Dr. hab. Eng. Marcin Habrych, a professor at the university, and assistant promoter Dr. Eng. Alexander Lisowiec, representing the Lukasiewicz Research Network – Tele and Radio Research Institute.
The dissertation focused on the development of a comprehensive system enabling the acquisition, testing and processing of synchrophasors – modern meters of power network parameters – taking into account the conditions present in medium- and low-voltage networks. Dr. Karol Makowiecki has developed hardware and software solutions enabling the implementation of a PMU device dedicated to MV networks, a test stand for testing the precision of PMU measurements, and new algorithms based on neural networks for monitoring the state of the power grid. The solutions developed not only enrich the national engineering knowledge in this field, but also have already found practical application in R&D projects carried out at our Institute.
Karol Makowiecki has been with Łukasiewicz – Tele and Radio Research Institute since 2008, where he currently works as a chief specialist at the Center for Information and Electronic Technologies. Over the years, he has successfully participated in a number of research and development projects, focusing on the software of electronic devices – particularly in the field of electric power protection automation. His experience includes design and implementation of digital communications, development of graphical interfaces, digital signal processing and complex system integration.
In recent years, a particular area of his professional interest has become the application of the Linux operating system in industrial equipment – including the preparation of dedicated distributions of the system and programming in C. At the same time, he is developing competence in artificial intelligence, especially neural networks, which he successfully uses for classification and prediction of time series. An example of this approach is the railroad car condition diagnostic system he developed in one of his projects, realized in an energy-efficient microcontroller.
Dr. Karol Makowiecki is co-author of five patents, 38 scientific articles and chapters in two monographs. He has participated in the implementation of numerous national and international projects, including “Digital-IT – Metrology for digital substation instrumentation” (financed by EURAMET and the European Commission), “e-CzasPL – a system for reliable and trustworthy distribution of official time” (Digital Poland Operational Program) and “Innovative rolling stock sensor system with web application and artificial intelligence mechanisms” (Path for Mazovia competition).
The Lukasiewicz – ITR team is proud and happy to congratulate Karol Makowiecki on earning his doctoral degree. This exceptional achievement is evidence not only of his high engineering competence and commitment, but also of the values he brings to our organization. We wish him continued academic and professional success, inspiring challenges and many projects that will have a real impact on the development of modern technologies and their practical application in industry.
