Olgierd Zienkiewicz - International Recognition

International Recognition

The international range of Zienkiewicz' academic experiences has been geographically diverse. He became a lecturer at the Department of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, UK (1949–1957) before becoming Professor of Structural and Civil Engineering at Northwestern University, Illinois, USA (1957–1961). From 1961 to 1988 he was Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at Swansea University. He was latterly Professor Emeritus of this institution. Other teaching positions have included:

• International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering at CIMNE, Barcelona, Spain—Professor of Numerical Methods in Engineering
• Polytechnic University of Catalonia at Barcelona, Spain—UNESCO Chair of Numerical Methods in Engineering
• University of Texas, Austin—Joe C. Walter Chair of Engineering.