The genesis of the Faculty of Production Engineering

Before 1970

Although the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering (presently the Faculty of Production Engineering) was established on 1 September 1970, its origins date back to almost 25 years earlier when, on 5 November 1946, the Sub-department of Agricultural Machinery was created as part of the Agrarian Faculty of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. On 1 October 1950, the Sub-department of Agricultural Machinery was transformed into a department of the same name and the first director (1950-1951) was mgr inż. Roman Fąfara, the curator was – prof. Stefan Ziemnicki (1950-1952).

With the establishment in 1955, the Higher School of Agriculture in Lublin, the Department of Agricultural Machinery became part of the Agrarian Faculty. After ten years of its operation, it was renamed in 1960, to the Department of Agricultural Mechanisation – as a result of the growing number of scientific and educational tasks.

On 1 September 1966, within the Faculty of Agriculture there was a separate unit established – Agricultural Mechanisation. In 1968, the Department of Agricultural Mechanisation was transformed into the Institute of Agricultural Engineering and it was managed by prof. Janusz Haman.

The Faculty of Agricultural Engineering in 1970/2003

1 September 1970 – establishment of the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering,

1970 – the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, as the first one in Poland, obtains the rights to award a doctoral degree in technical sciences, specialisation: agricultural mechanisation,

1971 – the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering is authorised to conduct postdoctoral courses and award an academic title of doctor habilitated,

1979 – a transformation of the department into the Institute of Applied Mathematics and establishment of the Centre for Computer Science,

1980 – establishment of the Institute of Machinery Exploitation of the Agri-Food Industry (director – prof. dr hab. Joseph Grochowicz),

1982 – transformation of the Institute of Machinery Exploitation of the Agri-Food Industry into the Institute of Agri-Food Technology (director – prof. dr hab. Józef Grochowicz), establishment of the Institute of Technology Fundamentals (director – prof. dr hab. Tomasz Otmianowski) and establishment of the Institute of Land Reclamation and Agricultural Engineering (director – prof. dr hab. Zygmunt Mazur),

1990 – closure of the Institute of Machinery Exploitation of the Agri-Food Industry and establishment of independent units – departments and sub-departments,

1999 – transformation of the Institute of Land Reclamation and Agricultural Engineering into the Department of Land Reclamation and Agricultural Engineering (director – prof. dr hab. Stanisław Pałys), transformation of the Institute of Applied Mathematics into the Department of Applied Mathematics (director – prof. dr hab. Tadeusz Przybysz) and transformation of the Institute of Technology Fundamentals into the Department of Technology Fundamentals (director – prof. dr hab. Andrzej Kusz),

2000 – transformation of the Institute of Applied Mathematics into the Department of Applied Mathematics (director – prof. dr hab. Mirosława Wesołowska-Janczarek),

The Faculty of Production Engineering in 2003/2020

27 June 2003 – changing the name of the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering to the Faculty of Production Engineering,

2004 – establishment of the Laboratory of Materials Technology and Machinery Maintenance (director – dr inż. Jolanta Marciniak),

2006 – establishment of the Laboratory for Water and Wastewater Analytics in the Department of Land Reclamation and Agricultural Engineering (director: dr hab. Krzysztof Jóźwiakowski) and creation of the Sub-department of Modelling and Information Systems in the Department of Technology Fundamentals,

2011 – establishment of the Sub-department of Logistics and Business Management in the Department of Energy and Vehicles (director:  prof. dr hab. Wieslaw Piekarski),

2013 – opening the Centre for Innovation and Implementation of New Techniques and Technologies in the Department of Agricultural Engineering  at ul. Głęboka 28 and establishment of the Central Research Laboratory (the Rector’s representative for the laboratory: prof. dr hab. Dariusz Andrejko),

2014 – creation in the structure of the Department of Machine Operation and Production Process Management, the Sub-department of Agricultural and Eco-energy Machine Operations (director – prof. dr hab. Edmund Lorencowicz),

2015 – creation of the Laboratory for Mechanics in the Department of Physics (director: dr hab. Andrzej Stępniewski) and establishment within the Department of Technology Fundamentals of the Sub-department of Ergonomics (director: dr hab. Halina Pawlak) and the Laboratory for Materials Engineering (Director: dr hab. Jerzy Grudzinski),

2017 – establishment of the Department of Thermal Technology and Food Process Engineering (director: prof. dr hab. Dariusz Dziki).

At the Faculty of Production Engineering, there are 7 fields of study. Until now, 10,880 students have graduated from the faculty.

There are 161 employees at the faculty, including 128 academic lecturers:

titular professor – 18,
dr hab. at the position of professor – 36
dr hab. at the position of assistant professor – 17
assistant professor with a doctoral degree – 47
assistant with a doctoral degree – 1
assistant with a master’s degree – 3
lecturer with a doctoral degree – 1
lecturer with a master’s degree – 5

There is also a group of 33 engineering and technical employees at the Faculty of Production Engineering.