• The 12th edition of the Farm Machinery and Processes Management in Sustainable Agriculture (FMPMSA) symposium will be held in Lublin on 12-14 June 2024. More information about the event can be found at: https://up.lublin.pl/en/fmpmsa/

1. Prof. Andrejko Dariusz
2. MSc Batyra Henryk
3. MSc Bosacka Alicja
4. Prof. Bzowska-Bakalarz Małgorzata
5. PhD Caban Jacek
6. Prof. Dobrzański Bohdan
7. Msc Drozd Paweł
8. PhD Dudziak Agnieszka
9. Prof. Dziki Dariusz
10. PhD Figurski Jarosław
11. PhD Góral-Kowalczyk Małgorzata
12. Prof. Gugała Marek
13. Assoc. Prof. Guz Tomasz
14. Prof. Horabik Józef
15. PhD Jabłonka Ryszard
16. Assoc. Prof. Juściński Sławomir
17. Assoc. Prof. Kachel-Górecka Magdalena
18. PhD Kapela Krzysztof
19. PhD Karpiński Paweł
20. Assoc. Prof. Kobus Zbigniew
21. Prof. Kocira Sławomir
22. Assoc. Prof. Koszel Milan
23. Assoc. Prof. Kowalczyk-Juśko Alina
24. Assoc. Prof. Kozłowicz Katarzyna
25. Assoc. Prof. Kraszkiewicz Artur
26. PhD Krawczuk Anna
27. Assoc. Prof. Kulig Ryszard
28. Assoc. Prof. Kuranc Andrzej
29. Prof. Kusińska Elżbieta
30. Prof. Lorencowicz Edmund
31. Assoc. Prof. Łysiak Grzegorz
32. Assoc. Prof. Maj Grzegorz
33. Prof. Marczuk Andrzej
34. PhD Marczuk Tomasz
35. Assoc. Prof. Mazur Jacek
36. PhD Milanowski Marek
37. PhD Misztal Wojciech
38. Prof. Nadulski Rafał
39. PhD Nazarewicz Sybilla
40. Prof. Niedziółka Ignacy
41. MSc Ogrodniczek Jacek
42. Prof. Oniszczuk Tomasz
43. MSc Osmólska Emilia
44. PhD Ostroga Katarzyna
45. Assoc. Prof. Parafiniuk Stanisław
46. MSc Paszkowski Jarosław
47. PhD Pecyna Anna
48. PhD Przywara Artur
49. Prof. Różyło Renata
50. Assoc. Prof. Rydzak Leszek
51. PhD Sikorska Anna
52. Prof. Sobczak Paweł
53. PhD Sprawka Maciej
54. Assoc. Prof. Starek-Wójcicka Agnieszka
55. PhD Stępniewski Andrzej
56. Dr hab. Stoma Monika
57. Assoc. Prof. Szmigielski Marek
58. Prof. Szymanek Mariusz
59. Assoc. Prof. Szyszlak-Bargłowicz Joanna
60. Prof. Tanaś Wojciech
61. MSc Tatarczak Jarosław
62. Prof. Tys Jerzy
63. Assoc. Prof. Wasąg Zbigniew
64. PhD Wójcik Monika
65. Prof. Wójtowicz Agnieszka
66. Assoc. Prof. Zając Grzegorz
67. Assoc. Prof. Zarajczyk Janusz

Foreign members:

1. Prof. Alex Adisa, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
2. Assoc. Prof. Atanas Atanasov, University of Ruse, Bulgaria
3. PhD Alaa Subr, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Baghdad, Iraq

• Once again the Lublin division of the Polish Society of Agricultural Engineering (PTIR) took part in the International Symposium of Student Scientific Circles “Environment-Plant-Animal-Product”. The 5th edition of the event took place on April 18, 2024, at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin. Assoc. Prof. Janusz Zarajczyk, PhD Paweł Karpiński and PhD Monika Wójcik acted as members of the jury in the Production Engineering section. Members of the Lublin division of the Polish Society of Agricultural Engineering decided to award a distinction to Ms. Sylwia Bondyra from the University of Life Sciences in Lublin and Mr. Hubert Małyszek from the University of Agriculture in Kraków for a poster entitled “Use of unmanned aerial vehicles in agriculture on the example of monitoring winter rape cultivation”. The presented work fits into the modern concept of precision agriculture, also known as Agriculture 4.0, which is based on farming with the use of digital technologies to monitor and optimize agricultural production processes. Congratulations to the awarded students.
• On April 12, 2024, a meeting of the Lublin division of the Polish Society of Agricultural Engineering (PTIR) was held. The gathering began with a minute of silence in honor of the memory of Prof. Kazimierz Zawiślak. During the meeting, current and organizational matters were discussed. At the end of the gathering, PhD Paweł Karpiński gave a presentation entitled “Drones in the Service of Agriculture”.
• IX General Meeting of the Polish Society of Agricultural Engineering in Kraków (Poland): On December 13, 2023, the IX General Meeting of the Polish Society of Agricultural Engineering (PTIR) was held in Kraków. The meeting summarized the last term of the PTIR’s Board of Directors. This term, in accordance with the statutes, lasted four years from 2019 to 2023. Professor Małgorzata Bzowska was elected chair of the meeting (Fig. 1).

Fig. 1. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Małgorzata Bzowska

After the agenda was adopted and the electoral and nominating committee was elected, President Professor Rudolf Michałek took the floor (Fig. 2).

Fig. 2. Prof. Rudolf Michałek – President of the Board of Directors, opens the IX General Meeting of the PTIR

In connection with the centenary anniversary, he presented the profile of Professor Janusz Haman – his achievements and impact on the development of agricultural engineering in Poland.

The planned program of the meeting was then implemented. Program reports of the PTIR, financial statements, and the audit committee were presented. After a discussion, the authorities of the PTIR were granted an acquittal in a vote. In the next point, reports from the activities of the individual branches were presented.

Then, elections were held for the President and Members of the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee, and the Collegial Court. Professor Rudolf Michałek was re-elected as President. The board of directors consisted of: Professor Józef Szlachta – Vice President, Professor Maciej Kuboń – Treasurer, Assoc. Prof. Dariusz Kwaśniewski – Secretary, three members: Professor Dariusz Choszcz, Assoc. Prof. Artur Kraszkiewicz, and Professor Jacek Przybył.

Professor Sławomir Kurpaska (chair), Assoc. Prof. Szymon Głowacki, and Assoc. Prof. Przemysław Niewiadomski were elected to the Audit Committee. Assoc. Prof. Urszula Malaga-Toboła was elected chair of the Collegial Court, and Professor Edmund Lorencowicz and Assoc. Prof. Karol Durczok were elected members.

The meeting concluded with a discussion on the future activities of the PTIR. The participants agreed that the society should continue to play an active role in promoting agricultural engineering in Poland.

• Representation of the Lublin Division of PSAE participated in the 4th International Symposium of Student Scientific Groups “Environment-Plant-Animal-Product”. The event was held on 20 April 2023. The members of the Competition Committee were Assoc. Prof. Dariusz Goral, Assoc. Prof. Jacek Mazur, Assoc. Prof. Joanna Szyszlak-Bargłowicz. An honorable award was given to the participants of the CARBON Polymer Engineering Scientific Group operating at the Lublin University of Technology (Joanna Tomasik, Miłosz Wrotniak, Aleksandra Pszczoła, Damian Szopiński) entitled “Physicomechanical properties of biodegradable polymeric materials used in horticulture”.
• The Lublin Division of PSAE took scientific patronage of the 4th Discussion Workshop “How to improve the testing of sprayers in the reality of updated requirements?” , which took place in Wroclaw (Poland) (25.01.2023)
• Meeting of PSAE members and students with a representative of Agrointelli Robotti (26.10.2022)
• Participation in the organization of the Symposium “Farm Machinery and Processes Management in Sustainable Agriculture”, XI FMPMSA International Scientific Symposium, Bari, Italy, June 2022
• Meeting of PSAE members and students with a representative of Horsch company – Horsch Academy (25.05.2022)
• Participation of Members of the Management of the Lublin Division of the PSAE in the Competition Commission for the Evaluation of Presentations in the Production Engineering Section at the III International Symposium of Student Scientific Groups on 21.04.2022. The Competition Commission of the Polish Society of Agricultural Engineering, composed of Prof. Slawomir Kocira, Assoc. Prof. Renata Różyło, and Assoc. Prof. Joanna Szyszlak-Bargłowicz decided to award Ms. Angelika Krzysztof from the student grup “Agroekolog” operating at the Jan Grodek State University in Sanok, for her paper entitled: “The influence of organic farming on the intensity of water erosion”. More information in Polish can be found at: https://up.lublin.pl/blog/sprawozdanie-z-iii-miedzynarodowego-sympozjum-studenckich-kol-naukowych-srodowisko-roslina-zwierze-produkt/
• Participation of Members of the Management of the Lublin Division of PSAE in the Competition Committee evaluating presentations at the International Symposium of Student Scientific Groups and the National Conference of Doctoral Students organized at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin under the common theme “ENVIRONMENT-PRODUCT-ANIMAL-PRODUCT”, held on 15 April 2021 (https://up.lublin.pl/blog/miedzynarodowe-sympozjum-studenckich-kol-naukowych-oraz-ogolnopolska-konferencja-doktorantow/)

Photos: Artur Przywara, Ignacy Niedziółka
Edited by: Renata Różyło, Artur Kraszkiewicz, Joanna Szyszlak-Bargłowicz, Edmund Lorencowicz