On 22 February 2016 a public defence of doctoral dissertation of M.Sc. Eng. Zbigniew Skorupka titled: “Impact of Disc Temperature on Braking Torque of Vehicle’s Friction Brake” was held. The doctoral advisor was prof. dr hab. inż. Antoni Jankowski.
The Doctoral Thesis Committee took a decision to ask the Scientific Council of the Institute of Aviation to confer the academic degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences to M.Sc. Eng. Zbigniew Skorupka and submit his doctoral thesis for distinction.
The Doctoral Thesis Committee representatives were:
- dr hab. inż. Witold Wiśniowski – chairman,
- prof. dr hab. inż. Roman Domański,
- prof. dr hab. inż. Maciej Bossak,
- prof. dr hab. inż. Kazimierz Szumański,
- dr hab. inż. Cezary Galiński,
- prof. dr hab. inż. Jerzy Merkisz,
- prof. dr hab. inż. Zdzisław Gosiewski,
- dr hab. inż. Agnieszka Merkisz-Guranowska, professor of Poznań University of Technology – reviewer,
- dr hab. inż. Mirosław Kowalski, professor of Air Force Institute of Technology – reviewer,
- prof. dr hab. inż. Antoni Jankowski – doctoral advisor.