Prof dr hab in Krystian Probierz Faculty of

Prof. dr hab. inż. Krystian Probierz Faculty of Mining and Geology Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice Faculty of Mining and Geology Silesian University of Technology Gliwice, Poland Oulu, 15 May 2014

Lake district Lowland ▲ Mo SILESIA un tai ns ▲ Upland ▲ Mountains ▲ 2020 -10 -27 2

Thirty Year’s War 1618 -1648 ← Gliwice Swedish Soldiers Siege Curtain wall 2020 -10 -27 Silesia coat of arms 3

Katowice 44 km 33’ Kraków 95 km 1 h Ostrawa 113 km 1 h 20’ Wrocław 170 km 1 h 33’ 2020 -10 -27 4

Silesian Metropolis : 14 adjacents cities population > 2 750 000 with urban zone, area 1218 km² 2020 -10 -27 5

Town hall larch wooden tower brass screw 118 m height Gliwice Post office 2013 population ~185 000 2020 -10 -27 6

Old square 2020 -10 -27 Beside Beer gardens in Gliwice: 7

Castle, „Wall street” Town Hall Villa Caro- museum 2020 -10 -27 8

Main Street from Station Building to Old square 2020 -10 -27 9

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Historic GUIDO Coal Mine Gliwice Zabrze Katowice Rybnik 2020 -10 -27 11

Faculty of Mining and Geology The Faculty employs 35 professors and associate professors as well as 114 Ph. Ds. The Faculty runs the scope of researches concerning modern mining which covers appropriate geological identification of mineral deposits, economically effective extraction of raw materials, use of energy-saving and fail-save machines, meeting requirements of safety and environmental protection 2020 -10 -27 12

Structure: Institutes of Mining Mechanisation Mining, Mineral Processing and Waste Utilization Applied Geology Departments of Electrical Engineering and Control in Mining Management and Safety Engineering Geomechanics, Underground Construction and Management of Mining Areas Surface Protection Museum of Deposit Geology 2020 -10 -27 13

Powered roof support Longwall Mining 2020 -10 -27 14

Shale gas drilling 2020 -10 -27 15

Part of our Mineralogical Collection from …. . 1802 2020 -10 -27 16

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2020 -10 -27 18 Mining tradition Student swear an oath

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The Faculty cooperates with numerous foreign centers all over the world: Germany with universities (Aachen, Freiburg, Munster, Bochum, Tübingen, Darmstadt, Bielefeld, Clausthal, Wuppertal, Dresden, Magdeburg, Braunschweig, Munich, Freiberg, Chemnitz, Hanover, Barbara Day 2013 Jouko Saarela Bielefeld, Trier), SYKE Czech Republic (Ostrava, Brno), Helsinki Russia (St. Petersburg, Moscow), Spain (Madrid, Vigo, Oviedo), Portugal (Lisbon, Porto) Sweden (Stockholm, Lulea, Göteborg), Turkey (Pammukale), Ukraine (Donetsk), Slovakia (Kosice), China (Qingdao, Beijing, Sichuan, Jiaozuo), Japan (Tsukuba, Osaka, Matsuyama), India (Kharagpur, Dhanbad), Vietnam (Hanoi, Ha-Long) 2020 -10 -27 20 and in Chile (Antofagasta, La Serena, Coquimbo)

Thank you for attention Kiitos 2020 -10 -27 21