CV

Dr. Eng. Paulina Stempin

Assistant Professor at Poznan University of Technology

POSITIONS

• 2024/11/01 to present
  Assistant Professor in the group of research and teaching staff
  Institute of Structural Analysis, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transport, Poznan University of Technology, Poland

• 2021/11/01 to 2024/10/31
  Research Assistant in the group of research and teaching staff
  Institute of Structural Analysis, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transport, Poznan University of Technology, Poland

EDUCATION

• 2024/03/26 Dr. Eng. (Ph.D., Eng.) in Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Transport
  Poznan University of Technology, Poland
  Structural models in the framework of space-Fractional Continuum Mechanics
  Supervisor: Professor Wojciech Sumelka

• 2019/07/04 M.Sc. Eng. in Civil Engineering, specialization: Structural Engineering
  Poznan University of Technology, Poland
  Numerical analysis of the acoustic screen (in Polish)
  Supervisor: Professor Wojciech Sumelka

• 2018/02/07 B.Sc. Eng. in Civil Engineering
  Poznan University of Technology, Poland
  Structural design of arena (in Polish)
  Supervisor: Dr. Eng. Janusz Debinski

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

PROJECTS

1. Contractor in project PM-II/SP/0077/2024/02,
   Opracowanie wzorcowego stanowiska do badania dynamicznych właściwości mechanicznych materiałów
   Funder: MNiSW – Polska Metrologia II, Poland
   Leader: Poznan University of Technology
   Leader: Prof. Wojciech Sumelka
   Duration: 03/2024 to 02/2026

2. Leader in project 2022/45/N/ST8/02421
   Mechanics of bar-and-plate structures with strong scale effects – mathematical modelling and experimental analysis
   Call: PRELUDIUM 21 , Panel: ST8
   Funder: National Science Center, Poland
   Leader: Paulina Stempin
   Project duration: 03/04/2023 to 02/04/2026

3. Scholarship in project 2017/27/B/ST8/00351
   Development of fractional continuum mechanical models
   Call: OPUS 14 , Panel: ST8
   Funder: National Science Center, Poland
   Leader: prof. Wojciech Sumelka
   Participation in the period: 01/12/2019 to 24/11/2021

PUBLICATIONS

Publication	Polish Ministry points	IF
10. Krzysztof Szajek, Paulina Stempin, Wojciech Sumelka. (2025). Comprehensive analysis of complexity of damage identification in micro-beam like structures based on silver nanowires experimental data. Engineering with Computers	70	4.900
9. Paulina Stempin, Wojciech Sumelka. (2025). Space-Fractional Finite Element Method for Scale Sensitive Truss Structures - Theory and Implementation. Computational Mechanics	140	3.700
8. Paulina Stempin, Wojciech Sumelka. (2025). Approximation of Fractional Caputo Derivative of Variable Order and Variable Terminals with Application to Initial/Boundary Value Problems. Fractal and Fractional, vol. 9, iss. 5, p. 269-1-269-17	20	3.600
7. Krzysztof Szajek, Paulina Stempin, Wojciech Sumelka. (2024). Damage identification in scale sensitive beam-like nano-joints in the framework of space-fractional Euler–Bernoulli theory. Engineering Failure Analysis, vol. 164, p. 108606-1-108606-20	100	4.400
6. Paulina Stempin, Tomasz P. Pawlak, Wojciech Sumelka. (2023). Formulation of non-local space-fractional plate model and validation for composite micro-plates. International Journal of Engineering Science, vol. 192, p. 103932-1-103932-17	200	5.700
5. Paulina Stempin, Wojciech Sumelka. (2022). Space-fractional small-strain plasticity model for microbeams including grain size effect. International Journal of Engineering Science, vol. 175, p. 103672-1-103672-12	200	6.600
4. Paulina Stempin, Wojciech Sumelka. (2021). Dynamics of Space-Fractional Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko Beams. Materials, vol. 14, no. 8, p. 1817-1-1817-19	140	3.748
3. Paulina Stempin, Wojciech Sumelka. (2021). Formulation and experimental validation of space-fractional Timoshenko beam model with functionally graded materials effects. Computational Mechanics, vol. 68, iss. 3, p. 697-708	140	4.391
2. Paulina Stempin, Wojciech Sumelka. (2020). Space-fractional Euler-Bernoulli beam model – Theory and identification for silver nanobeam bending. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, vol. 186, p. 105902-1-105902-7	140	5.329
1. Paulina Stempin, Wojciech Sumelka. (2020). Numerical Analysis of Road Acoustic Screen. Archives of Civil Engineering, vol. 66, no. 2, p. 191-210	100	–
The summed indicators are: IF = 42.368; Polish Ministry points = 1250; H-index = 5; citations = 111 (86 without self-citations) according to Scopus database as of August 13, 2025.

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

Of the 18 conference presentations listed below, 11 were delivered by me; the presenter of each talk is indicated with an asterisk (*).

1. Paulina Stempin*, Wojciech Sumelka. Finite Element Method for Space-Fractional Truss and Frame. 8th edition of the ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference (YIC2025), September 17-19, 2025, Pescara, Italy

2. Paulina Stempin*, Wojciech Sumelka. Space-fractional finite element approach for size-dependent frame structures. 26th International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics (CMM2025), July 8-11, 2025, Łódź, Poland

3. Paulina Stempin*, Wojciech Sumelka. Development of space-fractional finite element for scale-sensitive truss structures. 95th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM2025), April 7-11, 2025, Poznań, Poland

4. Tomasz Jankowiak*, Marcin Nowak, Wojciech Sumelka, Paulina Stempin, Michał Wieczorowski, Joanna Małecka, Grzegorz Robak, Jolanta Królczyk, Kamil Cybul. Challenges in fast dynamic laboratory testing. International Conference „New Trends in Metrology” 2024, September 16-18, 2024, Kielce, Poland

5. M. Nowak*, W. Sumelka, P. Stempin, T. Jankowiak, M. Wieczorowski, J. Małecka, G. Robak, J. Królczyk, K. Cybul. Numerical analysis and experimental validation of split Hopkinson pressure bar setups: Proposal for a standard experimental design. XVII Konferencja Naukowo-Technicznej TECHNIKI KOMPUTEROWE W INŻYNIERII TKI’2024, October 15-18, 2024, Stare Sady, Poland

6. Paulina Stempin*, Wojciech Sumelka. Modelling of Nonlocal Truss Structures in the Framework of Space-Fractional Continuum Mechanics. ECCOMAS CONGRESS 2024 (9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering), June 2-8, 2024, Lisbon, Portugal

7. Paulina Stempin*, Krzysztof Szajek, Wojciech Sumelka. Space-fractional continuum mechanics as a method of capturing the scale effect. 19th European Mechanics of Materials Conferences (EMMC), May 29-31, 2024, Madrid, Spain

8. Paulina Stempin*, Wojciech Sumelka. Modelowanie belek i płyt zależnych od mikrostruktury w oparciu o mechanikę ośrodków ciągłych niecałkowitego rzędu. XIII Konferencja Naukowa PLASTMET 2023, November 7-10, 2023, Łańcut, Poland

9. Paulina Stempin*, Wojciech Sumelka. Modelling of nonlocal thick plates in the framework of space-fractional continuum mechanics. PCM-CMM 2023 (5th Polish Congress of Mechanics & 25th International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics), September 4-7, 2023, Gliwice, Poland

10. Krzysztof Szajek*, Paulina Stempin, Wojciech Sumelka. Towards optimal space-fractional Euler-Bernoulli beam design. CMM-SolMech 2022 (24th International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics & 42nd Solid Mechanics Conference), September 5-8, 2022, Świnoujście, Poland

11. Paulina Stempin, Wojciech Sumelka*. Space-Fractional Kirchhoff-Love plate theory for bending analysis with scale effect. CMM-SolMech 2022 (24th International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics & 42nd Solid Mechanics Conference), September 5-8, 2022, Świnoujście, Poland

12. Paulina Stempin*, Wojciech Sumelka. Plastic Hinge Formation in the Framework of the Space-Fractional Beam Theory. WCCM-APCOM 2022 (15th World Congress on Computation Mechanics & 8th Asian Pacific Congress on Computation Mechanics), July 31 – August 5, 2022, Yokohama, Japan (Virtual Congress)

13. Wojciech Sumelka*, Paulina Stempin, Krzysztof Szajek. Fractional mechanics – current development and perspectives. ACEX2022 (15th International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting), July 3-7, 2022, Florence, Italy

14. Wojciech Sumelka*, Paulina Stempin. On selected space-fractional structural models. IUTAM Symposium on Enhancing Material Performance by Exploiting Instabilities and Damage Evolution, June 5-10, 2022, Warsaw, Poland

15. Paulina Stempin*, Wojciech Sumelka. Frakcjalne teorie belek z efektem skali. Seminarium Sekcji Mechaniki Konstrukcji i Materiałów KILiW PAN, January 10, 2022, Poland

16. Paulina Stempin*, Wojciech Sumelka. Free vibration analysis of space-fractional beams. XXVII Conference of Lightweight Structures in Civil Engineering, December 2-3, 2021, Łódź, Poland

17. Wojciech Sumelka*, Paulina Stempin, Krzysztof Szajek. Mechanics of materials and structures in the framework of the fractional continuum mechanics. XII Konferencja Naukowa – Zintegrowane Studia Podstaw Deformacji Plastycznej Metali. PLASTMET 2021, November 23-26, 2021, Łańcut, Poland

18. Paulina Stempin*, Wojciech Sumelka. Selected beam theories in the framework of space-fractional mechanics. WCCM-ECCOMAS Virtual Congress (14th World Congress in Computational Mechanics and ECCOMAS Congress), January 11-15, 2021, Paris, France (Virtual Congress)

AWARDS

1. Third place in Jan Szmelter Award - the young researchers’ competition for the best paper presented at the 26th International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics, July 8-11, 2025, Łódź, Poland
   Presented paper: Space-fractional finite element approach for size-dependent frame structures.

2. Distinction for the preparation and presentation of a scientific paper by young scientists (pre-doctoral) at the conference: XIII Seminarium Naukowe ZINTEGROWANE STUDIA PODSTAW DEFORMACJI PLASTYCZNEJ METALI, November 7-10, 2023, Łańcut, Poland
   Presented paper: Modelowanie belek i płyt zależnych od mikrostruktury w oparciu o mechanikę ośrodków ciągłych niecałkowitego rzędu.

3. Third place in Jan Szmelter Award - the young researchers’ competition for the best paper presented at the 25th International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics & 5th Polish Congress of Mechanics, September 4-7, 2023, Gliwice, Poland
   Presented paper: Modelling of nonlocal thick plates in the framework of space-fractional continuum mechanics.

4. Scholarship of the Rector of Poznań University of Technology for outstanding study results (for the top 10% of students in the academic year):

   • in semesters III, IV, V, VI, VII at the first-cycle studies,
   • in semesters I, II at the second-cycle studies.

MEMBERSHIP

• 2023/10 to present
  ECCOMAS Young Investigators Committee (EYIC)
  
  • Co-organizer of the PhD Olympiad event held during the ECCOMAS CONGRESS 2024 (9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering). June 02-08, 2024, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Organizer of the PhD Olympiad event held during the YIC 2025 (8th edition of the ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference). September 17-19, 2025, Pescara, Italy.

• 2022/11/21 to present
  Polish Association for Computational Mechanics/Polskie Towarzystwo Metod Komputerowych Mechaniki

• 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2022
  Member of Doctoral Students Council of the Poznań University of Technology

COMMITMENTS

1. Member of Next Generation Committee - WCCM-ECCOMAS 2026 (17th World Congress on Computational Mechanics & 10th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering), July 19-24, 2026, Munich, Germany
2. Member of Organizing Committee - GAMM2025 (95th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics), April 07-11, 2025, Poznań, Poland
3. Representative of doctoral students (without the voting right) in the Evaluation Committee of the Doctoral School for the mid-term evaluation of doctoral students in the academic year 2022/2023 (September 2023)
4. Representative of doctoral students (without the voting right) in the Recruitment Committee of the Doctoral School for the academic year 2021/2022 (August 2021)

COURSE COMPLETION

• Realizacja i rozliczanie projektu finansowego za środków Narodowego Centrum Nauki (Implementation and accounting the project funded by the National Science Center, Poland), course by Centrum Analizy Wartości, March 20-21, 2025, Warsaw, Poland
• Autodesk Revit dla architektów z elementami BIM. Poziom: podstawowy (Autodesk Revit for architects with elements of BIM. Level: Basic), course by BUDiKOM, February 17-19, 2025, Poznań, Poland
• Short Course on Implementation of the DPG Method in a FE Code Supporting _H1, H(curl), H(div), and L2 - Conforming Finite Elements_, course by Prof. Leszek Demkowicz and Dr. Stefan Henneking, June 14-15, 2022, Poznań, Poland

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Courses: Computational Mechanics, Computer aided design, Numerical methods, Theory of structures, Engineering graphics and CAD, Technical drawing

AY 2025/2026

• Theory of structures, Project – 30-hour project component of a 3-ECTS course (lectury + project) in Polish, 1 group for first-cycle studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

• Engineering graphics and CAD, Project – 10-hour project component of a 3-ECTS course (classes + project) in Polish, 6 group for first-cycle (full-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

• Engineering graphics and CAD, Project – 20-hour project component of a 3-ECTS course (classes + project) in Polish, 2 group for first-cycle (part-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

• Engineering graphics and CAD, Classes – 10-hour classes component of a 3-ECTS course (classes + project) in Polish, 1 group for first-cycle (part-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

AY 2024/2025

• Computational Mechanics, Laboratory – 30-hour laboratory component of a 3-ECTS course (lectury + laboratory) in Polish, 1 group for second-cycle (full-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

• Theory of structures, Project – 30-hour project component of a 3-ECTS course (lectury + project) in Polish, 1 group for first-cycle studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

• Numerical methods, Laboratory – 30-hour laboratory component of a 3-ECTS course (lectury + laboratory) in Polish, 3 groups for first-cycle studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

• Engineering graphics and CAD, Project – 10-hour project component of a 3-ECTS course (classes + project) in Polish, 6 group for first-cycle (full-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

• Engineering graphics and CAD, Project – 20-hour project component of a 3-ECTS course (classes + project) in Polish, 2 group for first-cycle (part-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

• Engineering graphics and CAD, Classes – 10-hour classes component of a 3-ECTS course (classes + project) in Polish, 1 group for first-cycle (part-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

AY 2023/2024

• Computational Mechanics, Laboratory – 30-hour laboratory component of a 4-ECTS course (lecture + laboratory) in Polish, 1 group for second-cycle (full-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

• Computational Mechanics, Laboratory – 18-hour laboratory component of a 4-ECTS course (lecture + laboratory) in Polish, 1 group for second-cycle (part-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

• Numerical methods, Laboratory – 30-hour laboratory component of a 3-ECTS course (lectury + laboratory) in Polish, 2 groups for first-cycle (full-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

• Engineering graphics and CAD, Laboratory – 20-hour of a 2-ECTS laboratory course in Polish, 1 group for first-cycle (part-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

AY 2022/2023

• Computer aided design, Laboratory – 30-hour laboratory component of a 4-ECTS course (lecture + laboratory) in Polish, 2 groups for first-cycle (full-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

• Computational Mechanics, Laboratory – 30-hour laboratory component of a 4-ECTS course (lecture + laboratory) in Polish, 1 group for second-cycle (full-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland
• Numerical methods, Laboratory – 30-hour laboratory component of a 3-ECTS course (lecture + laboratory) in Polish, 2 groups for first-cycle (full-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

AY 2021/2022

• Computational Mechanics, Laboratory – 30-hour laboratory component of a 4-ECTS course (lecture + laboratory) in English, 1 group for second-cycle (full-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

• Computational Mechanics, Laboratory – 30-hour laboratory component of a 4-ECTS course (lecture + laboratory) in Polish, 1 group for second-cycle (full-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

• Numerical methods, Laboratory – 30-hour laboratory component of a 3-ECTS course (lecture + laboratory) in Polish, 3 groups for first-cycle (full-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

• Computer aided design, Laboratory – 18-hour laboratory component of a 4-ECTS course (lecture + laboratory) in Polish, 1 group for first-cycle (part-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

AY 2020/2021

• Computational Mechanics, Laboratory – 30-hour laboratory component of a 4-ECTS course (lecture + laboratory) in Polish, 2 groups for second-cycle (full-time) studies in Civil Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Poland.