Lukasz Mezyk

Membership of professional bodies:

• Member of  „Polski Instytut Spalania” ( Polish Combustion Institute)
• Expert of the Team for Educational Space Technology Projects, Committee for Space and Satellite Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Key research Areas

• Rocket thrusters - cold gas type
• Rocket thrusters  - resistojet type
• Liquid rocket thrusters – mono and bi-propellants
• Solid rocket thrusters
• Green propellants
• Thermal decomposition of HTP
• Hipergolic ignition

Teaching courses

• Astronautics (in Polish)
• Astronautics
• Space Technologies (in Polish)
• Space Technologies
• Spacecraft Design
• Rocket Propulsion Systems (in Polish)
• Advanced Aeroengines Laboratory - chosen problems (in Polish)
• Advanced Aeroengines Laboratory - chosen problems
• Space Technology Laboratory – chosen problem (in Polish)
• Space Apparatus – chosen problems (in Polish)

Proposed topics of diploma thesis

• Initial development of rocket engines;
• Laboratory research on rocket engines (cold gas, resistojet, monopropellants)
• Laboratory research on catalytic and thermall decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide;
• Laboratory research on hipergolic ignition;
• Initial development of satellites propulsion systems;
• Numerical investigation of rocket propulsion systems;

Publications:

• Mężyk Ł., Paziński A., Florczuk W., Kobiera A.,”Research on design of pulsed resistojet” Proceedings of 4th International Interdisciplinary Technical Conference of Young Scientists, 18-20 May 2011, Poznań, Uczelniany Samorząd Doktorantów Politechniki Poznańskiej, p.37-42.
• Kobiera A., Mężyk Ł.”Design and Performance Study of a low thermal inertia resistojet model”, Proceedings of Space Propulsion 2012;  CD form.
• Kobiera A., Kindracki J., Boruc Ł., Mężyk Ł.”Numerical optimization of a novel resistojet powered by supercapacitors”, Nonequilibrium processes in plasma, combustion and atosphere, Torus Press, Moscow, 2012, p. 159-164.
• Mężyk Ł., Kobiera A., Boruc Ł., Biczel P., Wolański P., „New kind of resistojet with power system based on supercapacitors”, 5th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences EUCASS 2013, CD form, ISNN: 978-84-941531-0-5.
• Mężyk Ł., Kobiera A., Boruc Ł. Biczel P., Wolanski P. „Resistojet thruster with a power system based on supercapacitors”, Challenges of modern technology vol 5 No. 3, July-September 2014, ISSN 2082-2863.
• Mężyk Ł., Boruc Ł., Kobiera A., Kindracki J., Seweryn K., Rybus T. „Innovative Resistojet Propulsion System – Use in Robotic Space Platforms”, Aerospace Robotics II,  Geoplanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences (ISSN 2190-5193), Springer, 2015.
• Mężyk Ł., Gut Z., Wolański P., Rarata G. „Research on thermal decomposition of 98+ hydrogen peroxide of HTP class”, Journal of Power Technologies 96 (5) 2016, 321-327, ISSN 2083-4187, Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology.
• Kindracki J., Tur K., Paszkiewicz P., Mężyk Ł., Boruc Ł., Wolański P., „Experimental research on low-cost cold gas propulsion for a space robot platform”, Aerospace Science and Technology 62 (2017) 148–157, ISSN 1270-9638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2016.12.001, 2016
• J. Oleś, J. Kindracki, T. Rybus, Ł. Mężyk, P. Paszkiewicz, R. Moczydłowski, T. Barciński, K. Seweryn, and P. Wolański, “A 2D Microgravity Test Bed for the Validation of Space Robot Control Algorithms,” J. Autom. Mob. Robot. Intell. Syst., vol. 11, no. 2, 2017
• L. Mezyk, Z. Gut, P. Paszkiewicz, P. Wolański, G. Rarata, “Possibility of Using Thermal Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide For Low Thrust Propulsion System Application”, 7th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences, 03-06. 07. 2017, Milan, Italy, DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2017-626.
• Kindracki Jan, Mężyk Łukasz, Paszkiewicz Przemysław: Experimental research on the resistojet thruster heater, w: Archives of Thermodynamics, vol. 39, nr 3, 2018, ss. 29-43, DOI:10.1515/aoter-2018-0018
• T. Rybus, K. Seweryn, J. Oleś, F. L. Basmandji, K. Tarenko, R. Moczydłowski, T. Barciński, J. Kindracki, Ł. Mężyk, P. Paszkiewicz, and P. Wolański, “Application of a planar air-bearing microgravity simulator for demonstration of operations required for an orbital capture with a manipulator,” Acta Astronomica, vol. 155, pp. 211–229, 2019.
• Jan Kindracki, Lukasz Mezyk, Przemysław Paszkiewicz: Resistojet thruster with supercapacitor power source – design and experimental research, Aerospace Science and Technology, vol. 92, 2019, pp. 847-857, DOI:10.1016/j.ast.2019.07.010
• Lukasz Mezyk, Zbigniew Gut, Kiran Mohan, Przemyslaw Paszkiewicz, Grzegorz Rarata: Thermal Decomposition of 98% Concentrated Hdrogen Peroxide for a Green Monopropellant Thruster Application. – Acta Astronautica – Under Revision;

Most important Research and Development R&D national and international projects in last years

• “Experimental research on rotating detonation in chamber fuelled by hybrid mixture” – Ministry of Science and Higher Education, 0838/B/T02/2009/37, project no. NN509083837, member of a research team: conducting experiments, data processing
• “Research and modelling of auto-ignition and combustion - experimental validation of computations” – cooperation during a research on auto-ignition of hydrogen during the outflow from high-pressure installation – 2009 member of a research team: experiment handling, data processing
• “Gas Resistojet Thruster for Medium Size Satellite Attitude Control System” – development and building of satellite thruster model in frame of PECS cooperation (ESA), project no. 98104 – main investigator and project leader at final phase: project management, development of a models, experiments planning and conducting, data analysis and processing, report preparation
• “Research on unsteady heat transfer in small size devices”, National Research Centre (“Preludium 2”)– main investigator and project leader: project management, experiments planning and handling, data analysis and processing, report preparation
• “System of satellite mutual navigation for servicing and formation flying applications” – The National Centre for Research and Development (PBS), member of a research team: development of a monopropellant thruster, conducting experiments, data processing
• “Research on thermal decomposition for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)”, National Research Centre (“Opus 6”), member of a research team: conducting experiments, data processing
• “Development and validation of laboratory model of space robot equipped with resistojet thruster system” – cooperation with Space Research Centre of Polish Academy of Sciences, UAVS Poland, GMV and Elektrotechnika B+R, member of a research team: development of resistojet thruster, conducting experiments, data processing
• “Development of rocket propulsion technology for new generation of liquid propellant rocket engine” - The National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR nr DOB-BIO8/07/01/2016), member of a research team
• „Project of executive elements for gasodynamic control system”, MESKO SA nr 3/DC/2017, member of a research team;
• „Design and manufacturing of demonstrators of executive elements for gasodynamic control system PB-1 i PB-2”, MESKO SA nr 7/DC/2018, member of a research team;
• Catalyst bed for 1N class HTP thruster (Contract No. 4000124287-18-NL-CBi-fg) – ESA, project manager at WUT;
• Investigation of IDT of chosen petroleum-based fuels with 98%+ hydrogen peroxide; - WUT Sources;

Didactic activity:

• Supervised Theses: BSc - 14, MSc - 13;
• Theses reviews: BSc – 16, MSc – 11;
• Member of diploma exam committees: BSc – 14, MSc – 27;
• “Short history of rocket propulsion”, 9^th Space Conference in Sieradz, Sieradz, Poland (2018) – lecture at the invitation of the organizers;
• „Can Elon Musk build the city on Mars? Technical aspects of interplanetary flights”, lecture at the invitation of the organizers, Warsaw (2019);

Organization activity:

• Secretary of diploma exams at IHE WUT;
• Preparing and conducting a 6h traning in the field of space propulsion systems and space debris in the frame of traning ogranized by BEST student association (2018);
• Member of traning team of  „Satellite desing phases 0/A/BC/D”;
• Member of Organizing and Scientific committees:
  • 34th International Symposium on Combustion, Warszawa 2012
  • "Per aspera ad astra" - exhibition and conference of Polish aviation achievements in the 100th anniversary of Regaining of Independence, Warsaw 2018;
  • VIII International Scientific Conference  „Development Trends in Space Propulsion Systems” Warsaw, 2013;
  • IX International Scientific Conference  „Development Trends in Space Propulsion Systems” Warsaw, 2015;
  • X International Scientific Conference  „Development Trends in Space Propulsion Systems” Warsaw, 2017;
  • XI International Scientific Conference  „Development Trends in Space Propulsion Systems” Warsaw, 2019;

Nagrody I wyróżnienia

I degree Team Award for organisational achievements, 2018