{"id":125542,"date":"2022-05-31T10:31:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=125542"},"modified":"2022-05-31T10:31:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:31:53","slug":"beloved-wright-state-professor-prolific-writer-retires-with-a-legacy-among-electronics-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2022\/05\/31\/beloved-wright-state-professor-prolific-writer-retires-with-a-legacy-among-electronics-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Wright State professor, prolific writer, retires with a legacy among electronics students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marian Kazimierczuk, professor emeritus of electrical engineering, continues to advise doctoral students and teach, despite retiring last year.<\/p><\/div>\n

A longtime professor of electrical engineering<\/a> with a rich history of scholarly writing and empowering his students to succeed \u2014 electrifying them, so to speak \u2014 retired in December. Kind of.<\/p>\n

Marian Kazimierczuk, Ph.D., who came to Wright State in 1985, is now a professor emeritus in the College of Engineering and Computer Science<\/a>. But his work is not finished.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s advising a handful of doctoral students \u2014 one who is on a Fulbright Scholarship, another who is on a European Union stipend \u2014 to supervise them until they graduate.<\/p>\n

None of the stereotypical retirement activities like golf or fishing for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to be around people. I\u2019m interested to be with students, to help them be successful,\u201d Kazimierczuk said.<\/p>\n

And successful they have been, putting to work what they learned from the man who early in his own academic career discerned the difference between \u201celectrical\u201d and \u201celectronics\u201d at the Technical University of Warsaw in his native Poland.<\/p>\n

Electrical refers to equipment, sometimes heavy-duty, that carries electricity to be turned into other forms of energy. Electronics refers to controlling electrons to perform a task, such as conveying information in a computer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe electronics side of electrical engineering was very new and attractive to me,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

Electronics is at the heart of a cellphone, for example. He said advances in electronics has made cellphones \u201csmall, easy to use, easy to carry, less weight. Very much mobile.\u201d He added, \u201cElectronics is relevant to everyday life.\u201d<\/p>\n

He chose to study electronics. \u201cThe choice was good for me,\u201d Kazimierczuk said.<\/p>\n

As it was for his students. Karl S\u00f6lvi Gu\u00f0mundsson was Kazimierczuk\u2019s first Ph.D. graduate and is now professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Iceland.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe courses I took with him, he made them fascinating,\u201d Gu\u00f0mundsson said. \u201cHe always took the time to explain thoroughly. He was more than the usual teacher. He talked with love of what he was explaining. Being able to master his subjects helped me in the job market.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gu\u00f0mundsson, who earned his Ph.D. at Wright State in 2004, added: \u201cI do my best to teach like him. He has been a role model. He always had time to guide me. And that\u2019s what I\u2019m here to do for my students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gu\u00f0mundsson emphasized this: \u201cDr. Kazimierczuk was the only teacher I saw who was in the computer lab writing papers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, Kazimierczuk has been a prolific writer, with 228 scholarly articles and 274 conference papers. He also has written 14 academic books.<\/p>\n

\u201cI write books that are useful for students, researchers, those in the industry, and for R and D [research and development] work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

His most recent book is \u201cAverage Current-Mode Control of DC-DC Power Converters\u201d with then-students Dalvir Saini and Agasthya Ayachit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis book is on my Ph.D. dissertation,\u201d Saini said. \u201cAfter my Ph.D. defense in 2018, he suggested that we should try publishing it.\u201d She added, \u201cDr. Kazimierczuk was a great Ph.D. advisor for me and he advised me throughout the writing process for this book.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saini is an electronics engineer on the electrical and electronics material evaluation team, material and manufacturing directorate, at the Air Force Research Lab.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Legendary\u2019 is how I can summarize Dr. Kaz,\u201d Ayachit said. \u201cIf I can wish for one thing, I would ask for his dedication to science and perseverance and patience towards research. Off work, Dr. Kaz enjoyed simple things, like a walk at Yellow Springs, a pep talk on new ideas, a flashback on world history, and so on, and I\u2019m glad to have shared those with him. I thank him for setting up my career launchpad and for all those wonderful experiences, which I will cherish for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ayachit earned his Ph.D. in 2018 and is a senior systems engineer at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America.<\/p>\n

\u201cI design and develop power electronic components for future EVs for Mercedes-Benz along with a global team of engineers,\u201d the resident of Troy, Michigan, said.<\/p>\n

These are only three of a long line of Kazimierczuk\u2019s successful Wright State graduates.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very proud of all of them,\u201d Kazimierczuk said. \u201cThey have become successful people. I am proud of the success they have had. It brings me happiness when they report something great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kazimierczuk plans to return in the fall to teach as an emeritus professor of electrical engineering.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mission is to improve people\u2019s lives, to change people\u2019s lives,\u201d he said. \u201cEducation can do that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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