Professor DSc  Marek Molenda

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e-mail: m.molenda@ipan.lublin.pl

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Interest

Research interests:

• Numerical investigations of mechanical behavior of granular materials
• Structural approach to the mechanics of granular materials and food powders
• Methods and equipment for investigation of mechanical properties of agricultural materials
• Mechanical properties of agricultural granular materials. Mechanical processes during grain storage in silos
• Analysis of straw briquetting process and strength of the briquettes

Other information

Education (dates, degrees, universities):

• 1977    MSc Eng.
  Faculty of Mechanization of Mining and Metallurgy, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland

• 1991    PhD in Agricultural Sciences (Agronomy-Agrophysics)
  Institute of Agrophysics PAS, Lublin, Poland

• 1998     Habilitation in Agricultural Sciences (Agronomy-Agrophysics)
  Institute of Agrophysics PAS, Lublin, Poland

• 2007    Professor in Agricultural Sciences
  Institute of Agrophysics PAS, Lublin, Poland

Memberships:

• American Society of Agricultural Engineers
• Polish Society for Agricultural Engineering
• Polish Society of Agrophysics

Scholarships and fellowships:

• 1986, 1987    CNR Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, Turin, Italy
• 1991, 2002    University of Kentucky, USA

Publications

No. authors title periodic

1. Stasiak M., Skiba K., Molenda M., Tys J., Mościcki L.:  The Mechanical Parameters of Rapeseed Cake. (2012 r.) Energy Sources, Part A 2012, Vol. 34, 13, 1196-1205
2. Wiącek J., Molenda M., Ooi J., Favier J.:  Experimental and numerical determination of representative elementary volume for granular plant materials. (2012 r.) Granular Matter 2012, Vol. 14, 449-456
3. Fornal J., Sadowska J., Błaszczak W., Jeliński T., Molenda M., Stasiak M., Hajnos M.:  Influence of some chemical modifications on the characteristics of potato starch powders. (2012 r.) Journal of Food Engineering 2012, Vol. 108, 515-522
4. Wiącek J., Molenda M., Horabik J., Ooi J.:  Influence of grain shape and intergranular friction on material behavior in uniaxial compression: Experimental and DEM modeling. (2012 r.) Powder Technology 2012, Vol. 217, 435-442
5. Horabik J., Molenda M., Wiącek J., Łukaszuk J.:  Variability of intergranular friction and its role in DEM simulation of direct shear of an assemmbly of rapeseeds. (2011 r.) International Agrophysics 2011, Vol. 25, 4, 361-368
6. Molenda M., Wiącek J.:  Moisture-dependent physical properties of rapeseed - experimental and DEM modeling (2011 r.) International Agrophysics 2011, Vol. 25, 1, 59-65
7. Stasiak M., Rusinek R., Molenda M., Fornal J., Błaszczak W.:  Effect of potato starch modification on mechanical parameters and granules morphology. (2011 r.) Journal of Food Engineering 2011, 102, 154-162, (DOI information:n10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2010.07.034) 
8. Tomas J., Mueller P., Molenda M., Rusinek R., Stasiak M.:  Uniaxial compaction behaviour and elasticity of cohesive powders. (2010 r.) Powder Technology 2010, 203, 482-488 
9. Pecen J., Horabik J., Molenda M., Wojtkowski M.:  Rapeseed impact against a flat surface: Physical testing and DEM simulation with two contact models. (2010 r.) Powder Technology 2010, Vol. 198, 61-68
10. Montross M., Thompson S., Horabik J., Molenda M.:  Asymmetry of model bin wall loads and lateral pressure induced from two- and three-dimensional obstructions attached to the wall. (2009 r.) Transactions of the ASABE 2009, Vol. 52(1): 225-233 
11. Montross M., Horabik J., Molenda M., Łukaszuk J.:  Variability of pressure drops in grain generated by kernel shape and bedding method. (2009 r.) Journal of Stored Products Research 45(2009), 112-118 
12. Horabik J., Molenda M., Rusinek R.:  Performance of membrane pressure transducers in granular materials of various particle sizes. (2009 r.) Powder Technology 190 (2009), 410-414 
13. Sykut J., Molenda M., Horabik J.:  DEM simulation of the packing structure and wall load in a 2-dimensional silo. (2008 r.) Granular Matter 2008, Vol. 10, 273-278
14. Stasiak M., Molenda M., Horabik J.:  Determination of modulus of elasticity of cereals and rapeseeds using acoustic method (2007 r.) Journal of Food Engineering 82(2007), 51-57 
15. Molenda M., Montross M., Horabik J.:  Non-Axial Stress State in a Model Silo Generated by Eccentric Filling and Internal Inserts (2007 r.) Particle&Particle Systems Characterization 2007, 24, 291-295 
16. Molenda M., Montross M., McNeill S., Horabik J.:  Airflow resistance of seeds at different bulk densities using Ergun\'s equation. (2005 r.) Transactions of the ASAE 2005, 48, 3, 1137-1145 
17. Molenda M., Horabik J., Ross I., Montross M.:  Friction of wheat: grain-on-grain and on corrugated steel. (2002 r.) Transactions of the ASAE 2002, 45(2), 415-420 
18. Molenda M., Montross M., Horabik J., Ross I.:  Mechanical properties of corn and soybean meal. (2002 r.) Transactions of the ASAE 2002, 45(6), 1929-1936 
19. Molenda M., Stasiak M.:  Anizotropia kąta tarcia wewnętrznego ziarna pszenicy. (2001 r.) Inżynieria Rolnicza 2001, 2, 245-251 

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