CV

Grzegorz Orzechowski

Associate Professor (Tenure Track), LUT University

ORCID: 0000-0002-3252-1236

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Positions

2024-2028: Associate Professor (Tenure Track) in Sustainable Mechatronics, Stage III, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, Lahti, Finland
2021-2024: Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, Lappeenranta, Finland
2019-2021: Senior Developer, Mevea Oy, Lappeenranta, Finland
2017-2019: Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, Lappeenranta, Finland
2012-2017: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
2016: Visiting Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland (7 months)
2014: Visiting Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (6 months)
2007-2012: Researcher, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Education and qualifications

2020: Title of Docent in Artificial Intelligence based on Computational Dynamics, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, Finland. Tel. +358 29 446 2111
2012: Ph.D. in Automation and Robotics, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
2007: M.Sc. (Tech), Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Funding (selected)

2025-2027: “Industrial AI Innovation Hub for SMEs (TEHO-AI),” Regional ERDF Council (Päijät-Häme),€210 466, principal investigator.
2025-2026: “Continuum Robotic Cable Exostructure for Autonomous Heavy-Duty EV Charging,” Electric Mobility Research Center, €40 000, project manager, principal investigator.
2024-2028: “Sustainable Mechatronics Professorship,” Donation by the City of Lahti and regional companies, €1 155 000, project manager, principal investigator.
2024-2026: “VIIMA – Virtual Material Engineering & Fatigue Design,” Business Finland project, €1 886 778, project manager (university), PI Aki Mikkola.
2022-2024: “SANTTU – To reduce stress from machine & operator,” Business Finland project, €1 006 000, project manager (department), investigator, PI Aki Mikkola.
2021-2024: “AITOC – Artificial Intelligence supported Tool Chain in Manufacturing Engineering,” ITEA 3 project no. 19027, €1 080 376, investigator, PI Aki Mikkola.
2019-2021: “Real-time simulator-driver design and manufacturing based on ﬂexible systems,” Research project 845600 – RealFlex, granted by the European Commission under Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships, €202 681, principal investigator.
2017-2018: “Virtual Coach Based on Multibody Dynamics,” Decision No. 305737, granted by the Academy of Finland,€537 809, project manager, no role in the preparation, PI Perttu Hämäläinen.
2013-2017: “Flexible, Overconstrained Multibody Systems Modeling using Sequential and Parallel Methods,” Research project no. 2012/07/B/ST8/03993 granted by the Polish National Science Centre, 803 480 PLN (approx. €190 000), contractor, co-author, PI Janusz Frączek.
2015: “Modeling of Composite Structures using Flexible Multibody Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation,” Research project granted by the Dean of The Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, 20 000 PLN (approx. €4 500), principal investigator.
2011-2013: “Modeling of Flexible Multibody Systems in Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation,” Doctoral research project no. N N514 673340 granted by the Polish National Science Centre, 80 000 PLN (approx. €19 000), main author, contractor, PI Janusz Frączek.

Supervision and leadership

2024-present: Head of the Sustainable Mechatronics Laboratory within the Department of Mechanical Engineering, LUT University, Lahti
- Establishing the ﬁrst Mechanical Engineering research unit at LUT Lahti.
2023-2026: Leadership in the VIIMA project:
- Project leader at LUT. Managed and coordinated the work of ﬁve research groups at two universities (LUT, Oulu).
- Instructing three post-doctoral researchers and two doctoral students.
2023-2026: Research advisor on “Autonomous Heavy Machinery Innovation Environment” Project, Savonia University of Applied Sciences.
2021-present: Co-supervision of six doctoral theses (ongoing).
2021-2023: Research group leader at LUT in the SANTTU project. Managed and coordinated the work of ﬁve research groups at three Finnish universities (LUT, Aalto, Oulu).
2014-2026: Supervision of ten bachelor’s and seven master’s theses.

Teaching

2026: “Workshop on machine learning in multibody systems,” during the international IMSD Multibody conference, Seville, Spain
2026-present: Post-graduate practical course on “Project Course in Mechatronics,” LUT University
2025: “Workshop on machine learning in multibody systems,” during the international ECCOMAS Multibody conference, Austria, Innsbruck
2025-present: Post-graduate course on “Advanced Industrial Mechatronics,” LUT University
2024-present: Head of Master’s Programme in Mechatronics, LUT University, Lahti
2024: Training on “University Pedagogy, Basic Module, 10 ECTS,” LUT University Pedagogy
2017-2024: Post-graduate and doctoral course on “Computer methods in mechanics,” LUT University
2022-2026: Workshops on Artificial Intelligence in Mechanical Engineering during the course “Simulation of a Mechatronic Machines,” LUT University.
2018: Training on “Supervision of doctoral thesis and dissertation,” LUT University Pedagogy
2008-2017: Lecturer and tutor on various faculty courses at Warsaw University of Technology (including automation, robotics, statistics, artiﬁcial intelligence, and mechanics)

Service

2025: Invited Seminar for Doctoral Students: AI in Mechanical Engineering, October, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
2025: Member of Doctoral Dissertation Defense Committee, thesis of Narges Mohammadi, supervision of Prof. José Escalona, 22 July, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
2025: Visiting Professor, Intensive Course: “Multibody Dynamics & Machine Learning in Julia,” Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
2025: Opponent in Doctoral Dissertation Defense, thesis of Gustav Sten, supervision of Prof. Lei Feng, 20 May, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
2024-present: Associate Editor in the ASMEJournal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics
2024: Guest Editor of the Special Issue on “Data-Driven Methods for Multibody System Dynamics” in the journal of Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines
2024: Co-chair of the 20th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control (ASME IDETC-CIE)
2023: Invited lecture “Towards the robotic construction site,” SimTech 2023 Conference, Stuttgart, Germany
2023-2024: Guest Editor of the Special Issue on “Artificial Intelligence within Multibody System Dynamics” in the journal ofMultibody System Dynamics.
2023: Guest Editor of the Special Issue for the best papers from the 19th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control in the ASMEJournal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics.
2023: Co-chair of the 19th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control (ASME IDETC-CIE).
2023: Evaluator of the Student Paper Competition on 19th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control (ASME IDETC-CIE).
2023: Member of the Doctoral Examination Committee for Mahmoud Elbakly (thesis under the supervision of Prof. Ahmed Shabana), University of Illinois at Chicago.
2022-present: Member of the ASME Technical Committee on Multibody Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics.
2022-present: Preparatory Committee Member of the International Society of Mechanical System Dynamics.
2022-present: Member of the Young Scientists Editorial Board of the International Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics.
2019: Co-organizer of the Symposium on Flexible Multibody Dynamics within the ASME International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control.
2015-present: Active reviewer for numerous international journals.
2009: Co-organizer of the ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics, Warsaw, Poland.