Director

Structural ⋅ Façade ⋅ GRC ⋅ GRP ⋅ Thin-walled/Steel/Composite Structures ⋅ Seismic Analysis and Design ⋅ Geometrically and Materially Nonlinear Analysis ⋅ Buckling Analysis ⋅ Push-over Analysis

Szymon was born in Poland and attended Wroclaw University of Technology, BSc earning the Prize for the Best Bachelor Thesis titled “Analysis of Long-Span Steel Roofing Solutions” (2013). Later he studied in Belgium (Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Université Libre de Bruxelles), Germany (Universität der Bundeswehr München), and Japan (Tōhoku University). His Masters thesis was related to the effectiveness of mass dampers with differing dynamic characteristics applied to tall buildings; he was awarded “The Best Graduate of the Department” and took second place in the Best Graduate of the University (2015). In 2022 he finished his PhD at Tōhoku University with a doctoral thesis titled “Estimation of Elastic and Elastoplastic Local Buckling-Governed Rotation Capacities of I-beam Cantilevers Based on Energy Equilibrium Method Applied to Mid-Storey Pin Moment-Resisting Frames”.

Szymon joined workforce in the last year of his Masters course K2 Engineering, the office specialised in the complex steel designs, such as Gliwice Arena (sports hall with PT roof, 14 000 seats) or Wroclaw Station (one of major Polish railway stations). In 2015 he joined Rickard Engineering as a Junior Engineer, and in 2024 become the Director of the firm.

Privately he runs Jinshinkan Australia, dōjō focused on jōdō and iaidō.