Kazimierz Idaszewski

Kazimierz Zygmunt Idaszewski (16 January 1878 – 14 January 1965) was a Polish electrical engineer and academic. The first Polish engineer to obtain a doctorate in electrical engineering, Idaszewski spent most of his career working as a professor at Lviv Polytechnic, the Silesian University of Technology, and the Wrocław University of Science and Technology.

Biography Idaszewski was born in Nochowo, the son of Michał, an elementary school teacher, and Natalia Idaszewski (née Kuźmickica). He completed his gymnasium education at Śrem, obtaining his matura in 1898. Between 1898 and 1903, he studied at the Technical University of Braunschweig. He received a diploma in electrical engineering with distinction on 16 January 1903, after which he worked as an assistant for Roman Dzieślewski at Lviv Polytechnic between 1 October 1903 and 1904. On 25 June 1904, he received a doctorate in electrical engineering after defending his thesis Versuche ueber das elektrolytische Verhalten von Schwefelkupfer, becoming the first Polish engineer to obtain such a degree. Beginning in September 1904, Idaszewski began to work for Siemens-Schuckert in Berlin; he would primarily research direct current electric machinery, obtaining two patents in Germany in 1909 and 1915. Idaszewski worked at Siemens-Schuckert for 15 years until 31 October 1919, after which he returned to Poland to assist the country with his knowledge. On 1 January 1920, he was nominated as associate professor of electrical measurement at Lviv Polytechnic, also becoming head of its Department of Electrotechnical Measurements. He became a member of the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers in 1921; he was…Citește mai mult

Bibliography Zachemba, Elżbieta; Franczyk, Jan (9 November 2020). Profesor Kazimierz Idaszewski patron wrocławskiego stowarzyszenia elektryków polskich. V Sympozjum Historia Elektryki. Zeszyty Naukowe Wydziału Elektrotechniki i Automatyki Politechniki Gdańskiej (in Polish). No. 70. pp. 89–92.