Mariusz Książek serves as a assistant Professor of materials science, composites, special composites and applied industrial waste materials at Wroclaw University of Technology, Institute of Building Engineering, Wroclaw, Poland. He graduated from Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland in 1998 and received an M.S. degree in materials science, composites, special composites and applied industrial waste materials a Ph.D. degree in materials science, composites, special composites and applied industrial waste materials from Wroclaw University of Technology, Institute of Building Engineering in 2002 and 2004, respectively. He became a assistant Professor of structures and applied materials science, composites, special composites and applied industrial waste materials at Wroclaw University of Technology at the end of 2006. His research interests include structures and applied materials science, composites, special composites and applied industrial waste materials. He has published over 50 journal papers, of which 30 are international journal papers. His research publications have been widely cited in the areas of structures and applied materials science and composites.