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12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS AND MATERIALS

MSM’2016 July 3-8, 2016

Bialystok (Poland) ORGANIZER

Bialystok University of Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department of Automatic Control and Robotics

CO-ORGANIZERS Kaunas University of Technology

Opole University of Technology

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

Polish Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

PATRONAGE AND SPONSORS International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science

Air Force Intitute of Technology

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INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Chairman: Zdzisław Gosiewski Vice Chairman: Jan Ryszard Dąbrowski

Jan Awrejcewicz, Poland Petko Kiriazov, Bulgaria

Vladimir G. Barsukov, Belarus Janusz Kowal, Poland

Zhumadil Baigunchekov, Kazakhstan Norbert Krüger, Denmark

Vytautas Barzdaitis, Lithuania Zbigniew Kulesza, Poland

Józef Błachnio, Poland Ryszard Leniowski, Poland

Marijonas Bogdevicius, Lithuania Harald Loose, Germany

Andrzej Buchacz, Poland Andrzej Milecki, Poland

Moises Diaz-Cabrera, Spain Didier Pascualt, France

Egidijus Dragasius, Lithuania Roland Pawliczek, Poland

Radim Farana, Czech Republic Stanislaw Pietrzko, Switzerland

Miguel A. Ferrer Ballester, Spain Jean F. Rouchon, France

Michael I. Friswell, United Kingdom Janis Rudzitis, Latvia

Małgorzata Grądzka-Dahlke, Poland Jerzy Sasiadek, Canada

Abdulkadir Gullu, Turkey Jerzy T. Sawicki, USA

Riza Gürbüz, Turkey Olimpiu Tătar, Romania

Sergey A. Ischenko, Ukraine Václav Tesař, Czech Republic

Dariusz Janecki, Poland Aleksandar Veg, Serbia

Rafał Jastrzębski, Finland Vladas Vekteris, Lithuania

Krzysztof Kaliński, Poland Jozef Živčák, Slovakia

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman: Kazimierz Dzierżek Secretary: Zbigniew Kulesza Accountant: Małgorzata Zdrodowska Members: Agnieszka Dardzińska-Głębocka Marta Borowska Tomasz Huścio Mirosław Kondratiuk Roman Trochimczuk

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CONFERENCE PLACE The MSM’2016 conference will be held in the building of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Bialystok University of Technology), 45D Wiejska Street, Bialystok, Poland – see the maps below.

• Lunches, the dinner and barbeque will be served in the "Trzy po Trzy" restaurant. The participants will be transported to the restaurant by buses departing from the the small internal street of the Bialystok University of Technology campus opposite the main entrance of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

• Banquet will be held in the Centre for Modern Education, 16 Zwierzyniecka St.

• On Wednesday, July 6, buses for tours will wait at the small internal street of the Bialystok University of Technology campus opposite the main entrance of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

Map of the Bialystok city center

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1 – Faculty of Electrical Engineering – MSM 2016 Conference Place 2 – Centre for Modern Education of the BUT – MSM 2016 Banquet 3 – Faculty of Mechnical Engineering 4 – Rector’s Office, Faculty of Computer Science 5 – PEKAO S.A Bank; cash dispenser 6 – Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering 7 – Centre INNO-ECO-TECH 8 – Academic Incubator of Entrepreneurship and Selected Technologies, Gwint Club 9 – Academic Sports Centre T – MSM 2016 Tours Start, Lunch Transport H – Academic Stuff Hotel DS1, DS2, DS3, DS4 – Student Dormitories

Map of the Bialystok University of Technology campus

CONTACT During the conference you can contact the following organizers: Dr. Kazimierz Dzierżek cell phone + 48 600 231 636 Dr. Zbigniew Kulesza cell phone + 48 797 990 780 Ms. Małgorzata Zdrodowska cell phone + 48 797 990 774

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FRAME-WORK PROGRAM

Sunday / July 3, 2016

1500÷1900 Participants registration Faculty of Electrical Engineering building

Monday / July 4, 2016

800÷1300 Participants registration Faculty of Electrical Engineering building

1030÷1045 Opening of the conference Room E-030

1045÷1115 Plenary session 1115÷1130 Coffee break

1130÷1300 Oral session Mo-1

Room E-030 Oral session Mo-2

Room E-029

1300÷1430 Lunch "Trzy po Trzy" restaurant

1430÷1500 Plenary session Room E-030

1500÷1630 Oral session Mo-3

Room E-030 Oral session Mo-4

Room E-029 1630÷1645 Coffee break 1645÷1800 Poster session Mp-1

1900-2200 Banquet Center for Modern Education

Tuesday / July 5, 2016 900÷930 Plenary session Room E-030

930÷1100 Oral session To-1

Room E-030 1100÷1130 Coffee break

1130÷1300 Oral session To-2

Room E-030

1300÷1430 Lunch "Trzy po Trzy" restaurant

1430÷1500 Plenary session Room E-030 1500÷1630 Poster session Tp-1 1630÷180 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering tour

1900÷2200 Dinner and barbeque "Trzy po Trzy" restaurant

2000÷2030 Meeting of the leaders of MSM conferences "Trzy po Trzy" restaurant

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Wednesday / July 6, 2016

800÷2230 Tour 1: "The Biebrza River Valley"

800÷2230 Tour 2: "Folk handicraft of Podlasie region"

Thursday / July 7, 2016 930÷1100 Poster session Thp-1 1100÷1115 Closing of the conference Room E-030

1130 Lunch "Trzy po Trzy"

restaurant

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DETAILED-WORK PROGRAM

Monday / July 4, 2016

OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE Monday, 1030÷1045 / Room E-030

Chairman: Zdzisław Gosiewski

PLENARY SESSION Monday, 1045÷1115 / Room E-030 Vibration control system with energy harvesting MR damper Bogdan Sapiński

Co-Chairmen: Satoshi Ikezawa, Andrzej Burghardt

ORAL SESSION Mo-1 Intelligent Technical Systems

Monday, 1130÷1300 / Room E-030

Co-Chairmen: Janusz Kowal, Didier Pascualt

Attention: The time for oral presentation and discussion is 15 min.

1. Comparison of feed drives with a process oriented design methodology, Matthias Rehm, Johannes Quellmalz, Holger Schlegel, Reimund Neugebauer

2. Fault detection and fault-tolerant control when using SMA actuators in soft robotics, Tien Sy Le, Holger Schlegel, Welf-Guntram Drossel, Andreas Hirsch

3. Present-day problems and methods in optimization in mechatronics, Wojciech Tarnowski

4. Skeuomorphic design and its problems, Kelime Erdal, Ismet Gucuyener, Gultekin Erdal

5. The new cash register design with counterfeit money detection system, Ismet Gucuyener, Gultekin Erdal

6. Compensating pose uncertainties through appropriate gripper finger cutouts, Adam Wolniakowski, Andrej Gams, Lilita Kiforenko, Aljaz Kramberger, Dimitrios Chrysostomou, Ole Madsen, Kanstantsin Miatliuk, Henrik Gordon Petersen, Frederik Hagelskjaer, Anders Glent Buch, Ales Ude, Norbert Kruger

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Monday / July 4, 2016

ORAL SESSION Mo-2 Robotics, mobile robots, unmanned

aerial vehicles

Monday, 1130÷1300 / Room E-029

Co-Chairmen: Toshitsugu Ueda, Krzysztof Sibilski

Attention: The time for oral presentation and discussion is 15 min.

1. Control of mobile robots with bounded inputs in a rigid formation, Amit Ailon 2. Multi-link surgical manipulator ROCH-3 with a Cardan joint, Dominik Mazan,

Lucyna Leniowska 3. A water tunnel measurements of flapping wings performance, Paweł Czekałowski,

Krzysztof Sibilski, Andrzej Żyluk 4. Conception of the supplementary filter utilizing the feedback signal of the EKF

based radio-localization system, Sławomir Romaniuk, Leszek Ambroziak, Zdzisław Gosiewski

5. Flight control of a formation of fixed-wing UAVs based on the idea of flexible structure, Cezary Kownacki, Leszek Ambroziak

6. Two stage algorithm of anchors autolocalization in complex radiolocalization systems, Sławomir Romaniuk, Leszek Ambroziak, Zdzisław Gosiewski

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Monday / July 4, 2016

PLENARY SESSION Monday, 1430÷1500 / Room E-030 Novel nonlinear non-stationary signal processing for mechatronics, condition monitoring and structural health monitoring Len Gelman

Co-Chairmen: Marijonas Bogdevicius Zbigniew Kulesza

ORAL SESSION Mo-3 Sensors and actuators in mechatronics

Monday, 1500÷1630 / Room E-030

Co-Chairmen: Dalius Mazeika, Wojciech Tarnowski

Attention: The time for oral presentation and discussion is 15 min.

1. An experimental platform for surface embedded SMAs in morphing applications,

Gurvan Jodin, Johannes Scheller, Eric Duhayon, Jean-Francois Rouchon, Michael Triantafyllou, Marianna Braza

2. Development of an image sensor for dentistry - fiber connecting technique with the gradient index (GRIN) rod lens, Masataka Fujimoto, Shinji Yoshii, Satoshi Ikezawa, Toshitsugu Ueda, Chiaki Kitamura

3. Implementation of a hybrid electro-active actuated morphing wing in wind tunnel, Gurvan Jodin, Johannes Scheller, Eric Duhayon, Jean-Francois Rouchon, Marianna Braza

4. Reluctance network model of a permanent magnet tubular motor, Andrzej Waindok, Bronisław Tomczuk

5. Investigation of the trapezoidal cantilever beam for piezoelectric energy harvesting, Andrius Ceponis, Dalius Mazeika, Eugenijus Macerauskas

6. Simulation models on characteristics of electronicaly commutated drives, Bronius Karaliunas, Brone Mitkiene, Antanas Staponas

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Monday / July 4, 2016

ORAL SESSION Mo-4 Analysis and control of vibration

Monday, 1500÷1630 / Room E-029

Co-Chairmen: Andrzej Milecki, Stanisław Wolny

Attention: The time for oral presentation and discussion is 15 min. 1. Implementation of different gas influence for operation of modified atomic force

microscope sensor, Vytautas Bucinskas, Andrius Dzedzickis, Ernestas Sutinys, Tadas Lenkutis

2. Sky-hook control and Kalman filtering in nonlinear model of tracked vehicle suspension system, Andrzej Jurkiewicz, Janusz Kowal, Kamil Zając

3. Research of deviation of axes of assembled details at assembly with vibrations, Natalija Mozga, Ivans Grinevichs

4. Analysis of thermal damage in the high-speed foil bearing, Grzegorz Żywica, Paweł Bagiński, Artur Andrearczyk

5. Employment of two new methods for the research of interaction of wheel with a flat and rail, Marijonas Bogdevicius, Rasa Zygiene

6. Characteristics obtained by exact and approximate methods for transverse vibrating mechanical subsystems of freight wagons, Andrzej Buchacz

POSTER SESSION Mp-1 Monday, 1645÷1800

Chairman: Arkadiusz Mystkowski

Intelligent technical systems 1. Model of energetic efficient redundant actuation, Kamil Subrt, Pavel Houska,

Radek Knoflicek

Robotics (industrial robots, microrobots) 2. Monitoring the parameters of the robot-operated quality control process, Andrzej

Burghardt, Krzysztof Kurc, Dariusz Szybicki, Magdalena Muszyńska, Tomasz Szczęch

3. Robot-operated inspection of aircraft engine turbine rotor guide vane segment geometry, Andrzej Burghardt, Krzysztof Kurc, Dariusz Szybicki, Magdalena Muszyńska, Tomasz Szczęch

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4. Robot-operated quality control station based on the UTT method, Andrzej Burghardt, Krzysztof Kurc, Dariusz Szybicki, Magdalena Muszyńska, Jacek Nawrocki

5. Software for the robot-operated inspection station for engine guide vanes taking into consideration the geometric variability of parts, Andrzej Burghardt, Krzysztof Kurc, Dariusz Szybicki, Magdalena Muszyńska, Jacek Nawrocki

Mobile robots 6. Comparison of suspension systems and chassis of selected Mars Rovers analogs

with a focus on introduced improvement, Michał Ostaszewski, Kazimierz Dzierżek, Piotr Tomaszuk

7. Differential control of six-wheeled robot using a mobile application, Artur Stanisław Milewski, Łukasz Mierzejewski, Justyna Tołstoj-Sienkiewicz

8. Mars rover analogue steering, Jakub Kuryło, Maciej Baka, Justyna Tołstoj-Sienkiewicz

9. Use of incremental encoders as a feedback source in an arm control system of mobile robot, Piotr Czaplicki, Justyna Tołstoj-Sienkiewicz, Patryk Mądry

10. Versatile soil sampling system capable of collecting, transporting, storing and preliminary on-board analysis for Mars rover analogue, Maciej Rećko, Justyna Tołstoj-Sienkiewicz, Paweł Turycz

11. Mobile minirobot with hybrid locomotion, Olimpiu Tatar, Claudiu Cirebea

Unmanned aerial vehicles 12. Review of chosen control algorithms used for small UAV control, Bogusław

Dołęga, Grzegorz Kopecki, Damian Kordos, Tomasz Rogalski 13. HIL investigations of extended UAV on-board controller, Maciej Słowik, Zdzisław

Gosiewski, Daniel Ołdziej

Sensors and actuators in mechatronics 14. Observations of MR fluid clumping behaviour in a squeeze-mode damper, Bogdan

Sapiński 15. The calibration process and metrological analysis of a transducer used to measure

two physical quantities, Adam Idźkowski, Jerzy Gołębiowski, Wojciech Walendziuk

16. Transient analysis of a railgun with permanent magnets support, Andrzej Waindok, Paweł Piekielny

17. Piezoresistive pressure sensor for exstreme conditions, Myroslav Tykhan

Signal and image processing 18. A screw thread profile measurement using a 3D image, Andrzej Sioma, Piotr

Suliga 19. Automatization of workspace control based on TOF technology, Andrzej Sioma

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20. The methods of manipulation and image acquisition of natural products on the example of cereal grains, Piotr Lampa, Mariusz Mrzygłód, Jacek Reiner

Smart materials

21. Analysis of force in MR fluids during oscillatory compression mode, Wojciech Horak, Bogdan Sapiński, Marcin Szczęch

22. Research of electric resistivity change of magnetorheological fluid under magnetic field for diagnostic of sedimentation, Joris Vezys, Vitalijus Volkovas, Egidijus Dragasius, Darius Mazeika

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Tuesday / July 5, 2016

PLENARY SESSION Tuesday, 900÷930 / Room E-030 Intelligent robot systems for manipulation of non-rigid objects Nikos Aspragathos

Co-Chairmen: Egidijus Dragasius, Kazimierz Dzierżek

ORAL SESSION To-1 Control of mechatronic systems

Tuesday, 930÷1100 / Room E-030

Co-Chairmen: Tadeusz Kaczorek, Ewa Pawłuszewicz

Attention: The time for oral presentation and discussion is 15 min.

1. Investigation of electrohydraulic drive control system with the haptic joystick,

Paweł Bachman, Andrzej Milecki 2. Control of Stewart parallel structure with concurrent learning, Kanstantsin

Miatliuk, Didier Pascault 3. Washing machine controller with new programming methods, Andrzej Milecki,

Roman Regulski 4. Analysis of positive and stable fractional continuous-time linear systems by the

use of Caputo-Fabrizio derivative, Tadeusz Kaczorek 5. FPGA support in hybrid simulation using Finite Element Method, Waldemar

Mucha, Wacław Kuś 6. Comparison of different models of positive fractional continuous-time linear

systems and electrical circuits based on the step responses, Kamil Borawski

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Tuesday / July 5, 2016

ORAL SESSION To-2

Structural health monitoring, integrated diagnostics, piezoelectric materials,

functional composites

Tuesday, 1130÷1300 / Room E-030

Co-Chairmen: Janis Rudzitis, Jan R. Dąbrowski

Attention: The time for oral presentation and discussion is 15 min.

1. Influence of electrode layers on the fracture strength of PZT ceramics, Marek

Schmidt, Andre Sewohl, Volker Wittstock 2. Fatigue life prediction of hybrid composite structures using modal analysis, Sobhy

Ghoneam, Ahmed Hamada, Ahmed Elkholy 3. Determination of dispersion curves for composite materials with the use of

stiffness matrix method, Marek Barski, Piotr Pająk 4. Predictive models for transient loads of vertical stabilizer of an aircraft using

canonical correlation analysis, Michał Dziendzikowski, Wojciech Zieliński, Piotr Synaszko, Krzysztof Dragan, Andrzej Leski

5. Determination and selection of damage maps for various diagnostic thresholds based on a standard deviation of the system state, Rafał Grądzki, Paweł Lindstedt, Karol Golak

6. Flux measurement and monitoring system of active magnetic bearing using ultra-thin and flexible Hall sensors, Arkadiusz Mystkowski, Andrzej Kierdelewicz

7. An analysis of the heat and sound properties of a construction material obtained from sunflowers, Cetin Tahir Akinci, Sabit Oymael, Egemen Kirbiyik, Serhat Seker

8. Physicochemical and biological activity analysis of polyethylene substrate modified by RF CVD method, Karol Kyzioł

PLENARY SESSION Tuesday, 1430÷1500 / Room E-030 Affect in robots for interaction and control - challenges for the engineer Mark Witkowski

Co-Chairmen: Satoshi Ikezawa, Tomasz Rogalski

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Tuesday / July 5, 2016

POSTER SESSION Tp-1 Tuesday, 1500÷1630

Chairman: Jolanta Pauk

Control of mechatronic systems 1. Measurement and control system for analysis of the operation of the stepper

motor, Roland Pawliczek, Piotr Soppa 2. Multipurpose real-time application of hardware-in-the-loop technique with

Arduino platform and Ethernet communication, Mirosław Kondratiuk, Sylwia Michnowicz

3. Negative resistance in discrete mechatronic systems, Andrzej Buchacz, Damian Gałęziowski

4. PLC implementation of fractional PI controller in positioning of electrohydraulic servodrive, Dominik Rybarczyk

5. Stability of non-uniform sampled systems – a survey, Justyna Jańczak, Ewa Pawłuszewicz

6. Testing of adaptive nonuniform sampling switch algorithm with real-time simulation-in-the-loop, Justyna Jańczak, Mirosław Kondratiuk, Ewa Pawłuszewicz

7. The use of fractional order operators in modeling of RC-electrical systems, Leszek Ambroziak, Daniel Lewoń, Ewa Pawłuszewicz

Analysis and control of vibration

8. Loading in mechanical systems caused by random inputs, Stanisław Wolny 9. Detection damage in bearing system of jet engine using the vibroacoustic method,

Jarosław Spychała, Paweł Majewski, Mariusz Żokowski

Integrated diagnostics 10. An endurance test of composite panels, Andrzej Wróbel, Marek Płaczek, Andrzej

Buchacz 11. Identification of parametric and momentary damages on the basis of Lindeberg –

Levy’s model, Paweł Lindstedt, Tomasz Sudakowski 12. Operation-related failures to aircraft turbine engines, Andrzej Szczepankowski,

Janusz Szymczak

Tribology in mechatronic systems 13. Theoretical approach of wear for slide-friction pairs, Guntis Springis, Janis

Rudzitis, Eriks Gerins, Natalija Bulaha

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14. Use of inclined plane with additional time measurements for investigating surface slidability on ice, Janis Lungevics, Ernests Jansons, Janis Rudzitis, Karlis Agris Gross

15. New methodology for the life time prediction of wear parts in the mechatronic systems, Oskars Linins, Irina Boiko, Janis Lungevics, Armands Leitans

Measurement techniques

16. Experimental study of welded joints of aluminium alloy AW6082, Saulius Baskutis, Jolanta Baskutiene, Edvinas Bernotaitis

17. Performance analysis of pumping viscous fluids of complex rheological properties using a screw extruder, Krzysztof Miastkowski, Sławomir Bakier

18. The effect of the cutting parameters on the machined surface roughness, Viktors Gutakovskis, Eriks Gerins, Janis Rudzitis, Artis Kromanis

19. Measurement accuracy problems of the surface texture parameters, Natalija Bulaha, Janis Lungevics, Janis Rudzitis

Structural health monitoring

20. Structural tests of freight wagons on the basis of signals generated by piezoelectric macro fiber composites, Marek Płaczek, Andrzej Wróbel, Andrzej Buchacz

21. Theoretical research of the cutting tool surface plasma hardening process, Andrei Verameichyk, Vitaly Harbacheuski, Vitaly Khvisevitch, Mikhail Sazonov, Valery Rakhuba

22. BEM - the solution of the unrelated non-stationary thermo-elastic boundary tasks, Andrei Verameichyk, Vitaly Khvisevitch, Olha Tarasiuk

Biomaterials

23. Numerical modeling of PLLA bone scaffold using decoupled multiscale scheme and nonlinear constitutive relation, Przemysław Makowski

24. Mechanical properties of different microstructure scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration, Deividas Mizeras, Andzela Sesok, Algirdas Vaclovas Valiulis, Julius Griskevicius, Mangirdas Malinauskas

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Tuesday / July 5, 2016

MEETING OF THE LEADERS OF MSM CONFERENCES

Tuesday, 2000÷2030

Chairman: Zdzisław Gosiewski Bialystok University of Technology: 1. Zdzisław Gosiewski 2. Jan R. Dąbrowski 3. Kazimierz Dzierżek 4. Zbigniew Kulesza Opole University of Technology: 1. Andrzej Waindok 2. Roland Pawliczek Uludag University: 1. Ismet Gucuyener 2. Gultekin Erdal

Kaunas University of Technology: 1. Egidijus Dragasius 2. Jolanta Baskutiene Vilnius Gediminas Technical University: 1. Vytautas Bucinskas

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Thursday / July 7, 2016

POSTER SESSION Thp-1 Thursday, 930÷1100

Co-Chairmen: Jolanta Pauk, Arkadiusz Mystkowski During this poster session all the papers presented at poster sessions Mp-1 and Tp-1 will be again available for the audience.

CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE Thursday, 1100÷1115 / Room E-030

Chairman: Zdzislaw Gosiewski

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Tour no 1 “The Biebrza River Valley”, July 6 (Wednesday) Bialystok → Tykocin → Pentowo → Osowiec Fortress → Augustow → Bialystok

Tour no 1 “The Biebrza River Valley” Chairman: Arkadiusz Mystkowski

800 Departure from Bialystok (buses will wait in the small internal street of Bialystok University of Technology campus, opposite the main entrance of the conference place).

Please come 10 minutes earlier

900÷1000 Group 1 – Renaissance Synagogue and Jews Museum in Tykocin.

Group 2 – Royal Castle of the Polish king Zygmunt August in Tykocin.

1000÷1100 Group 1 – Royal Castle of the Polish king Zygmunt August in Tykocin.

Group 2 – Renaissance Synagogue and Jews Museum in Tykocin.

1110÷1200 European Stork Village in Pentowo.

1300÷1415 Lunch in “Bartla” restaurant in Goniadz.

1430÷1530 Natural-educational paths in the last natural area of swamps, peat lands and meadow bogs in Europe – Biebrza National Park.

1545÷1630 Trip to Augustow.

1700÷2100 Bonfire night dinner.

Tour by tourist ship through water routes and Augustow lakes – for willing

2230 Arrival to Bialystok University of Technology campus.

Arrival can be delayed

The tour begins in Bialystok, next leads to Tykocin along the Narew valley – the biggest river in Podlasie region and also one of the last natural rivers in Europe.

Tykocin: The oldest town in Podlasie. In the 2nd half of the 16th century, the Polish king Zygmunt August ordered to build one of the biggest Polish defensive castles. In the 2nd half of the 18th century, hetman Jan Klemens Branicki ordered to rebuild the town according to Baroque style. Now the town is in the same state, which is why the Tykocin is called “The Pearl of Podlasie Baroque”. For over 400 years (1522-1941) Jews settled in Tykocin. The

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most important attractions are: Alumnat from the 17th century (in the past - the house for retired soldiers, and today - for tourists), the Holy Trinity Catholic church from the 18th century, Stefan Czarnecki’s monument dating from the 18th century (one of the first Polish monuments which were erected for a secular person), Renaissance synagogue from 1642 (today the Jews museum).

In the neighbourhood of Tykocin, there is another interesting place: Pentowo. Pentowo: It is called the European stork village. There is one of the biggest white stork colonies located in a farm. The birds built 23 nests on the farm buildings and trees. The most of them are inhabited in the summertime.

The next place to be visited is Osowiec Fortress. Osowiec Fortress: This complex is located in the narrowing of the Biebrza river valley – the last natural area of swamps, peat lands and meadow bogs in Europe. Since 1993 Osowiec is the seat of Educational and Administration Centre of the Biebrza National Park - the biggest national park in Poland. There are groups of natural-educational paths, where one can learn the nature and landscape of local swamps. The Osowiec Fortress was built by Tsarist Russia in 1882-1893. The fortification complex was erected to defend the convenient Biebrza river crossing. Osowiec Fortress consists of four brick-concrete sub-complexes forming a quadrangle at the junction of the lower and middle basin. The fortress was the place of many Russian-Prussian combats in 1914-1915. Nowadays, the retained part of the fortress is opened for tourists.

Next, the tour leads to Augustow, where both tours meet each other. Augustow: The town was set up by queen Bona in 1557 as a royal city. Augustow received its name from Jagiellon King Zygmunt II August. The town is located near the lakes and it is the well-known holiday and tourist centre. In 1823-1839 the Augustow canal was built. The canal is 101,3 kilometers long and connects Vistula river with Nieman river. The canal flows along many lakes and rivers. The level of water and shipping are regulated by 18 canal locks. Today the Augustow canal is one of the most popular water routes in Poland.

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Tour no 2 “Folk handicraft of Podlasie region”, July 6 (Wednesday) Bialystok → Czarna Wieś Kościelna → Harasimowicze → Augustow → Bialystok

Tour no 2 “Folk handicraft of Podlasie region” Chairman: Zbigniew Kulesza

800 Departure from Bialystok (a bus will wait in the small internal street of Bialystok University of Technology campus, opposite the main entrance of the conference place).

Please come 10 minutes earlier

820÷1000 Bialystok Village Museum

1030÷1110 Blacksmith’s workshop in Czarna Wieś Kościelna.

1110÷1210 Potter’s workshop in Czarna Wieś Kościelna.

1230÷1330 Lunch in Czarna Wieś Kościelna.

1430÷1545 Słodowy Dwór Brewery in Harasimowicze village.

1545÷1630 Trip to Augustow.

1700÷2100 Bonfire night dinner.

Tour by tourist ship through water routes and Augustow lakes – for willing

2230 Arrival to Bialystok University of Technology campus.

Arrival can be delayed

The tour begins in Bialystok and next goes to Bialystok Village Museum. Bialystok Village Museum: Museum offers unique antique wooden buildings transported from different surroundings of the voivodeship of Podlasie. Ornamentation of the wooden architecture in the region of Białystok can be seen.

In the neighbourhood of Bialystok, there is another interesting place: Czarna Wieś Kościelna.

Czarna Wieś Kościelna: This village is located in the the Knyszynska Primaeval Forest. Village offers a unique opportunity to travel back in time and discover the crafts long forgotten in many parts of the world. The route goes through unique handicraft workplaces spread out in the Knyszynska Forest. We will visit blacksmith's and potter's workshops and get acquainted with traditional, generations old rules of crafting products from clay and metal. They will have an opportunity to try their hands and make an original steel rose or a clay cup.

The next place to be visited is Harasimowicze village. Harasimowicze: The village is located near Dąbrowa Białostocka and there is the first craftsman’s brewery in Podlasie region, where regional beers are brewed.

Next, the tour leads to Augustow, where both tours meet each other.

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Augustow: The town was set up by queen Bona in 1557 as a royal city. Augustow received its name from Jagiellon King Zygmunt II August. The town is located near the lakes and it is the well-known holiday and tourist centre. In 1823-1839 the Augustow canal was built. The canal is 101,3 kilometers long and connects Vistula river with Nieman river. The canal flows along many lakes and rivers. The level of water and shipping are regulated by 18 canal locks. Today the Augustow canal is one of the most popular water routes in Poland.

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Tour no 1 “The Biebrza River Valley” Bialystok → Tykocin → Pentowo → Osowiec Fortress → Augustow → Bialystok

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Tour no 2 “Folk handicraft of Podlasie region” Bialystok → Czarna Wieś Kościelna → Harasimowicze → Augustow → Bialystok