Czeslaw Kajdas

Czesław Kajdas (1932–2017) was a professor at the Institute of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, in Płock and worked for the Automotive Industry Institute (PIMOT) in Warsaw, Poland. His research concerned tribochemistry, tribocatalysis, and activation energy for catalytic and tribocatalytic processes. He developed the negative-ion-radical action mechanism (NIRAM) theory. Prof. Kajdas was the United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s technical advisor for tribology, lubricants, and fuels in Asia, South America, and Africa.