Scientific interests
Analysis of the phenomena and processes which occur in the processing of aquatic animals. The main interests are focused on the mechanization of processing sea and freshwater raw materials – mainly fish, for food and feeds.
The detailed field of research includes:
- research into morphometric and mechanical properties of fish and other aquatic animals as the bases of designing machines,
- mechanization and automation of processing large marine fish,
- methods of processing and construction of machines for processing crustaceans (krill) and cephalopods (squid),
- mechanization of small fish processing,
- freshwater fish processing.
Projects (since 2012)
| 2022-2023 | Development of innovative methods for modified atmosphere packaging of selected ranges of fish products under production conditions. The Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture innovative project. Project No. 00001-6520.13-OR1100001/21, co-author |
| 2020-2021 | Replacement of the production of Baltic cod products with new products from other fish species in fish processing plants due to the introduction of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1248 regarding the ban on cod fishing in the Baltic Sea from 22 July 2019.
Innovative project of the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture. Co-contractor. Project No. 00001-65212-OR1100004/18. |
| 2019–2022 | Technology of carp mechanical processing in aquaculture farms and fish processing plants. Guide. The project is carried out jointly with the Koszalin University of Technology. Manager of the part of the project implemented at the NMFRI. The Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture project. Project No. 00001-6521.2-OR1600001/18/19. |
| 2019 - 2022 | Development of a programme for using modern, complex carp processing technologies in aquaculture farms and fish processing plants. Guide.
Co-contractor of the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture project. Project No. 00001-6521.2-OR1100004/18. |
| 2018 | Mechanical recovery of non-degraded meat from salmon backbones, co-author, grant |
| 2018 | A dual-function device for cutting carcasses into slices and fillets into stripes, co-author, grant |
| 2017 | Portioning of individually frozen fish fillets, co-author, grant |
| 2016 | Mechanical methods for descaling freshwater fish – second stage, co-author, grant |
| 2015 | Impact of smoking conditions and methods on the content of PAH (including benzo [a] pyrene) and the nutritional value of smoked fish, co-author |
| 2015 | Analysis of demand for implementation and training in the fishing enterprises sector, co-author, grant |
| 2014 | Mechanical methods for descaling freshwater fish, project manager, grant |
| 2013-2015 | Port utilization of contaminated process water from unloading of fishing vessels, which use the chilled sea water systems to keep and transport fish (CSW and RSW). An innovative project of the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture no. 00010-61720-OR0200007/12, co-author |
| 2012-2013 | Complex system of processing carp into modern food and feed products. An innovative project of the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture no. 00002-61724-OR1600005/10. Project conducted together with the Koszalin University of Technology, co-author |
| 2012-2013 | Innovative technologies of obtaining valuable market products from fish raw material waste. An innovative project of the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture no. 00001-61724-OR0200001/10, co-author |
Projects financed from external sources (since 2006)
International conferences
- Dowgiałło A., M. Kosmowski, J. Diakun. Maszina dla oczistki łososiewoj kożi. III Mieżdunarodnyj Bałtijskij Morskoj Forum. Swietłogorsk, Rossijskaja Federacija, (24-30.05.2015).
Trade fairs
| 22-24.05.2013 | 12. International Fair of Seafood Processing and Products Polfish 2013 in Gdańsk. Mercurius Gedanensis Medal for a deheader with circular cut and the Cup of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development for the dainty carp fillet without bones |
| 22-24.05.2013 | 17. Fair of Equipment and Supplies for Gastronomy, Shops and Hotels Gastroexpo 2013 in Gdańsk. Special mention for the fishbone cutter for cyprinidae fillets |
| 7-9.06.2017 | 14. International Fair of Seafood Processing and Products Polfish 2017 in Gdańsk. Cup of the Minister of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation for universal fish scaling machine |
| 29-31.05.2019 | 15. International Fair of Seafood Processing and Products POLFISH 2019 in Gdańsk. Mercurius Gedanensis Medal for Vacuum gutting machine for whole or deheaded carps and other cyprinids |
| 14-16.09.2022 | 16th POLFISH International Fair of Fish and Food Products, Gdańsk, Poland. GRAND PRIX Mercurius Gedanensis in the TECHNOLOGY category for a device to separate the kidney from the remains after filleting or slicing carp. |
Innovation exhibitions
- 7th International Exhibition of Inventions (Kunshan). Silver medal for Fishbone cutters for carp products.
- 8th International Salon of Inventions and New Technologies “New Time” 2012 in Sevastopol. Gold medal for Carp deheader with circular cut.
- Taipei International Invention Show & Technomart “2012 INST” Chinese Innovation and Invention Society (Taiwan) for Set of machines for fishbone cutting in carp products.
- International Warsaw Invention Show “IWIS 2013”. Gold medal for Kidney cutter.
- International Warsaw Invention Show “IWIS 2014”. Gold medal with a special honour for Universal fish descaler.
- ARCHIMEDES 2014, the 17th Moscow International Salon of Inventions and Innovative Technologies Gold medal for the Machine for salmon skin cleaning.
- International Warsaw Invention Show “IWIS 2015”. Gold medal with a special honour for Kidney cutter for cyprinidae.
- 2015 Taipei Int’l Invention Show & Technomart. Bronze medal for Innovative method of descaling fish.
- 13th International Innovation Exhibition ARCA 2015 in Zagreb Bronze medal for Innovative method of descaling fish.
- International Exhibition of Economic and Scientific Innovations “Intarg 2015” in Cracow. Silver medal for a Universal method of descaling fish.
- International Exhibition of Technical Innovations, Patents and Inventions 2016 in Trzyniec, Czech Republic. Silver medal for the Set of carp processing equipment in small processing plants.
- International Warsaw Invention Show “IWIS 2017”. Platinum medal for the Device for cutting fish blanks into steaks or slices.
- International Intellectual Property, Invention, Innovation and Technology Exposition. Bangkok 2017. Gold medal for Vacuum gutting machine for whole or gutted cyprinids.
- International Warsaw Invention Show “IWIS 2018”. Gold medal for The method of retrieving meat from spines of salmon after filleting.
- International Warsaw Invention Show “IWIS 2019”. Platinum medal for Vacuum gutting machine for whole or gutted cyprinids.
- International Warsaw Invention Show „IWIS 2020”. Gold medal for Deheading machine with circular cut for carp and other cyprinids.
- International Invention Show “Inova” Zagreb, Croatia 2021. Gold medal for “Innovative machine for efficient deheading of carps and other cyprinidae”.
- International Warsaw Invention Show „IWIS 2021”. Gold medal for “Device for cutting fresh and frozen fish fillets into strips”.
- International Invention and Trade Expo. London 2022. Gold medal for “Machine for separating kidneys from meat-and-bone residuals after filleting or semi-filleting”.
- International Warsaw Invention Show „IWIS 2022”. Gold medal for “Machine for separating kidneys from meat-and-bone residuals after filleting or semi-filleting”.
- 48th International Exhibition of Inventions. Geneva 2023. Gold medal for “Innovative fish descaling – method and device”.
- International Innovation & Invention Show E-NNOVATE 2023 in Bydgoszcz. Gold medal for ‘Set of devices for carp processing’.
- International Invention and Trade Expo. London 2023. Gold medal for “Set of devices for carp processing”
- National Stanisław Staszic Contest for the best innovative products “Laurel of Innovation 2022/23″. Silver Laurel of Innovation for the “Universal method for individual fish descaling”
- International Warsaw Invention Show “IWIS 2023”. Silver medal for the “Universal scaling machine”
- International Invention Show IPITEx. Bangkok 2024. silver medal and special award for “Device for cutting fresh and frozen fish fillets into strips”.
Awards / Diplomas (since 2012)
| Award of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development |
| 2014 | Award for participation in completing the study: Complex system of processing carp into modern food and feed products. |
| 2023 | Distinction for the study implemented into agricultural practice, entitled " Technology of carp mechanical processing in aquaculture farms and fish processing plants. Guide." |
| NMFRI Director's Awards |
| 2015 | Award for distinctive achievements in the field of patents and implementations. |
| 2017 | 3rd degree award for outstanding scientific, implementation, educational or organizational achievements |
| 2021 | Award for distinctive achievements in the field of patents and implementations. |
| Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland |
| 2016 | Badge of honor "For Merits for Invention", Warsaw |
| National Council of the Association of Polish Inventors and Rationalizers |
| 2018 | The Tadeusz Sendzimir medal of honor of the Association of Polish Inventors and Rationalizers for innovative, inventive and implementation achievements in the field of machinery design for fisheries. Warsaw |
| Diplomas of the Minister of Science and Higher Education |
| 2013 | For the project: a set of machines for cutting bones in carp products |
| 2013 | For the project: deheader with circular cut for cyprinidae |
| 2015 | For the project: Universal descaler |
| 2015 | For the project: Machine for salmon skin cleaning |
| 2016 | For the project: Machine for separating kidneys from spines |
| 2018 | For the project: Device for cutting fish blanks into steaks or slices |
| 2018 | For the project: Vaccum gutting machine for cyprinids |
| Diploma of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development |
| 2013 | For the most interesting product presented at the 12th International Fair of Seafood Processing and Products POLFISH 2013 |
Memberships in scientific organisations and associations
- Polish Society of Food Engineering and Technology „SPOMASZ”
- Association of Polish Inventors and Rationalizers
Publications
- Machine for salmon skin cleaning, Advances in Food Processing Techniques 2/2015.
- Vacuum gutting machine for cyprinids, Food Industry Engineering 3/2015.
- Mechanical methods for descaling fish – part I, Food Industry Engineering 3/2016.
- Mechanical methods for descaling fish – part II, Food Industry Engineering 2/2017.
- Review of ways of cutting frozen semi-finished fish products, Advances in Food Processing Techniques 1/2018
- 2022 Development of a programme for using modern, complex carp processing technologies in aquaculture farms and fish processing plants. Guide. Edited by Bogusław Pawlikowski. NMFRI Publishing House, Gdynia 2022, p. 128. Co-author.
- Technology for mechanical processing of carp in aquaculture farms and fish processing plants. Guide. Edited by Marek Jakubowski. Academic Publishing House of the Koszalin University of Technology, Koszalin 2023, p. 82. co-author
Patents (since 2012)
| 2012 | Dowgiałło A., M. Kosmowski. Device for deheading fish. Patent 213010. |
| 2011 | Dowgiałło A., M. Kosmowski. Device for placing small pelagic fish on a conveyor. Patent 211336. |
| 2013 | Dowgiałło A., Kosmowski M.: Device for cutting bones in cyprinidae slices. Patent 213551. |
| 2013 | Dowgiałło A., Kosmowski M.: Method for cutting bones in cyprinidae slices. Patent 214805. |
| 2013 | Dowgiałło A., Kosmowski M., Sikora M.: Device for deheading cyprinidae. Patent 220744. |
| 2015 | Dowgiałło A., Kosmowski M. Method of deheading fish. Patent 220878. |
| 2015 | Dowgiałło A., Kosmowski M. Device for cleaning fish skin. Patent 222114. |
| 2015 | Dowgiałło A., Kosmowski M. Method of cleaning fish skins. Patent 222115. |
| 2017 | Kosmowski Mariusz, Dowgiałło Andrzej, Sikora Michał. Device for the mechanical opening of the fish abdomen. Patent 225977. |
| 2017 | Kosmowski M., Dowgiałło A, The method of individual fish descaling. Patent 226155. |
| 2017 | Kosmowski M., Dowgiałło A, The device for individual fish descaling. Patent 226156. |
| 2018 | Dowgiałło Andrzej, Kosmowski Mariusz. Device for processing remains after slicing cyprinids. Patent 230613. |
