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Dr. Anna Rakowska

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Employment and positions
Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Scanning Electron Microscopy Laboratory, (2003-present)- assistant professor, part time job

AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics (1973-1985)- assistant, (1986-2000)- senior assistant, (2001-present)- lecturer, full time job


Scientific Career

M.Sc.:                    Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, 1973

Ph.D.:                    Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2000

Scientific achievements

54 papers, among them: 24 papers in refereed journals and periodicals (7 of them cited by the Institute for Scientific Information in Philadelphia), 30 presentations during conferences

The most relevant publications during last 5 years

 

  1. A. Rakowska, R. Filipek, K. Sikorski, M. Danielewski, R. Bachorczyk: EDS X-Ray investigation of interdiffusion in Au-Ni micro- and nanolayers, Mikrochimica Acta 145, (2004) 183-186.
  2. M. Homa, Z. Żurek, A. Stawiarski, J. Żurek, A. Gil, A. Rakowska: Influence of temperature and composition of SO2/O2 atmosphere on surface morphology of alumina scales formed on FeCrAl steel, Materials Science Forum 461-464, (2004) 131-138.
  3. E. Bełtowska-Lehman, A. Rakowska: Electrodeposition of high Mo content Ni-Mo coatings from citrate electrolytes, Physicochemical Mechanics of Materials 5, (2006) 630 -633.
  4. J. Jedliński, G. Smoła, J. Camra, A. Bernasik, K. Kowalski, K. Mazur, M. Nocuń, A. Rakowska, G. Borchardt: Oxide scale mechanical failure at high temperatures, Inżynieria Materiałowa XXVIII, (2007) 778-782.
  5. A. Janus, M. Faryna, A. Rakowska: Zastosowanie wysokorozdzielczej skaningowej mikroskopii elektronowej w badaniach mikrostruktury bioceramiki hydroksyapatytowej pochodzenia naturalnego, Ceramika/Ceramics 103, (2008) 517-524.
  6. A.M. Janus, M. Faryna, K. Haberko, A. Rakowska, T. Panz: Chemical and microstructural characterization of natural hydroxyapatite, Mikrochimica Acta 161, (2008) 349-353.

Research Projects

Projects from Ministry of Science and Higher Education

· Influence of diffusion on morphology and properties of surface thin-layer system, Project No. 7 T08C 004 21, supervisor, AGH, 2001-2004

· Establishing of misorientation distribution function (MDF) for ceramic-based composites, Project No. 4 T08D 010 25, AGH, contractor, 2003 – 2006

European Union Projects

COST Action 525 - Advanced electronic ceramics: grain boundary engineering; Task: Orientation imaging microscopy and microanalysis applied to advanced materials; contractor, 2004 – 2005

Experience gained abroad

Technische Universität Wien 1993 (1 month)

Some shorter visits:

Max-Planck Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle, 1993-1996 (2 weeks)

NATO Advanced Study Institute „Advanced Light Alloys and Composites”, Poland, 1997 (10 days)

Materials Science Centre University of Manchester, 1998 - 2000 (4 weeks)

University of Cambridge, Cavendish Laboratory, 2003 (1 week)

Philips Electron Optics Laboratory, Eindhoven, The Netherlands – technical training (1993)

Oxford Instruments Microanalysis Group, High Wycombe, UK – technical training (1994)

AMETEK EDAX, Tilburg, The Netherlands - technical training (2005)

Prizes and awards

2005– joint team award of the Rector of the Cracow Technical University

2007 – 2nd Prize for the best poster contribution entitled: Chemical and microstructural characterization of natural hydroxyapatite


Education of scientific staff

Lectures, seminars, laboratories, classis with students of Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology

Organisation of conferences and scientific events

Member of the IX ESEM Users Club Meeting, 5-6 May 2008, Krakow, Poland


Membership in professional societies:

European Microbeam Analysis Society (EMAS)


Main scientific interest

Advanced scanning electron microscopy techniques, particularly low vacuum and ultra high resolution scanning electron microscopy. Current research interest is concentrated on energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) in low vacuum conditions, chemical and microstructural characterization of ceramics, biological material, alloys etc.