Dr. Anna Rakowska

Dr. Anna Rakowska
a. Phone.: (012) 295 2828 room 008
b. Fax: (012) 295 2804
c. e-mail: [email protected]
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
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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 SO
2
/O
2
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 coatin
gs 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
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· Establishing of misorientation distribution function (MDF) for ceramic-based composites, Proje
ct No. 4 T08D 010 25,
AGH,
contractor,
2003 – 2006
European Union Projects
COST Action 525 - Advanced electronic ceramics: grain boundary engineering; Task: Orientatio
n 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)
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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 – 2 nd 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
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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.
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