MSc (Mechanical Eng. and Technology), Warsaw University of Technology PhD, (Materials Sci. and Engineering), Warsaw University of Technology

Employment 2008 +: Associate Professor, University of Wollongong 1995 - 07: Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong 1988 - 95: Senior Research Fellow, Australian National University 1983 - 88: Research Fellow, The Australian National University, 1977 - 83: Research Associate, Warsaw University of Technology. 1975 - 77: Research Associate, Northeastern University (Boston, USA). 1972 - 75: Research Assistant, Warsaw University of Technology.

Materials Synthesis and Processing Plasma synthesis of super-hard materials, metal hydrides, nanostructural - high surface area materials, plasma induced rapid reduction processes - understanding and applications. Mechanical Alloying and Mechano-Chemistry for Developing New Materials Rapid Solidification Processing of Metallic Materials Metal casting, solidification and heat treatment Materials Characterization by various techniques

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