Division of Structural and Functional Materials

Education

• Ph.D. degree | 2010 | Warsaw university of technology
  • Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Thesis: Conditions of the formation of a martensitic structure in Ni-Mn-Ga alloys exhibiting a magnetic shape memory

• Master degree | 2003 | Warsaw university of technology
  • Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Thesis: Aluminum foams and their physical properties
     

International scholarships

• UK, University of Sheffield, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, magnetic properties of NiMnGa alloys and rapidly quenched NdFeB, 1 month, 2004
• UK, University of Sheffield, Department of Materials Science and Engineering magnetic properties of NiMnGa alloys and rapidly quenched NdFeB, 1 month, 2005
• USA, Boise State University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, crystallization of Ni2XY alloys, magneto-mechanic properties and magnetocaloric properties of Ni2XY single crystals, 3 months, 2014
• USA, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, testing and characterization of 3D printed Ni-based active magnetic refrigerators (AMRs)., 2 weeks, 2019
   

Scientific activities

The main scientific activity focuses on magnetocaloric materials based on the Heusler Ni2XY phase, used for magnetic cooling/heating. Research of these alloys includes thermodynamic calculations (ThermoCalc), fabrication (melting, monocrystallization, 3D printing) and characterization of microstructure (light microscopy, SEM, TEM), phase composition (XRD) and magnetic properties (VSM).

Other areas of research interest include magnetic shape memory, metallic foams and historical processing methods for ferrous alloys.

From 2018 to 2020 he was the supervisor of the WAKANS Student Research Group.
 

Projects

• Construction and validation of a laboratory station for ultrasonic atomization of functional materials for 3D printing, (2020-2021), Excelence Initiative: Research University, funded by POB Technologie materiałowe. Project leader, principal investigator.  
• Influence of the form and structure of the Heusler alloys on the intensity of a magnetocaloric effect, National Science Centre, UMO-2011/01/D/ST8/02641, (2011-2014), Project leader, principal investigator.