Mr Tomasz Dudziak
Research Fellow in Energy – Materials for Energy
Location: Building 56b, Cranfield campus
E: t.dudziak@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 752509
Sustainable Systems
Current activities
Mr Tomasz Dudziak's work is related to high temperature corrosion of Fe base alloys. Tomasz is involved in three different projects (EPSRC - SuperGen PLE - Phase 2, TSB - Corrosion Modelling , ASPECT ) which are at different stages. Tomasz's main focus is temperature behaviour of Fe - base alloys in different environments such as fireside corrosion and steam oxidation.
Clients
Clients are related to the InnovaTiAl project:
- DLR (the national aerospace centre in Germany)
- Sheffield Hallam University
- University of Sheffield
- Linköping University, Sweden
- The KTH group involved in INNOVATIAL, a division of Space and Plasma Physics, within the School of Electric Engineering at KTH, Sweden
- MFA, the research institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- University of Leoben
- Surface Engineering Laboratory in Madrid University
- Hauzer Techno Coating BV, The Netherlands
- IonBond (Rotherham PVD Coatings Centre)
- Aero-coat
- Centro Ricerche Fiat (CRF), Italy
Background
During his Master's degree Tomasz Dudziak was involved in computing modelling of NiAl-Pt modified alloy using Generalised Darkens Method in argon atmosphere (interdiffusion modelling). He graduated from Krakow University of Science and Technology in 2005. Tomasz's MSc was titled 'Interdiffusion Platinum, Rhenium, Rhodium in b-NiAl'. In 2003-2004 Tomasz was invited to join Compiegne University of Technology under an Eurasmus - Socrtates Programme. There he successfully completed the research work, submitting two reports:
1) Studies of chromium oxide scale using optical microscope, scanning electron microscopy, and acoustic emission
2) Mechanical and diffusional aspects of high temperature oxidation of the low carbon steel under water vapour.
As a PhD student Tomasz was involved in a European Union project , InnovaTiAl. The aim of this project is to develop a new type of coating for high temperature application (above 600oC). TiAl alloys have been selected as a new type of structural material. As a participant in InnovaTiAl his key duties are preparing experiments in laboratory (coating preparation, oxidation, sulphidation, hot corrosion, diffusion annealing), writing reports, attending meeting throughout the European Union, and preparing an analysis on XRD (X-Ray Diffraction Analyzer, EDS Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, SEM – Scanning Electron Microscope).
