Dr Anna Paradowska
Staff Profile
Role at ANSTO
Dr Anna Paradowska is co-responsible for the KOWARI Strain Scanner. The main focus of her research activities are in residual-stress analysis using neutron and synchrotron X-ray diffraction with the goal of relating them to manufacturing procedures and integrity requirements for various types of engineering components. Additionally she has a strong interest in neutron in-situ study of thermo-mechanical properties of engineering materials and engineering application of imaging diffraction techniques.
Before joining the Bragg Institute Dr Paradowska was working at ISIS at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK. She was an Instrument Scientist on the materials and engineering beamline called ENGIN-X. Anna did her PhD at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Monash University, Australia. Her thesis research focused on the investigation of residual stress in welds using neutron and synchrotron diffraction. Before that she did her MSc degree at the Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland, where she specialized in Materials Technology and Monitoring Systems.
Qualifications and achievements
- Visiting Research Fellow at ISIS, UK (2011- current)
- Adjunct Associate Professor at The University of New Orleans, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (2010-current)
- Visiting Research Fellow at The Open University, Materials Engineering Department (2007-current)
- Instrument Scientist on the materials engineering beamline ENGIN-X at ISIS, UK (2007-2011)
- Sir William Hudson Memorial Award - awarded by the Council, Technology and Research Board and the members of WTIA, Australia (2009)
- Winner of Student Paper Competition (PhD level) - awarded by the Senate of the Pressure Vessel and Piping Division at American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Pressure Vessel and Piping Conf., San Antonio, USA (2007)
- PhD - Monash University, Clayton, Australia (2007)
- Distinction in the Prof. Jerzy I. Skowronski Memorial Award - awarded by the Polish Committee of Electrotechnical Materials and Polish Electricians Association, Poland (2001)
- MSc. - Wroclaw University of Technology – Wroclaw, Poland (2001)
Publications
Knupfer S.M., Paradowska A.M., Kirstein O., Moore A.J., Characterization of the Residual Strains in Iterative Laser Forming, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 212 (2012) 90 99 (from KOWARI)
Ahmed, R., Faisal N.H., Reuben, R.L., Paradowska, A.M., Fitzpatrick M., Residual strain and fracture response of Al2O3 coatings deposited via APS and HVOF techniques, Journal Surface and Coatings Technology (2011) (In press available on line)
Baczmanski A., Joncour L.L., Panicaud B., Francois M., Braham C., Paradowska A.M., Wronski, S., Amara S., Chiron, R., Neutron time-of-flight diffraction used to study aged duplex steel at small and large deformation until damage, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 44, (2011) 966-982
Pierret S., Evans A., Paradowska A.M., Kaestner A., James J., Etter T., Van Swygenhoven H., Combining neutron diffraction and imaging for residual strain measurements in a single crystal turbine blade, NDT&E International 45 (2012) 39-45
Festa G., Senesi R., Alessandroni M., Andreani C., Vitali G., Porcinai S., Giusti A. M., Materna T., Paradowska A. M., Non destructive neutron diffraction measurements of cavities, inhomogeneities and residual strain in bronzes of Ghiberti's relief from the Gates of Paradise, Journal of Applied Physics, 109 (2011) 064908
Grazzi F., Bartoli L., Civita F., Franci R.,Paradowska A.M., Scherillo A., Zoppi M., From Koto age to modern times: Quantitative characterization of Japanese swords with Time of flight Neutron Diffraction, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy 26, 1030 (2011)
Kisi E.H, Zhang J.F., Kirstein O., Riley D.P., Styles M.J. Paradowska A.M., Shear Stiffness in Nano-laminar Ti3SiC2 Challenges ab initio Calculations, J. Phys.: Condensed Matter., 22 (2010)162202, 1-5. (from KOWARI)
Paradowska, A.M., Price, J.W.H., Finlayson, T.R., Rogge, R.B., Donaberger, R.L., Blevins, R. Ibrahim, R., Comparison of Neutron Diffraction Residual Stress Measurements of Steel Butt Welds with Current Fitness-For-Purpose Assessments, Transaction of the ASME - Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 132, 051503, 2010 Page 1-7
Paradowska A. M., Price J. W. H., Finlayson T. R., Lienert U., Walls P., Ibrahim R., Residual Stress Distribution in Steel Butt Welds Measured by Neutron and Synchrotron Diffraction, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 21 12 (2009) 124213 1-8.
Lee S. Y., Choo, Liaw P. K., Oliver E. C., Paradowska A. M., Klarstrom D. L., In situ neutron-diffraction study of internal strain evolution around a crack tip under variable-amplitude fatigue-loading conditions, Scripta Materialia. 60, 10 (2009) 866-869