Fellow: M.Sc. Tomasz Jakub Galek

Foreseen duration	34 months
Start Date	01.12.2006
End Date	30.09.2009
Project Title	Modeling of microwave sintering and absorption mechanisms in ceramic and metallic powders (Project 6)
Ministering Institut	Institute of General Electrical Engineering, University of Rostock
Address	Rostock University, Institute of General Electrical Engineering, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 2, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
Phone	+49 381-4987075
eMail	tomasz.galekuni-rostock.de
Nationality	Polish
Home University	Address: AGH University of Science and Technology, Department of Solid State Physics, al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30059 Kraków, Poland   Address: Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8 / 138, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
Degree entitling to doctoral studies	10/9/2004: Master of Science in the field of Technical Physics, specialization of Solid State Physics, University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
Education	10/1999 – 9/2004 AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland 10/1999 – 9/2004 Studies: technical physics at Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science   10/2003 – 12/2003 University of Technology, Vienna, Austria 10/2003 – 12/2003 Studies: solid state physics, Project work at the Institute of Solid State Physics   3/2004 – 6/2004 University of Technology, Vienna, Austria 3/2004 – 6/2004 Master thesis project work at the Institute of Solid State Physics   12/2006 – 9/2009 Rostock University, Rostock, Germany 12/2006 – 9/2009 Advanced Training in Hybrid Technologies for Nanostructured Composites EU Marie Curie EST, 2005-2009, Contract No. MEST-CT-2005-020986. PhD thesis title: “Modeling of microwave sintering and absorption mechanisms in ceramic and metallic powders”
Research Experience	1/2005 – 10/2005 University of Technology, Vienna, Austria Employed as project assistant at the Institute of Solid State Physics within the Meteor project   11/2005 – 10/2006 University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, Employed as project assistant at the University Service for Transmission Electron Microscopy (USTEM)
Acquisition of complementary skills	20/06/2007 Participation in COMSOL Intensive Training, Göttingen, Germany   28-29/08/2007 Certified participation in CST Microwave Studio training course, Darmstadt, Germany