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Sikora, Elzbieta

Sikora, Elzbieta

Associate Teaching Professor and Graduate Program Director

Office phone: (814) 863-5571
Office address: 403A Earth and Engineering Sciences Building
Office hours: Tuesday, Thursday: 4:30-5:30pm
E-mail: esikora@psu.edu


Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Electrochemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, 1991
  • M.S., materials science, Technical University Poznan, Poland, 1981
  • B.S., materials science, Technical University, Poznan, Poland, 1979

Years of Service with Penn State

Other Related Experience — Teaching, Industrial, Etc.

  • 2008 – Present Graduate Faculty, Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State University, University Park
  • Sept 1996 – 2007 Research Associate, Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State University, University Park
  • Sept 1992 – Aug 1996 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Materials - Materials Science, Penn State University, University Park

Recent Principal Publications

  • Elzbieta Sikora and Barbara A Shaw (2013) “Crystalline Alloys: Magnesium,” Chapter 2, in book entitled Environmental Degradation of Advanced and Traditional Engineering Materials, pp. 21–67, CRC Press Taylor & Francis.
  • Elzbieta Sikora (2012) “A Quest for the Holy Grail of Bioimplant –a Review of Recent Developments in Biodegradable Metals for Medical Applications,” Recent Patents in Corrosion Science, 2, pp. 81–97.

Consulting, Patents, and Scientific and Professional Society Memberships

  • National Association of Corrosion Engineers, member (2013 – 2014)

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