John Lukowski
Associate Professor
M.S. in Electrical Engineering
Michigan Tech

Office: 618 EERC
Phone: 906 487-2545
E-mail: jtlukows@mtu.edu

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Industrial Experience:
1981 – 1983    Delco Electronics Division of General Motors Corporation Product Engineer - Automobile Charging Systems

1984 – present Consulting engineer in the application of Auger Electron Spectroscopy to a variety of materials related problems.

Consulting:
R. J. Rotundo Inc., Ontonagon, MI.  Computer control of a plasma cutting torch.

General Electric Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio.  Torsion testing of titanium aluminides. 

Northern Auto Inc., Hancock, MI.  Repair and maintenance of a computerized parts ordering system. 

Tellurex Corp., Traverse City, MI.  Analysis of powder metallurgy manufactured thermoelectric coolers. 

TE Technology, Suttons Bay, MI.  Analytical support capabilities for sputter produced thermoelectric devices. 

Anthony J. Mulac, East Jordan, MI.  Analytical support capabilities available to a private consultant. 

Somero Enterprises, South Range, MI.  Design and development of a laser aligned, highway straight edge. 

Slater Steels Corp., Fort Wayne, IN.  Analysis of a new passivation process for 316 stainless steel.

Snap-On Tool Corp., Spring, TX.  Auger Electron Spectroscopy of High Carbon Tool Steels Annealed at 350F and 500F.

NASA Lewis Research Center, Auger Electron Spectroscopy of 90 SiC/Ti3-24Al-11Nb Fiber Reinforced Composites.

Martin Marietta Energy Systems, A Study of the Relationship Between Grain Boundary Composition and the Ductility of W-Re-Mo Alloys.

Valleycast Inc., Appleton, WI.  Surface analysis of non-weldable battery nails. 

Edison Electric Co., Detroit, MI.  Analysis of weld embrittled pipe. 

Valleycast Inc., Appleton, WI.  Analysis of 3% Si Bronze.

Publications:
Kulkarni, A., Lukowski, J., 1986. "Effect of Annealing Process Parameters on the Properties of AuGe Ohmic Contacts to GaAs," Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 59 (8), pp.2901-2904.

Au-Yeung, P., Lukowski, J., White, C., 1988.  "Grain Boundary and Cavity Surface Segregation in Crept Ni3Al + 0.2 at% B and Ni3(Al,Hf) + 0.2 at% B," Proceedings of the MRS Symposium on High Temperature Ordered Intermetallic Alloys, Boston, Massachusetts; November 28 - December 3, 1988. (R)

Au-Yeung, P., Lukowski, J., Heldt, L., White, C., 1990. "An Auger Spectrometric Study of Crack Tip Surface Chemistry for Liquid Metal Embrittlement: Beta Brass Embrittled by Gallium," Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, Pergamon Press plc, Vol. 24 (1), pp. 95-100.

Lukowski, J., Kasul, D., Heldt, L., White, C., 1990. "Discontinuous Crack Propagation in Ga Induced Liquid Metal Embrittlement of Beta Brass," Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, Pergamon Press plc, Vol. 24 (1), pp. 1959-1964.

Lee, K. H., Lukowski, J. T., White, C. L., 1996.  " Kinetics of Water Vapor Reactions With Intergrannular Fracture Surfaces of Ni3 Al With and Without Boron, Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, Pergamon Press plc, Vol. 35 (10), pp. 1153-1159.

Lee, K. H., Lukowski, J. T., White, C. L., 1996. "Effects of Gaseous Hydrogen and Water Vapor Pressure on Environmental Embrittlement of Ni3Al," Intermetallics, 5, 483-490 (1997). Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd.

F. Lu, C.L. White, J.T. Lukowski, M. Kimchi, P. Dong, “Electrode Wear Mechansims During Resistance Spot Welding Galvannealed Steels (Part II : Welding with Low and Intermediate Curent), Sheet Metal Welding Conference VIII Proceedings, American Welding Society, Troy, MI 1998, Paper #1-4.