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Nina Orlovskaya, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Catalytically-Active Thin Films, Perovskite Membrane Reactors for Oxygen Separation, Ceramic Materials for Energy Security , In situ Raman Spectroscopy, TEM, XRD, Ferroelastic Time Dependent Behavior of Perovskites, Mechanical Performance and Reliability of Ceramics, Design of Residual Stresses in Ceramic-Layered Composites, Manufacturing of Ceramic Laminates, Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Composites.

Degrees:
  • Ph.D. Materials Science, Institute for Problems of Materials Science, Kiev, Ukraine, 1993
  • M.S. Ceramics, Kiev Polytechnic Institute, Kiev, Ukraine, 1984
Recent Publications:
  • Pathak, S., Steinmetz, D., Kuebler, J., Payzant, A., Orlovskaya, N., Mechanical behavior of La0.8Sr0.2Ga0.8Mg0.2O3 perovskites, Ceram. International, 35, 3, 1235-1241, 2009.
  • Lugovy, M., Slyunyayev, V., Orlovskaya, N., Verbylo, D., Reece, M., Room temperature creep of LaCoO3 based perovskits: equilibrium strain under compression, Phys. Rev. B, 78, 024107, 2008
  • Orlovskaya, N., Lugovy, M., Pathak, S., Steinmetz, D., Lloyd, J., Fegely, L., Radovic, M., Payzant, E.A., Lara-Curzio, E., Allard, L., Kuebler, J., Thermal and mechanical properties of LaCoO3 and La0.8Ca0.2CoO3 perovskites, J. Power Sources, 182, 230-239, 2008.
  • Orlovskaya, N., Anderson, H., Brodnikovskyy, M., Lugovy, M., Reece, M., Inelastic deformation behavior of La0.6Sr0.4FeO3 perovskite, J. Appl. Phys., 100, 026102, 2006.
  • Orlovskaya, N., Lugovy, M., Ko, F., S. Yarmolenko, J. Sankar, Kuebler, J., SiC/SiCwoven fabric laminates: Design, manufacturing, mechanical properties, Composites Part B Engineering, 27, 6, 524-529, 2006.
  • Orlovskaya, N., Steinmetz, D., Yarmolenko, S., Pai, D., Sankar, J., Goodenough, J., Detection of temperature and stress induced modifications of LaCoO3 by micro-Raman spectroscopy, Phys. Rev. B, 72, 014122-1-7, 2005.
  • Lugovy, M., Sljunyaev, V., Orlovskaya, N., Blugan, G., Kuebler, J., Lewis, M., Apparent fracture toughness of Si3N4 based laminates with residual compressive or tensile stresses in surface layers, Acta Mater., 53, 289-296, 2005.
  • Mixed Ionic Electronic Conducting Perovskites for Advanced Energy Systems, Eds. N. Orlovskaya, N. Browning, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp.315, 2004.
  • Orlovskaya, N., Browning, N., Nicholls, A., Ferroelasticity in mixed conducting LaCoO3 based perovskites: A ferroelastic phase transition, Acta. Mater., 51, 17, 5063-5071, 2003.
  • Orlovskaya, N., Gogotsi, Y., Reece, M., Cheng, B., Gibson, I., Ferroelasticity and hysteresis in LaCoO3 based perovskites, Acta Mater., 50, 4, 715-723, 2002.

Scientific and Professional Societies:

  • Member of the Materials Research Society
  • Member of the American Ceramic Society
Honors and Awards:
  • Career Award, National Science Foundation, (2008)
  • Royal Society Award, Royal Society, UK(2007)
  • NATO/Norwegian Research Council Fellowship, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway(1998-1999)
  • National Research Council, COBASE Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA(1998)
  • OEAD fellowship, University of Vienna, Austria(1995-1997)
  • NATO DAAD fellowship, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany(1996)
  • American Physical Society Award for young scientists from the former Soviet Union(1993)
 
 
 
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