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:
Kuebler, J., Blugan, G., Lugovy, M., Slyunyayev, V., Orlovskaya, N., Dobedoe, R., Development of failure tolerant multi-layer silicon nitride ceramics: Review from macro to micro layered structures, Key Engineering Materials, 333, 117-126, 2007.
Lugovy, M., Coratolo, A.M., Orlovskaya, N., Johnson, C., Gemmen, R., Structural evolution of La–Cr–O thin films: Part II. Elasto-plastic properties by nanoindentation Thin Solid Films, 515, 2847–2853, 2007.
Orlovskaya, N., Coratolo, A.M., Lugovy, M., Johnson, C., Gemmen, R., Structural evolution of La–Cr–O thin films: Part I. Microstructure and phase development, Thin Solid Films, 515, 1741–1747, 2006.
Chi, M., Browning, N., Orlovskaya, N., Microstructural evolution of protective La-Cr-O films studied by Transmission Electron Microscopy, J. Solid State Electrochemistry, 10, 659-662, 2006.
Orlovskaya, N., Anderson, H., Brodnikovskyy, M., Lugovy, M., Reece, M., Inelastic deformation behavior of La0.6Sr0.4FeO3 perovskite, Journal of Applied Physics, 100, 026102-1 – 026102-3, 2006.
Orlovskaya, N., Lugovy, M., Kuebler, J., Yarmolenko, S., Sankar, J., Chapter 7. Design of tough ceramic laminates by residual stresses control, in: Ceramic Matrix Composites: Microstructure/Property Relationship, editor I.M. Low, Woodhead Publishing Ltd, Cambridge, pp. 178-215, 2006.
Coratolo, A.M., Orlovskaya, N., Lugovy, M., Slyunyayev, V., Dub, S. Johnson, C., Gemmen, R., Nanoindentation of LaCrO3 thin films, Journal of Materials Science, 41, 3105-3111, 2006.
Johnson, C., Gemmen, R., Poston, J., Schaeffer, C., Orlovskaya, N., Fegely, L., Rawn, C., Perovskite based protective coatings for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell metallic interconnects, Proceeding of Ninth International Meeting of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Quebec City, 1842-1850, 2005.
Orlovskaya, N., Nicholls, A., Yarmolenko, S., Sankar, J., Johnson, C., Gemmen, R., Microstructural characterization of La-Cr-O thin films deposited by magnetron sputtering on the stainless steel interconnect materials for SOFC application, in a book ”Fuel Cells: State and Prospectives ”, Eds. Sammes, N., Vasylyev, O., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 355-371, 2005.
Scientific and Professional Societies:
Member of the Materials Research Society
Member of the American Ceramic Society
Honors and Awards:
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)
