Hello! I'm Mircea
I'm interested in Advanced Materials.
My workplace is at the department of
Materials and Manufacturing Engineering of the
Politehnica University Timisoara, Romania
Mircea Nicoara
Full Professor, Eng. Sci. Dr. Habil.
Phone:
+40-722644975
Email:
Address:
Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara
Facultatea de Mecanica
Bd. M. Viteazul 1, 300222 Timisoara
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Date of Birth:
June 24th, 1960
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EXPERIENCE
2017-present
Habilitation in Materials Engineering
Doctoral school of the
2000-present
Associate professor
1998-2000
Lecturer
1991-1998
Assistant professor
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POLITEHNICA UNIVERSITY TIMISOARA
Teaching for license & master programs in Materials Engineering:
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Composite Materials
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Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials
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Heat Treatments
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Materials Science (in English)
Research in advanced and engineering materials
Technical consulting for industrial companies
Management of educational and research activities
1985-1991
Mechanical design engineer
ELECTROMETAL Timisoara
Conception and design of tools and devices for fabrication of electrical and home appliances
EDUCATION
November 2016
Habilitation thesis in Materials Engineering
POLITEHNICA UNIVERSITY TIMISOARA
Title of the habilitation thesis: "Toward new frontiers in composite materials"
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POLITEHNICA UNIVERSITY TIMISOARA
Title of the thesis: "Particle-reinforced composite materials with aluminium matrix"
Research stages for Ph.D. at the
1992-1998
Ph.D. in Materials Science
1980- 1985
Diploma Engineer's Degree
POLITEHNICA UNIVERSITY TIMISOARA
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Engineering training in Machine Building Technology (Industrial engineering) at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty
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Graduation exam with the project "Technology & equipment for gas carburizing"- June 1985
1975-1979
High School Diploma
National College C.D. LOGA Timisoara
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Majoring in Mathematics&Physics
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Graduation exam - June 1979
SKILLS
Microscopy - optical, SEM, HR-TEM
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
CAD/CAE - SolidWorks, CATIA
X-Rays Diffraction (XRD)
Materials failure investigation
FEM Modelling of thermal & stress fields
EXPERTISE
TITANIUM AMORPHOUS ALLOYS
About Thermostability of Biocompatible Ti-Zr-Ag-Pd-Sn Amorphous Alloys
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 133/1 (2018)
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Low Young’s modulus Ti-based porous bulk glassy alloy without cytotoxic elements -
Acta Biomaterialia 36 (2016)
Ti-based bulk glassy composites obtained by replacement of Ni with Ga -
Intermetallics 69 (2016)
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New Cu-Free Ti-Based Composites with Residual Amorphous Matrix (open acces) -
Materials 9/331 (2016)
About Thermostability of Biocompatible Ti-Zr-Ta-Si Amorphous Alloys
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 124/2016
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Journal Solid State Phenomena, 216 (2014)
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Sample preparation and HR-TEM investigation techniques of Ti based, Ga containing, amorphous alloys - Journal Solid State Phenomena Vol. 216 (2014)
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Contributions to Optimization of Properties for Components Fabricated by mean of Selective Laser Sintering from Composed Materials - 6th WSEAS Int. Conf. on Energy, Environ., Ecosystems and Sustainable Dev., EEESD'10 (2010)
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Alumide Sinterization Aspects According to Layer Orientation, in Rapid Prototyping Process - Journal Solid State Phenomena, 254 (2016)
Al-MATRIX COMPOSITES
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Optimizing the Parameters for In-situ Fabrication of Hybrid Al-Al₂O₃ Composites-
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 124 (2016)
Optimizing the Parameters of Reactive Sintering for In Situ Fabrication of Al-Al2O3 Composites -
Journal Solid State Phenomena 216 (2014)
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Computerized Image Processing for Evaluation of Microstructure in
Metallic Matrix Composites - Journal Solid State Phenomena 188 (2012)
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Computer-Aided Evaluation of Particle Distribution in Metallic Matrix Composites -
European PM Conference Proceedings (2011)
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Defect and Diffusion Forum, Trans Tech Publications (2002)
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Particle-reinforced composites (German)
Metall 54 (1-2), 2000
ADVANCED MATERIALS
Magnetic materials
Acta Materialia 95 (2015)
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About Thermostability of Fe-Ni-P Amorphous Alloys- Journal Solid State Phenomena 188 (2012)
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Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 201 (1999)
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Ni-based materials
Metallic Foams Obtained from Nickel Based Superalloy Hollow Spheres - Researches in Powder Metallurgy Volume 672 (2011)
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Thermal Stability of Ni40Ti40Nb20 and Ni32Ti48Nb20 Tapes Obtained by Rapid Solidification Technique - Journal Solid State Phenomena 188 (2012)
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ENGINEERING MATERIALS
Analysis of Fatigue Fracture of Tank Wagon Railway Axles -
Proceedings of the 3rd WSEAS Int. Conference, Bucharest (2010)
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Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions through Extension of Induction Brazing of Aluminum in Automotive Industry - Proceedings of the EE '10, Cambridge, UK, (2010)
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The Influence of Processing Methods upon Microstructure of TIG Welded INCOLOY 800 - Metalurgia International 6 (2010)
See more about my articles on Research Gate and Google Scholar