Prof. Andreas Kulovits

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science,University of Pittsburgh, USA

Research Associate

Email: akk8@pitt.edu

Qualifications

2007  Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Vienna, Austria

2002  M.Sc., Physics, University of Vienna, Austria

1999  B.Sc., Physics and Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Publications(Selected)

1. Kulovits, J.M.K. Wiezorek, W.A. Soffa, W. Pueschl, W. Pfeiler; The influence of deformation by cold –work on L10 ordering in anisotropic FePd: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 378, Issues 1-2, 22 September 2004, Pages 285-2892.
2. Kulovits, W.A. Soffa, W. Pueschl, W. Pfeiler; Ordering and disordering in L10 FePd alloys studied by residual resistivitymeasurement: Intermetallics 13, Issue 5, May 2005, Pages 510-514
3. S. Saha, A. Kulovits, W.A. Soffa, J. Barnard: Synthesis of FePd and FePd Ta magnetic nanocomposits by severe plastic deformation:Journal of Applied Physics 97, Issue 10, 15 May 2005, Pages 1-3
4. Andreas K. Kulovits, John P. Leonard, Jörg M.K. Wiezorek: Microstructure of pulsed laser deposited FePd thin films on amorphous and crystalline substrates:Intermetallics 15, Issue 12 (2007) p. 1606-1611
5. Tae-Bong Hur, Hong Koo Kim, David Perello, Minhee Yun, Andreas Kulovits and Jorg M. K. Wiezorek: Morphology and grain structure during epitaxial growth of Ag films on native-oxide covered Si surface: Journal of Applied Physics 103, Issue 10 (2008) art. No. 103507
6. Andreas Kulovits, Scott X. Mao, Jörg M.K. Wiezorek: Microstructural changes of Nanocrystalline Ni during cold rolling Acta Materialia 56 (2008) 4836-4845
7. J. Cai, A. Kulovits, R. Shankar, J. Wiezorek: Novel microstructures from severely deformed Al-Ti alloys created by chip formation in machining: Journal of Materials Science 43 (23-24) (2008) 7474-7480.
8. Desphande, J. M. K. Wiezorek Cold working and Annealing of chemically ordered L10 phase Fe50Pd50:Intermetallics 17, Issue 10 (2009) 865-871
9. R. Zhong, A. Kulovits, J. M. K. Wiezorek, J. P. Leonard: Four Zone Solidification Microstructure formed by Laser melting of Copper thin films: Applied Surface Science 256 (2009) 105-111
10. J. M. K. Wiezorek, A. Kulovits, X. –D. Zhang, H. L. Fraser: Slip Transfer Across Hetero-Interfaces in Two-Phase Titanium Aluminum Interfaces: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science 42 (2011) pp. 605-612
11. J. M. K. Wiezorek, A. Kulovits, C. Yanar, W. A. Soffa: Grain Boundary Mediated Displacive-Diffusional Formation of t-Phase in MnAl: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science pp. 42 (2011) 594-604
12. X. Sang, A. Kulovits, J.M.K. Wiezorek: Determination of Debye Waller Factor and Structure factors for Si by Quantitative Convergent Beam Electron Diffraction using off-axis Multi-Beam Orientations:Acta Crystallographica A66 (2010) 685 -693
13. X. Sang, A. Kulovits, J. M. K. Wiezorek: Simultaneous Determination of highly precise Debye Waller Factors and Structure Factors for chemically ordered NiAl:Acta Crystallographica A66 (2010) 694 -702
14. Kulovits, J. M. K. Wiezorek, T. LaGrange, B. Reed, G. Campbell: Revealing the Transient States of Rapid Solidification in Aluminum Thin Films using Ultrafast Transmissions Electron Microscopy: Philosophical Magazine Letters 91: 4 (2011) 287-296
15. X. Sang, A. Kulovits, J. M. K. Wiezorek: Simultaneous determination of highly precise Debye Waller factors and multiple structure factors for chemically ordered tetragonal FePd:Acta Crystallographica A67 (2011) 229-239
16. Kulovits, W.A. Soffa, W. Pueschl, W. Pfeiler: Ordering and disordering in anisotropic L10 FePd Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings 753 (2002) pp. 387-392
17. Andreas K. Kulovits, John P. Leonard, Jörg M.K. Wiezorek: Influence of processing parameters on microstructure of pulsed laser deposited Au thin films: Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 979 (2006) 91-96
18. Vincent Sokalski, Andreas Kulovits, Jorg Wiezorek: UFG and NC FePd by combined reaction transformation mode of severely plastically deformed FePd: Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 980 (2007) 167-172
19. Kulovits, J Leonard, J. Wiezorek: Microstructural evolution during post deposition annealing of pulsed laser deposited Fe100-xPdx thin films: Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 980 (2007) 155-160
20. R. Zhong, A. Kulovits, J. M. K. Wiezorek, J. P. Leonard: Texture of rapidly solidified Cu thin films studied by SEM EBSD and TEM: Ceramic Transactions 201, (2008) pp. 35-45
21. Kulovits, S. X. Mao, J. M. K. Wiezorek: Comparing the Role of Dislocations during Plastic Deformation of Nanocrystalline Nickel and Coarse-Grained Ni during Cold Rolling: Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1090 (2008) 13-18
22. J. M. K. Wiezorek, A. Kulovits: TEM of c – component dislocations associated with pyramidal slip activity inTi3Al: Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1128 (2008) 147-152
23. K. Kulovits, J. M. K. Wiezorek: Observation of 2 Dislocation Glide in Duplex Ti-48Al after Room Temperature Tensile Deformation: Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1128 (2008) 141-146
24. K. Kulovits, B. Webler, A. R. Desphande, J. M. K. Wiezorek: Electron Microscopy of Commercial Purity Al-2024 (Al-Mg-Cu) after Accumulative Roll-Bonding: TMS annual meeting (2009) 63-68.