Dorina Mihut, Ph.D.
Rank:
Assistant Professor
Contact Information:
Address:
The University of Texas-Pan American
Mechanical Engineering Department
1201 W. University Dr.
Edinburg, TX 78539-2999
Office: ENB 3.264
Phone: (956)-381-2237
Fax: (956)381-3527
Email: dmihut@utpa.edu
Website:
Education:
- 1986 - B. S. Mechanical Engineering, Technical University Cluj - Napoca, Romania
- 1999 - M. S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, USA
- 2001 - PhD Technical Physics, Babes-Balyai University, Cluj- Napoca, Romania
- 2006 - PhD Materials Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA
Research Interests:
Nanomechanical and nanotribological characterization of materials
- Ternary metal nitrides nanocomposite thin films
- Multilayer coating architectures for wear resistant applications
Selected Publications:
- S. M. Aouadi, T. Maeruf, R.D. Twesten, D. M. Mihut, S. L. Rohde, "Physical and mechanical properties of chromium zirconium nitride thin films", Surface and Coatings Technology, 200 (2006), 3411 – 3417
- S. M. Aouadi, A. Bohnhoff, M. Sodergren, D. Mihut, S. L. Rohde, J. Xu, S. R. Mishra, "Tribological investigation of zirconium nitride/silver nanocomposite structures", Surface and Coatings Technology 201 (2006) 418-42
- S. M. Aouadi, T. Maeruf, M. Sodergren, D. M. Mihut, S. L. Rohde, J. Xu, S. R. Mishra, "Growth and characterization of nanocrystalline zirconium nitride-inconel structures", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, A 23(4), Jul/Aug 2005, 998
- S. Rohde, D. M. Mihut, S. M. Aouadi, J. Turner, "Nanotribological Properties of Amorphous and Nanocomposite CrBN and TiBN Thin Films", Surface Engineering - Proceedings of the 3rd International Surface Engineering Congress, 2004, 201-206
- T. Gorishnyy, D.M.Mihut, S. L. Rohde, S.M. Aouadi, "Physical and Mechanical Properties of Reactively Sputtered CrBN Thin Films", Thin Solid Films 445, 96 (2003)
