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Dimti - People
Paolo Scardi |
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Page last updated: 15/04/2009
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Academic
career |
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 Graduated
in Physics (University of Naples, 1985)
Research
Scientist (University of Trento, 1986 - 1992)
Associate
Professor (1992 - 2002)
Full
Professor (Faculty of Engineering, University of Trento, 2002 to
present) |
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Teaching
activity (last 3 years) |
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Material
Science (University of Trento, 1995 to present)
Material
Science 1 (University of Trento, 2001 to present)
Material
Science 2 (University of Trento, 2002 to present)
Lectures
in the PhD programs of Materials Engineering, (Department of Material
Engineering and Chemical Technologies, University of Trento, 2001
to present)
Organizer
of and speaker at the P. Giordano Orsini School (University of
Trento, 1998 to present) |
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Research
topics |
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Crystallography
of materials: development of new methodologies and data modelling
in powder diffraction and residual stress analysis;
Physical
Vapour Deposition of thin films of metallic and ceramic materials
for wear/corrosion resistance;
Thermal
Barrier Coatings (Plasma Spray, e-beam deposition techniques) for
engine applications (gas turbines, Diesel engines);
Residual
stress-texture relationships in thin films by diffraction methods;
Residual
stress depth-profiling techniques (Blind Hole Drilling, Diffraction)
Analysis
of nanocrystalline and highly deformed inorganic materials by XRD
line profile modelling;
Diffraction
from materials using non-conventional sources (Synchrotron radiation,
neutrons); Design
and realization of a new beamline (MCX) for X-ray Diffraction from
thin films, coatings and polycrystalline materials at the Italian
synchrotron (ELETTRA, Trieste). |
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Top
10 Publications |
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P. SCARDI, M. LEONI, "Whole
powder pattern modelling". Acta Crystallographica A58 (2002). 190-200.
P. SCARDI, "Profile Modelling versus Profile Fitting in Powder
Diffraction", Z. Kristallogr. 217 (2002) 420-421.
P. SCARDI, M. LEONI, F. CERNUSCHI, A. FIGARI, "Microstructure and
heat transfer phenomena in ceramic Thermal Barrier Coatings ",
J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 84 [4] (2001) 827-835.
P. SCARDI AND Y.H. DONG, "Residual stress in fibre-textured thin
films of cubic materials", J. Mater. Res. 16 [1] (2001) 233-242.
P. SCARDI, Y.H. DONG, C. TOSI, "r.f. magnetron sputtered thin films
of nitrided Co,Ni-based alloy ", J. Vac. Sci. & Technol. A 19 [5]
(2001) 2394-2399.
P. SCARDI, M. LEONI, " Diffraction line profiles from polydisperse
crystalline systems". Acta Crystallographica A57 (2001) 604-613.
M. LEONI, P. SCARDI "Diffraction Techniques for the Study of Ceramic
Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs)", Surf. Engineering 16 [5] (2000)
403-410.
P. SCARDI, M. LEONI, Y.H. DONG, "Whole diffraction pattern-fitting
of polycrystalline fcc materials based on microstructure", Eur.
Phys. J. B 18 (2000) 23-30.
P. SCARDI, "A new whole powder pattern approach", Cap 24 in: Defect
and Microstructure Analysis by Diffraction, eds. R. L. Snyder,
J. Fiala, H. J. Bunge, (IUCr series, Oxford Univ. Press Inc., New
York, 1999). P. 570-596.
P. SCARDI, M. LEONI, L. BERTINI, L. BERTAMINI, F. CERNUSCHI, "Strain
gradients in plasma- sprayed zirconia thermal barrier coatings",
Surf. Coat. Technol. 108-109 (1998) 93-98
The complete list of publications is available on Polaris
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Other
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Chairman of the Commission
on Powder Diffraction (CPD) of the International Union of Crystallography
(IUCr) for the triennium 1999-2002 (member since 1996, now Consultant
for 2002-2005)
President-elect of the International X-ray Analysis Society (IXAS),
and Councilor since the foundation of the IXAS
Member of the Int. Comm. of the European Congress on Residual Stress
Member of the Int. Comm. of the European Powder Diffraction Conference
Member of the Int. Center for Diffraction Data (ICDD)
Scientific responsible (for the University of Trento and the INSTM
consortium) of the MCX beamline at ELETTRA
Member of scientific committees of several international congresses,
including the last (Geneva, 2002) and next (Firenze, 2005) IUCR
world congress.
Organizer of the Size-Strain III onference, Trento 2-5.12.2001
Invited speaker and plenary lecturer at several international conferences
in the field of crystallography, diffraction and materials science
Referee of scientific journals in the field of crystallography,
thin film/coating and materials science in general (with regularity:
J. Applied Crystallography, Powder Diffraction, Surface & Coating
Technology, Material Science and Technology, Materials Science
and Engineering)
Coordinator of PhD in Materials Engineering (University of Trento, 2004 to present)
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Full
Professor of Materials Science and Technology