Newcastle University

Qualifications

PhD - Newcastle University 2003
MPhil - University Politehnica Bucharest 1996
BEng - University Politehnica Bucharest 1995

Previous Positions

2004-2005 Research Associate - Design Unit, Newcastle University
1995-1999 Junior Lecturer - University Valahia Targoviste

Memberships

IOM3 GradIMM

Languages

Romanian, French

Research Interests

Characterisation and modelling of phase changes due to surface contact fatigue;
Tribology of coatings and lubricants containing inorganic fullerene-like materials (IFLM);
Determination of mechanical and thermal properties of Fe-C solid solutions by Embeded Atom Method (code used GULP);
EBSD measurement of elastic strain in strained silicon;

Research themes:

Other Expertise

Anisotropic behaviour of materials (FEM simulation of nanoindentation experiments using EBSD orientation maps; FEM code used OOF2);
Ab initio study of chemomechanical effects (code used Quantum Espresso);
Molecular dynamics simulation of nanoindentation experiments (code used LAMMPS);

Current Work

Tribology of coatings and lubricants containing inorganic fullerene-like materials.

Future Research

Chemomechanical effects in tribological and optical coatings.

Industrial Relevance

The use of lubricants containing IFLM significantly increases the operational life of components (see here:
press release

Keywords

Adrian Oila
inorganic fullerenes
IFLM
WS2
EBSD
ab initio
molecular dynamics
Embedded Atom Method
simulation
modeling
modelling
gears
lubricants

Projects

• FOREMOST: Fullerene-based Opportunities for Robust Engineering: Making Optimised Surfaces for Tribology.
  Project Leader(s): Prof Steve Bull

Undergraduate Teaching

Lectures: Introduction to Materials Science (CME1012)
Practicals: Materials in the Marine Environment (MAR1007)

• Oila A, Bull SJ. Atomistic simulation of Fe-C austenite. Computational Materials Science 2009, 45(2), 235-239.
• Oila A, Bull SJ. Assessment of the factors influencing micropitting in rolling/sliding contacts. Wear 2005, 258(10), 1510-1524.
• Oila A, Shaw BA, Aylott CJ, Bull SJ. Martensite decay in micropitted gears. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology 2005, 219(2), 77-83.
• Oila A, Bull SJ. Phase transformations associated with micropitting in rolling/sliding contacts. Journal of Materials Science 2005, 40(18), 4767-4774.
• Soare S, Bull SJ, Oila A, O'Neill AG, Wright NG, Horsfall A, Dos Santos JMM. Obtaining mechanical parameters for metallisation stress sensor design using nanoindentation. Zeitschrift für Metallkunde 2005,96 11 1262-1266.
• Oila A, Sanderson L, Bull S, Fleischer N. Inorganic fullerene-like materials for increased operational life in rolling/sliding applications. Tribology - Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces 2010, 4(4), 163-166.
• Soare S, Bull SJ, Oila A, O'Neill AG, Wright N, Horsfall A, dos Santos J. Determination of mechanical parameters for rotating MEMS structures as a function of deposition method. In: Thin Films: Stresses and Mechanical Properties X. 2004, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Materials Research Society.
• Soare S, Bull SJ, Oila A, O'Neill A, Wright N, Horsfall A, dos Santos J. Determination of mechanical parameters for rotating MEMS structures as a function of deposition method. In: MRS Fall Meeting 2003. 2004, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
• Soare S, Bull SJ, Oila A, O'Neill AG, Wright N, Horsfall A, Dos Santos J. Determination of mechanical parameters for rotating MEMS structures as a function of deposition method. In: Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings: Thin Films - Stresses and Mechanical Properties X. 2003, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Materials Research Society.
• Dos Santos JMM, Wang K, Soare SM, Horsfall AB, Bull SJ, Wright NG, Oila A, O'Neill AG, Terry JG, Walton AJ, Gundlacj AM, Stevenson JTM. Hinge optimisation in a micro-rotating structure for stress gauging in integrated circuit interconnects. In: Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. 2003, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.