Dr. Alina Vladescu (Dragomir)

Dr. Alina Vladescu has a BS in materials science and engineering from the University Politehnica of Bucharest (2002) and an MS in biomaterials from the Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, University Politehnica of Bucharest (2004). Her PhD is in materials science, University Politehnica of Bucharest (2011). She works at the National Institute of RD for Optoelectronics INOE2000, Department for Advanced Surface Processing and Analysis by Vacuum Technologies (since 2002). She is also an associate professor in surface engineering at the University Politehnica of Bucharest, and an affiliated research scientist at National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University. Expertise: • Functional coatings (metals, nitrides, carbides, oxides and oxynitrides) deposited by magnetron sputtering and cathodic arc techniques), especially for optics, optoelectronics, mechanical and tribological applications, but also with special properties, such as corrosion resistance and biomaterials. • Oxide thin films by electron gun evaporation technique, especially for optoelectronic applications and (again) for biomaterials. • Analysis and characterization of thin films using various spectroscopies (UV-vis-NIR, EDS), X-ray diffraction, morphological, mechanical, anticorrosion, and tribological characterization.