Professor Alex A. Volinsky, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering 4202 E Fowler Ave. ENB 118 Tampa, FL 33620 Phone: (813) 974-5658 Fax: (813) 974-3539 Office location: ENC 2214 Email: volinsky at eng.usf.edu Research interests: Thin films processing, mechanical properties and characterization. Adhesion and fracture of thin films. Nanoindentation. Pattern formation. Irradiated materials properties and X-Ray diffraction.
Research highlights: KBr single crystal surface rippling due to wear. Image size is 4x4 microns. Click on the image to see the movie (3 Mb). Telephone cord delamination caused by a thin film compressive residual stress relief.  Click on the left image to view a real time delamination process (4.3 MB). For a detailed explanation please see this MRS paper.

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