Ursula R. Kattner

Thermodynamics and Kinetics Group
ursula.kattner@nist.gov
(301) 975-6044

Employment

  • 1995-present: Physical Scientist, Metallurgy Division, NIST
  • 1985-1995:    Guest Researcher, Metallurgy Division, NIST
  • 1982-1985:    Research Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Stuttgart, Germany

Education

  • 1982    Dr.rer.nat., Metallkunde, Fakultät Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
  • 1979    Diplom, Mineralogie, Universität Stuttgart, Germany

Current Research Interests

                                             
  •     Computational thermodynamics
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  •     Alloy phase diagram evaluations
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  •     Metal-hydrogen systems
           
  •     Solder alloy systems
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  •     Superalloy systems

For more info, please see my research homepage

Publications

Thermodynamic assessment of the Co-Ta system

December 20, 2018
Author(s):
Peisheng Wang, J?rg Ko?mann, Ursula R. Kattner, Mauro Palumbo, Thomas Hammerschmidt, Gregory B. Olson
The Co-Ta system has been reviewed and the thermodynamic description was re-assessed in the present work. DFT (density functional theory) calculations...

Predicting synthesizability

October 24, 2018
Author(s):
Albert Davydov, Ursula R. Kattner
Advancements in multiscale multi-physics computational materials design have led to accelerated discovery of advanced materials for energy, electronics and...

Thermodynamic re-assessment of the Co-Al-W system

October 02, 2017
Author(s):
Peisheng Wang, Wei Xiong, Ursula R. Kattner, Carelyn E. Campbell, Eric Lass, Oleg Y. Kontsevoi, Gregory B. Olson
The Co-Al-W system and its binary sub-systems Al-Co, Al-W and Co-W were critically reviewed. The thermodynamic description of the Co-Al-W system including all...
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