FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES

Lukasz Kurpaska

Łukasz Kurpaska

Łukasz Kurpaska studied at the Faculty of Material Science and Ceramics AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków. In 2012, he received a PhD from the University of Technology of Compiegne, France. In 2019 he obtained habilitation (DSc) in materials engineering. In his works, he primarily focused on the structural and mechanical properties of ion-modified materials and the effects of high-temperature corrosion. His prime material fields of interest are steels, nickel and zirconium alloys, alumina coatings, ODS, and recently discovered high entropy alloys.

He published over 100 journal papers. Prof. Łukasz Kurpaska, for almost 10 years, was the Head of Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) in the National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ). He received prestigious scholarships from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the French Embassy in Poland, the Fulbright Commission, the Kościuszko Foundation, and the Bekker NAWA fellowship. He was a coordinator from the Polish site of several EC-funded projects, among many: M4F, GEMMA, SafeG and currently INNUMAT. He coordinated several expertise projects for the Polish industry and worked with several Polish accreditation and certification institutions, including the Polish Center for Accreditation, the Technical Inspection Authority, and the Office of Nuclear Regulation.

ORCID: 0000-0002-2970-4090

 

Structure of the group: 

  • Małgorzata Frelek-Kozak (Research Specialist)
  • Agata Zaborowska (PhD student)
  • Katarzyna Mulewska (PhD student)
  • Edyta Wyszkowska (PhD student)
  • Kinga Suchorab (PhD student)
  • Artur Olejarz (PhD student)
  • Wenyu Huo (Research Specialist)
  • Yulin Li (PhD student)
  • Agata Sotniczuk (Research Specialist)
  • Maciej Zielinski (Research Specialist)
  • Axel Poisvert (PhD student)

 

Functional Properties Group

 

Description of the Scientific Activities: 

The group has wide experience with multiscale methods for mechanical property measurements and their relation to microstructure. At NOMATEN, Functional Properties measurements efforts are made to study the following materials: stainless steels, ODS and/or HEAs, protective coatings based on Al2O3, zirconium, and nickel alloys. We chose these materials because they are intended for use in next-generation nuclear power plants. Also, studies on austenitic steels and alumina coatings were initiated by the EU through M4F and GEMMA projects, respectively. This shows that planned in the frame of NOMATEN studies are in line with the current trends in the EU, and are of interest for the international community.

 

The core research pillars: 

Design and manufacture a new generation of high entropy alloys strengthened with oxide and/or carbide precipitates. 

Study the mechanism of deformation in materials subjected to radiation damage at high temperatures, targeting the operational conditions of next-generation nuclear reactors. 

Investigate corrosion phenomena in PWR conditions with special emphasis on the impact of stress-induced phenomena. 

 

Recent Publications: 

S.T. Nori, Pedro A. Ferreirós, D Kalita, R. Bjørge, P-E. Vullum, K. Mulewska, W. Chrominski, M. Li, Y. Chang, Y. Zhang, R. Holmestad, L. Kurpaska, Nanostructured NiCoFeCr alloy with superior high-temperature irradiation resistance, NPJ Materials Degradation 9 (2025) 91

A. Olejarz, W. Y. Huo, A. Kosinska, M. Zielinski, T. Stasiak, M. Chmielewski, W. Chmurzynski, M.R. Chu, M.P. Short, L. Kurpaska, Role of chromium oxides and carbides in strengthening CoCrFeNi multi-principle element alloys, Materials Science and Engineering A 945 (2025) 149058

E. Wyszkowska, C. Mieszczynski, A. Aligayev, A. Azarov, W. Chrominski, D. Kalita, A. Kosinska, F.J. Dominguez-Gutie. Mrrez, L. Kurpaska, I. Jozwik, J. Jagielski, Nanoscale defect formation in fcc Ni and low-Fe content NixFe1−x single crystals induced by self-ion irradiation, Nanoscale 17(2025) 15841

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Łukasz Kurpaska
Functional Properties Group


This project has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement No 857470 and from European Regional Development Fund
via Foundation for Polish Science International Research Agenda PLUS programme grant
No MAB PLUS/2018/8.
Poland
The project is co-financed from the state budget within the framework of the undertaking of the Minister of Science and Higher Education "Support for the activities of Centers of Excellence established under Horizon 2020".

Grant: 5 143 237,70 EUR
Total value: 29 971 365,00 EUR
Date of signing the funding agreement: December 2023

The purpose of the undertaking is to support entities of the higher education and science system that have received funding from the European Union budget in the competition H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020/WIDESPREAD-01-2018-2019: Teaming Phase 2. in the preparation, implementation and updating of activities, maintenance of material resources necessary for carrying out activities, acquisition and modernization of scientific and research apparatus, maintenance and development of personnel potential necessary for the implementation of activities, and dissemination of the results of scientific activities.