Logo Cégep Trois-Rivières
en fr

Metallurgy allows us to better understand the world and to advance it through new discoveries. However, it is important to anticipate the effects that these advances will have today, tomorrow and in twenty years.

Elena Ulate Kolitsky

R&D Group Leader - Energy Transition and Decarbonization

Email:
elena.rosemarie.ulate.kolitsky@cegeptr.qc.ca
Phone:
819 376-8707
Extension :
5058
Cell phone :
819 690-1495

Profile

Core business

Alloy development, hydrogen technologies, gas atomization and powder metallurgy

 

Principaux domaines d’activité ou de recherche

  • Stockage de l’hydrogène
  • Métallurgie des poudres et atomisation au gaz.
  • Développement des alliages (titanium, aluminium, nickel, acier inoxydable, HEA)
  • Méthodes de caractérisation avancées

 

Principales expériences professionnelles – Exemples

  • Recherche sur les déformations plastiques sévères – Axée sur l’alliage de titane
  • Recherche sur le stockage de l’hydrogène – Axée sur les hydrures métalliques – Métallurgie des poudres CERMETS et SRM

 

Participation à des organismes professionnels

  • Professeure associée au Département des mines, de la métallurgie et des matériaux – Université Laval
  • Professeur associée au Département de chimie, biochimie et physique – Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  • Association Costaricienne de l’Hydrogène – ACH2

 

Publications

Bellon Monsalve, D., Ulate-Kolitsky, E., Martínez-Amariz, A.-D. and Huot, J., “Effect of zr3fe addition on hydrogen storage behaviour of Ti2CrV Alloys,” Heliyon, vol. 9, no. 12, Dec. 2023. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22537

Germain Careau, S., Ulate-Kolitsky, E. and Tougas, T., “Direct powder forging—a new approach for near net shape processing of titanium powders,” Powders, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 21–31, Jan. 2023. doi:10.3390/powders2010002

Germain Careau, S., Ulate-Kolitsky, E. and Bois-Brochu, A., “TI-5Fe spherical powder alloy prepared by electrode induction gas atomization processes (EIGA) for additive manufacturing of biomedical implants,” Materials Letters, vol. 352, p. 135238, Dec. 2023. doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2023.135238

Germain Careau, S., Ulate-Kolitsky, E. and Tougas, B., “In-situ alloying of ti-5fe titanium alloy using direct powder forging and the effect of the powder mixing method,” Materialia, vol. 24, p. 101471, Aug. 2022. doi:10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101471

 Ulate-Kolitsky, E., Tougas, B. and Huot, J., First Hydrogenation of TiFe with Addition of 20 wt.% Ti. Hydrogen. 2022, 3, 379-388. doi.org/10.3390/hydrogen3040023

Tougas, B., Germain Careau S., Ulate-Kolitsky, E. and Marin, G., Titanium Near Net Shape PM Parts Produced by Direct Powder Forging, B TMS 2022, Anaheim, February 2022. 4. In-situ alloying of Ti-5Fe titanium alloy using direct powder forging and the effect of the powder mixing method, S. Germain Careau, E. Ulate-Kolitsky, B. Tougas, Materialia, Vol. 24, Issue 8, pp.101471, doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101471

Ulate-Kolitsky, E., Tougas, B. and Huot, J., Hydrogenation of TixFe2-x-based alloys with overstoichiometric Ti ratio (x = =1.1, 1.15 and 1.2), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 46, issue 77, pp 38363-38369. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.09.077

Germain Careau, S., Ulate-Kolitsky, E. and Tougas, B., Effect of Direct Powder Forging Process on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructural of Ti-6Al-4V ELI, Materials, Vol,14, issue 16, pp. 4499. doi.org/10.3390/ma14164499

Ulate-Kolitsky, E., Tougas, B., Neumann, B., Schade, C. and Huot, J., First hydrogenation of mechanically processed TiFe-based alloy synthesized by gas atomization, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 46, Issue 10, pp.7381-7389. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.11.237

Torsion, J., Cubero-Sesin, J., Gonzalez-Hernandez, J., Ulate-Kolitsky, E., Edalati, K. and Horita, Z., Superplasticity of nanostructured Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy with equiaxed and lamellar initial microstructures processed by High-Pressure, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 194, p. 012041. doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/194/1/012041

González-Hernández, J., Cubero-Sesin, J., Ulate-Kolitsky, E., Navarro, P., Petretti, S. and Horita, Z., Structural Refinement of Titanium-Aluminum-Niobium Alloy for Biomedical Applications, Journal of Renewable Materials, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 300-306. doi.org/10.7569/jrm.2017.634120