Ραφαέλα Αγαθοκλέους

Ειδική Επιστήμονας

Τμημα Μηχανολογων Μηχανικων και Επιστημησ και Μηχανικησ Υλικων

rafaela.agathokleous@cut.ac.cy

25245036

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Rafaela Agathokleous was born in Limassol, Cyprus on June, 1990. She studied Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Engineering at Cyprus University of Technology until 2012. She then had her Master of Science (MSc) in the Department of Engineering and Design at Brunel University London in Sustainable Energy Technologies and Management where she graduated in 2013.

In 2012 she participated as a last year undergraduate student in a competition organized by the Research Promotion Foundation in Cyprus and she earned first prize praise. She has 2 Journal publications and 9 Conference publications on aspects concerning the characterisation of crystalline PV panels, optimisation of thermosiphon solar water heaters and building integrated PVs. Her special fields of interest include applications of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and especially Solar Energy.

Rafaela is currently employed as a Research Associate at Cyprus University of Technology in a EU funded project, and PhD student in the field of building integrated photovoltaic systems. In 2015 she earned a scholarship foundation from the Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation and in 2016 a scholarship from the A.G. Leventis Foundation.

From 2015 she is a Reviewer in Renewable Energy Journal and from December 2016 an Assistant Editor in Energy the International Journal.

Rafaela is a member at the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and member at the Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber (ETEK).

Λουκάς Κουτσοκέρας

Ειδικός Επιστήμονας

Τμημα Μηχανολογων Μηχανικων και Επιστημησ και Μηχανικησ Υλικων

l.koutsokeras@cut.ac.cy

2500 2151

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 Ο Λουκάς Κουτσοκέρας σπούδασε στο Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων στην σχολή Επιστήμης και Τεχνολογίας Υλικών απ’ όπου πήρε και το δίπλωμα του το 2006. Στην συνέχεια συνέχισε τις σπουδές του και έλαβε το διδακτορικό του δίπλωμα από κοινού από τη σχολή Επιστήμης και Τεχνολογίας Υλικών του Πανεπιστημίου Iωαννίνων και από το τμήμα ´Physique et Mécanique des Matériaux´ του Πανεπιστημίου του Poitiers (Université de Poitiers). Το γνωστικό αντικείμενο της διδακτορικής του διατριβής ήταν ο δομικός και ηλεκτρονικός χαρακτηρισμός λεπτών υμενίων νιτριδίων μεταβατικών μετάλλων.

Δημήτρης Πενταράς

Ειδικός Επιστήμονας

Τμημα Μηχανολογων Μηχανικων και Επιστημησ και Μηχανικησ Υλικων

demetris.pentaras@cut.ac.cy

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Εκπαίδευση

Doctor of Philosophy   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Florida, USA,  May 2006 – May 2009.

Master of Science  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Florida, USA, January 2005 – May 2006.

Bachelor of Science   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Florida, USA, August 2001 – December 2004.

Diploma of Technician Engineer  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Higher Technical Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus, September 1996- July 1999.

Post-doctoral Fellow  “Computational / Analytical / Experimental Study of the Efficiency of Composite Nanomaterials,” Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology, January 2010 – January 2012.

Doctoral Dissertation “Vibration, Buckling and Impact of Carbon Nanotubes,” May 2009.

Master Thesis  “Vibration Tailoring of Inhomogeneous Beams and Circular Plates,” May 2006.

Ερευνητικά Ενδιαφέροντα

Νανοτεχνολογία, Νανομηχανική, «Πειραματική και Θεωρητική Διερεύνηση της Mηχανικής Συμπεριφοράς Ελεγχόμενων σε Γεωμετρία Νανοσωλήνων Άνθρακα Πολλαπλών Τοιχωμάτων»

Διδασκαλία

·          MEM 461 Μηχανική Σύνθετων Υλικών

·          MEM 502 Προχωρημένη Δυναμική

·          MMY 221 Μηχανική Δυναμική

·          MEM 213 Lab Μηχανολογικό Σχέδιο με Bοήθεια Yπολογιστή.

·          MEM 107 Εισαγωγή στη Μηχανική

Εκδόσεις/δημοσιεύσεις

Από Κοινού Συγγραφέας Βιβλίων:

1. Elishakoff, I.,  Pentaras, D.,  Dujat, K., Versaci, C., Muscolino, G., Storch, J., Bucas, S., Challamel, N., Natsuki, T., Zhang, Y. Y., Wang, C. M., and Ghyselinck, G., “Carbon Nanotubes and Nanosensors: Vibrations, Buckling and Ballistic Impact,” edited by WILEY-ISTE, London, January 2012, ISBN: 9781848213456.
2. Elishakoff, I.,  Pentaras, D.,  Gentilini, C., “Mechanics of Functionally Graded Material Structures,” edited by World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, December 2015, ISBN: 9789814656580.

Άρθρα σε Επιστημονικά Περιοδικά:

1. Pentaras, D., and Elishakoff, I., “Dynamic Deflection of a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube under Ballistic Impact Loading,” Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine, November 2011, Vol. 2, Issue 4, 041002 (4 pages), http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4005676 .
2. Pentaras, D., and Elishakoff, I., “Free Vibration of the Triple-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,” Acta Mechanica, Vol. 221 (3), May 2011, pp. 239-249, DOI: 10.1007/s00707-011-0496-9. 
3. Pentaras, D., and Elishakoff, I., “Effective Approximations for Natural Frequencies of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Based on Donnell Shell Theory,” Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine, Vol. 2 (2), May 2011, 021013 (4 pages), DOI:10.1115/1.4003601.
4. Elishakoff, I, Pentaras, D., Dujat, K., and L. Maurice “Exact Solution for Natural Frequencies of  Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Clamped at Both Ends,” Philosophical Magazine Letters, Volume 91, No. 1,  January 2011, pp. 1-17, DOI: 10.1080/09500839.2010.521525.
5. 5.Elishakoff, I., and Pentaras, D., “Some Modern Problems in Structural Engineering Dynamics,” Shock and Vibration, IOS Press, Volume 7 (2010) 1-18, DOI: 10.3233/SAV-2010-0530.
6. Pentaras, D., and Elishakoff, I., “Polar Orthotropic Inhomogeneous Circular Plates: Vibration Tailoring”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Volume 77, Issue 3, May 2010, 031019 (9 pages), DOI:10.1115/1.4000410.
7. Elishakoff, I, and Pentaras, D., “Buckling of a Double-Walled Carbon Nanotube,” Advanced Science Letters, Volume 2, No. 3, September 2009, pp. 372-376.
8. Elishakoff, I, and Pentaras, D., “Natural Frequencies of Carbon Nanotubes Based on Simplified Bresse-Timoshenko Theory,” Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, Volume 6, No. 7, July 2009, Pages 1527-1531.
9. Elishakoff, I., and Pentaras, D., “Fundamental Natural Frequencies of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 322, Issues 4-5, 22 May 2009, Pages 652-664.
10. 10.Elishakoff, I., and Pentaras, D., “Design of Heterogeneous Clamped Circular Plates with Specified Fundamental Natural Frequency,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, Volume 46, Issue 10, 15 May 2009, Pages 1997-2010.
11. Elishakoff, I., and Pentaras, D., “Vibration Tailoring of a Polar Orthotropic Circular Plate with a Translational Spring,” Journal of Applied Mechanics, Volume 75, Issue 3, May 2008, Pages 034502-034505.
12. Elishakoff, I., and Pentaras, D., “Lekhnitskii's Classic Formula Serving as an Exact Mode Shape of Simply Supported Polar Orthotropic Inhomogeneous Circular Plates,”  Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 291, Issues 3-5, 4 April 2006, Pages 1239-1254.
13. Elishakoff, I., and Pentaras, D., “Apparently the First Closed-Form Solution of Inhomogeneous Elastically Restrained Vibrating Beams,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 298, Issues 1-2, 22 November 2006, Pag

Σωτήρης Πετρακίδης

Ειδικός Επιστήμονας

Τμημα Μηχανολογων Μηχανικων και Επιστημησ και Μηχανικησ Υλικων

sotiris.petrakides@cut.ac.cy

25002500

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Χαρίτων Χρίστου

Ειδικός Επιστήμονας

Τμημα Μηχανολογων Μηχανικων και Επιστημησ και Μηχανικησ Υλικων

chariton.christou@cut.ac.cy

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 Ο Χαρίτων σπούδασε στο Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου στο τμήμα Πολιτικών Μηχανικών και Μηχανικών Περιβάλλοντος από όπου και αποφοίτησε το 2012. Ακολούθως, συνέχισε τις σπουδές του στη διαχείρηση πετρελαίου και φυσικού αερίου (Oil&Gas Enterprise Management) στο University of Aberdeen, Σκωτία από όπου και αποφοίτησε με άριστα. Έλαβε το διδακτορικό του το 2016 από το πανεπιστήμιο Heriot-Watt, Σκωτία με γνωστικό αντικείμενο της διδακτορικής του διατριβής τη ροή αερίων σε πορώδη μέσα. Ακολούθως εργάστηκε στο University of Bern, Ελβετία ως μεταδιδακτορικός ερευνητής στο Rosetta mission του European Space Agency (ESA).

Παύλος Νικολαΐδης

Ειδικός Επιστήμονας

Τμημα Μηχανολογων Μηχανικων και Επιστημησ και Μηχανικησ Υλικων

pavlos.nikolaidis@cut.ac.cy

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 Dr. Pavlos Nikolaidis holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) and Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Electrical Energy Systems from the Polytechnic University of Patras, as well as a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Advanced Engineering and Sustainable Development, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Renewable Energy Sources from the Cyprus University of Technology.
 Currently, he serves as a Power Systems Engineer at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus and as a Special Scientist at the Cyprus University of Technology, roles he has held since 2016. His professional journey includes significant experience as a Senior Electrical Engineer in the construction industry and as a Telecommunications Engineer with the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority.
 Dr. Nikolaidis made a pioneering contribution to renewable energy development in Cyprus by advocating for the mandatory implementation of lightning protection in photovoltaic (PV) parks, a policy that has since been adopted as a licensing requirement. His research is focused on developing advanced tools to enhance the flexibility of modern power systems, enabling them to better integrate stochastic renewable energy sources.
 Dr. Nikolaidis is a Guest Editor for the Special Issues on "Low-Carbon and Renewable Energy Technology" and "Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Smart Grids" in prominent high-impact journals. His prolific scholarly output includes numerous peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and conference papers. Notably, he has been honored as one of the World’s Top 2% Scientists and is listed among the Top Researchers globally, as identified by Stanford University, Elsevier and Scopus.

Teaching

MEM245-Εισαγωγή στην Ηλεκτρολογία

Publications

[1] Pavlos Nikolaidis, and Andreas Poullikkas. "A comparative overview of hydrogen production processes." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews67 (2017): 597-611.

[2] Nikolaidis P. and Poullikkas A., 2017. A comparative review of electrical energy storage systems for better sustainability. Journal of Power Technologies, 97(3), pp.220-245.

[3] P. Nikolaidis and A. Poullikkas, “Cost metrics of electrical energy storage technologies in potential power system operations,” Sustain. Energy Technol. Assessments, vol. 25, no. August 2017, pp. 43–59, 2018.

[4] P. Nikolaidis, S. Chatzis, and A. Poullikkas, “Renewable energy integration through optimal unit commitment and electricity storage in weak power networks,” Int. J. Sustain. Energy, vol. 37, no. 10, pp. 1–17, 2018.

[5] P. Nikolaidis, S. Chatzis, and A. Poullikkas, “Life cycle cost analysis of electricity storage facilities in flexible power systems,” Int. J. Sustain. Energy, vol. 0, no. 0, pp. 1–21, 2019.

[6] Nikolaidis, P., Chatzis, S., & Poullikkas, A. (2019). Optimal planning of electricity storage to minimize operating reserve requirements in an isolated island grid. Energy Systems, 1-18.

[7] Georgiou, Giorgos S., Pavlos Nikolaidis, Soteris A. Kalogirou, and Paul Christodoulides. "A Hybrid Optimization Approach for Autonomy Enhancement of Nearly-Zero-Energy Buildings Based on Battery Performance and Artificial Neural Networks." Energies 13, no. 14 (2020): 3680.

[8] Nikolaidis Pavlos, and Andreas Poullikkas. "Enhanced Lagrange relaxation for the optimal unit commitment of identical generating units." IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution 14, no. 18 (2020): 3920-3928.

[9] Nikolaidis, Pavlos, and Sotirios Chatzis. "Gaussian process-based Bayesian optimization for data-driven unit commitment." International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 130 (2021): 106930.

[10] Nikolaidis, Pavlos, and Harris Partaourides. "A Model Predictive Control for the Dynamical Forecast of Operating Reserves in Frequency Regulation Services." Forecasting 3.1 (2021): 228-241.

[11] Nikolaidis, Pavlos, and Andreas Poullikkas. "A Novel Cluster-Based Spinning Reserve Dynamic Model for Wind and PV Power Reinforcement.", Energy (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121270.

[12] Nikolaidis, Pavlos, and Andreas Poullikkas. "Increasing the Photovoltaic Hosting Capacity in Autonomous Grids and Microgrids via Enhanced Priority-List Schemes and Storage.", Accepted in Green Energy and Sustainability (2021).

[13] Nikolaidis, P., & Poullikkas, A. (2021). Evolutionary Priority-Based Dynamic Programming for the Adaptive Integration of Intermittent Distributed Energy Resources in Low-Inertia Power Systems. Eng, 2(4), 643-660.

[14] Nikolaidis, P., & Poullikkas, A. (2022). Co-optimization of active power curtailment, load shedding and spinning reserve deficits through hybrid approach: Comparison of electrochemical storage technologies. IET Renewable Power Generation.

[15] Nikolaidis, P., 2022. Pulsed-Supplied Water Electrolysis via Two-Switch Converter for PV Capacity Firming. Electricity, 3(1), pp.131-144.

[16] Nikolaidis, P., & Poullikkas, A. (2022). A thorough emission-cost analysis of the gradual replacement of carbon-rich fuels with carbon-free energy carriers in modern power plants: the case of Cyprus. Sustainability, 14(17), 10800.

[17] Nikolaidis, P. (2022). Wind power forecasting in distribution networks using non-parametric models and regression trees. Discover Energy, 2(1), 1-17.

[18] Nikolaidis, P., & Poullikkas, A. (2022). Optimal carbon-electricity trade-offs through the virtual power plant concept. Discover Energy, 2(1), 1-16.

[19] Nikolaidis, P. (2022). Variational Bayes to Accelerate the Lagrange Multipliers towards the Dual Optimization of Reliability and Cost in Renewable Energy Systems. Algorithms, 16(1), 20.

[20] Nikolaidis, P. (2023). Solar Energy Harnessing Technologies towards De-Carbonization: A Systematic Review of Processes and Systems. Energies, 16(17), 6153.

o     Conference Papers

[21] C. A. Spanias, P. N. Nikolaidis, and I. Lestas. "Techno-Economic Analysis of the Potential Conversion of Outdated Moni Power Plant to a Large Scale Research Facility." Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency, Nicosia, Cyprus, (2016): pp. 208-220.

[22] Naxakis, I., P. Nikolaidis, and E. Pyrgioti. "Performance of an installed lightning protection system in a photovoltaic park." 2016 IEEE International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Application (ICHVE), IEEE, 2016.

[23] Georgiou, G. S., Nikolaidis, P., Lazari, L., & Christodoulides, P. (2019, September). A Genetic Algorithm Driven Linear Programming for Battery Optimal Scheduling in nearly Zero Energy Buildings. In 2019 54th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

[24] Pavlos Nikolaidis, Stelios Fotiou, Takis Kasparis, and Andreas Poullikkas. “DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF HIGH-RESPONSE STORAGE SYSTEMS TO MINIMIZE THE GENERATION RAMPING REQUIREMENTS.” Presented at the 2020 Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion (MEDPOWER 2020).

[25] Pavlos Nikolaidis, Anastasios Antoniades, and Sotirios Chatzis. “A BAYESIAN OPTIMIZATION APPROACH FOR THE ROBUST UNIT COMMITMENT OF IDENTICAL GENERATING UNITS.” Presented at the 2020 Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion (MEDPOWER 2020).

o     Book Chapters

[26] Pavlos Nikolaidis and Andreas Poullikkas, “Secondary battery technologies: a static potential for power,” in Energy Generation and Efficiency Technologies for Green Residential Buildings, 2019, pp. 191–207.

[27] Nikolaidis, Pavlos, and Andreas Poullikkas. "Sustainable Services to Enhance Flexibility in the Upcoming Smart Grids." Sustaining Resources for Tomorrow. Springer, Cham, 2020. 245-274.

[28] Nikolaidis, Pavlos. "Analysis of Green Methods to Synthesize Nanomaterials." Green Synthesis of Nanomaterials for Bioenergy Applications (2020): 125-144.

[29] Nikolaidis, Pavlos. "Sustainable Routes for Renewable Energy Carriers in Modern Energy Systems." In Bioenergy Research: Commercial Opportunities & Challenges, pp. 239-265. Springer, Singapore, 2021.

[30] Nikolaidis, P., & Poullikkas, A. (2023). Power-to-hydrogen concepts for 100% renewable and sustainable energy systems. In Hydrogen Economy (pp. 595-627). Academic Press.

[32] Nikolaidis, P., & Poullikkas, A. (2024). Battery energy storage systems: A methodical enabler of reliable power. In Advanced Materials for Battery Separators (pp. 1-33). Elsevier.