Faculty Members

Andreas Anayiotos

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

andreas.anayiotos@cut.ac.cy

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https://www.cut.ac.cy/biolisys/

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as been the Rector of the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) since 2016. During his Rectorship the University has been ranked between 351-400 best Universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. He has been instrumental in the internationalization of the University and the establishment of INTENT the Innovation and Technology Transfer Office at the University to promote innovation and the exploitation of the research results at CUT. He has also been instrumental in the establishment of CUTing Edge to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the University. He served as a vice Rector at the University 2012-2015 and also a member of the Governing Board of the Open University of Cyprus in 2011. He is the Director of the Biomechanics and Living Systems Analysis laboratory (BioLISYS) at the Cyprus University of Technology (http://www.cut.ac.cy/biolisys/). He has been the director of the Biofluids Laboratory at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Biomedical Engineering. The BioLISYS laboratory is involved with research in: a) Novel imaging techniques in cancer and cardiovascular disease, b) Image based cardiovascular fluid dynamics, and c) Cardiovascular implant design, testing and evaluation. Dr. Anayiotos has published more than 150 peer reviewed publications and conference proceedings publications. He has developed numerous courses in Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering. He has been an organizer and chairman of numerous technical sessions and panel discussions in the Biomedical Engineering Society, The World Congress of Biomechanics and the Summer Bioengineering Conference. He is an Associate Editor in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering and the Ultrasound of Medicine and Biology and a reviewer in numerous other international journals. Dr. Anayiotos has been an expert evaluator in Bioengineering for the European Union, the National Institutes of Health (USA) and the National Science Foundation (USA) since 1999. He has also provided consulting services to numerous cardiovascular implant and devices manufacturers such as: Boston Scientific Corporation, Cardiac Dimensions, Kirkland, WA, Advanced Catheter Engineering, Livermore, CA, Arrow International, Reading, PA, Converge Medical Technologies, Pleasanton, CA, Embolic Protection Technologies (Boston Scientific Co St. Paul, MN), Mindguard LTD (Israel), Advanced Stent Technologies, Pleasanton, CA, Guidant Corporation, St. Paul, MN, Codman & Shurtleff (J&J) Boston, MA, Gambro Healthcare Co. Lakewood, CO, Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart LLP, Birmingham, AL.

The graduates of his laboratory are currently employed at NASA Glenn Research Center, USA Emory University USA, University of Dundee, Boston Scientific Corporation Johnson and Johnson and many other cardiovascular implant manufacturers.

He has been appointed as a member in the ESA panel by the government of Cyprus.

Soteris Kalogirou

Professor, Vice-Rector of Financial Planning and Development

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

soteris.kalogirou@cut.ac.cy

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Dr. Soteris Kalogirou was born in Trachonas, which is a suburb of Nicosia. He is married and has two children. He received his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Glamorgan, UK (1995). In June 2011 he was awarded from the University of Glamorgan, UK the title of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.). From January 2019 is a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and from April 2019 he is a Founding Member of the Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts. He was employed as a Building Services Consultant by the firm Intersol Engineering from 1982-1987, and in various positions in the Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Practice Departments of the Higher Technical Institute from 1987 to 2007. In 2008 he was transferred to the Cyprus University of Technology and now he is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He is considered internationally as an expert in the field of solar thermal collectors, hybrid photovoltaic/thermal systems and to the use of artificial intelligence techniques for the performance prediction of energy and renewable energy systems. He is member of CIBSE (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers), Chartered Engineer (C.Eng), member of FEANI (Eur Ing), member of ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers), member of ISES (International Solar Energy Society) and member of the Institute of Refrigeration (IoR).
He has published many papers in international journals and refereed conference proceedings, mainly on solar thermal systems, on computational simulation and optimization of solar systems and on the use of artificial intelligence systems for the performance prediction of energy and renewable energy systems. His work received many citations. He was invited/keynote speaker in 65 conferences. He has also authored or contributed chapters in 54 books, he is the editor of the book Artificial Intelligence in Energy and Renewable Energy Systems, editor of the book Soft Computing in Green and Renewable Energy Systems, editor of the book McEnvoy’s Handbook of Photovoltaics, and author of the book Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems and Solar Thermal Desalination, both published by Academic Press. He has participated in the organization of more than 90 international conferences. He has supervised a large number of undergraduate, Masters and Ph.D. theses. He is Editor-in-Chief of Renewable Energy and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Energy journal, Editorial Board Member in another 20 international scientific journals. He is reviewer of papers in another 67 journals and conferences. (Updated June 2021).

Teaching

Selected publications

1. Kalogirou, S., 2003, Artificial Intelligence for the Modelling and Control of Combustion Processes: A Review, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 515-566.

2. Kalogirou, S., 2004, Solar Thermal Collectors and Applications, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 231-295.

3. Kalogirou, S., 2005. Seawater Desalination Using Renewable Energy Sources, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 242-281.

4. Florides, G. and Kalogirou, S., 2007. Ground Heat Exchangers: A Review of Systems, Models and Applications, Renewable Energy, Vol. 32, No. 15, pp. 2461-2478.

5. Kalogirou, S.A., Karellas, S., Braimakis, K., Stanciu, C., Badescu, V., 2016. Exergy analysis of solar thermal collectors and processes, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 56, pp. 106–137.

Publications

Selected publications

1. Kalogirou, S., 2003, Artificial Intelligence for the Modelling and Control of Combustion Processes: A Review, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 515-566.

2. Kalogirou, S., 2004, Solar Thermal Collectors and Applications, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 231-295.

3. Kalogirou, S., 2005. Seawater Desalination Using Renewable Energy Sources, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 242-281.

4. Florides, G. and Kalogirou, S., 2007. Ground Heat Exchangers: A Review of Systems, Models and Applications, Renewable Energy, Vol. 32, No. 15, pp. 2461-2478.

Research activity and research funding

Research Interests
Solar thermal collectors (flat-plate, integrated and concentrating), thermosiphonic and forced circulation solar hot water systems, hybrid photovoltaic/thermal systems, computational simulation and optimization of solar systems, seawater desalination with the use of renewable energy, use of artificial intelligence systems for the performance prediction of energy and renewable energy systems, energy conservation, absorption chillers, geothermal systems and thermal performance of buildings.

Research Activity and Research Founding

RPF, FP7, Horizon 2020

Pantelis Kelires

Professor, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

pantelis.kelires@cut.ac.cy

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Professor Pantelis C. Kelires got his B.Sc. degree (1981) in Physics from the University of Athens, Greece, and his Ph.D degree (1987) in theoretical Solid State Physics from the State University of New York, Albany (USA). He was IBM Research Division post-doctoral fellow at the world-renowned T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York (1987-89). He was elected as Assistant Professor in the Physics Department of the University of Crete (Greece) in 1989, and he got tenure as Associate Professor in 1994. He was promoted to full Professor in 2003. He was elected as Professor of Materials Science in the Cyprus University of Technology in 2006. His research field is Computational Materials Science and Condensed Matter Physics, with emphasis in atomistic simulations and modelling of materials, especially in simulations of crystalline and amorphous semiconductor systems, alloys, and heterostructures. He has significantly contributed to the fields of amorphous carbon and group-IV compounds and alloys, such as SiGe and SiC. An early pioneering contribution was the use of the semi-grand canonical statistical ensemble in Monte Carlo simulations, which made it possible to study ordering/segregation phenomena in semiconductor alloys. Other pioneering contributions were made in the field of amorphous carbon (a-C) regarding its stability, elastic properties and stress state. Most notable was the development of a theory of atomic level stresses and local moduli for the analysis of intrinsic stress and local rigidity of a-C. More recently, his team has developed strong activities in the simulations of Si nanocrystals, of heteroepitaxial semiconductor quantum dots, and of nanostructured and nanocomposite carbon materials. He has given more than 70 invited talks on the above topics in major international conferences and workshops. He has organized six international conferences related to crystalline and amorphous heterostructures and nanostructures. He has published many papers in high-impact scientific journals of the field, such as Physical Review Letters. Prof. Kelires served as a member of the council of the European organization for computational sciences CECAM. He served as the National Representative of Cyprus to the FP7 programme of the EU in the field of "Materials, Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies". He is a distinguished Referee of the American Physical Society and a member of the editorial board of Scientific Reports (published by Nature). He is listed in the top 1% of researchers worldwide across all scientific disciplines. (https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918).

Publications

Author of about 100 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, attracting more than 3500 citations, with an H-index of 34 (Google Scholar).

Selected publications:
1. “Glassy Quasithermal Distribution of Local Geometries and Defects in Quenched Amorphous Silicon”, P. C. Kelires and J. Tersoff, Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 562 (1988).
2. “Equilibrium Alloy Properties by Direct Simulation”, P. C. Kelires and J. Tersoff, Phys. Rev. Lett. 63, 1164 (1989).
3. “Structure and Chemical Ordering in Amorphous Silicon Carbide Alloys”, P. C. Kelires, Europhysics Letters 14, 43 (1991).
4. “Energetics and Stability of Diamondlike Amorphous Carbon”, P. C. Kelires, Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 1854 (1992).
5. “Structural Properties and Energetics of Amorphous Forms of Carbon”, P. C. Kelires, Phys. Rev. B 47, 1829 (1993).
6. “Elastic Properties of Amorphous Carbon Networks”, P. C. Kelires, Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 2460 (1994).
7. “Monte Carlo Studies of Ternary Semiconductor Alloys”, P. C. Kelires, Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 1114 (1995).
8. “Energetics and Equilibrium Properties of Thin Pseudomorphic SiC Layers in Si”, P. C. Kelires and E. Kaxiras, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 3479 (1997).
9. “Dimer Pairing on the C-alloyed Si(001) Surface”, O. Leifeld, D. Gruetzmacher, B Mueller, K. Kern, E. Kaxiras, and P. C. Kelires, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 972 (1999).
10. “Intrinsic Stress and Local Rigidity in Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon”, Phys. Rev. B 62, 15686 (2000).
11. “Thermodynamics of C Incorporation on Si(100) from Ab Initio Calculations”, I. N. Remediakis, E. Kaxiras, and P. C. Kelires, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4556 (2001).
12. “Monte Carlo Studies of Stress Fields and Intermixing in Ge Quantum Dots”, P. Sonnet and P. C. Kelires, Phys. Rev. B 66, 205307 (2002).
13. “Physical Origin of Trench Formation in Ge/Si(100) Islands”, P. Sonnet and P. C. Kelires, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 203 (2004).
14. “Structure and Energetics of Si Nanocrystals Embedded in a-SiO2”, G. Hadjisavvas, and P. C. Kelires, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 226104 (2004).
15. “Insights into the Fracture Mechanisms and Strength of Amorphous and Nanocomposite Carbon”, M. G. Fyta, I. N. Remediakis, P. C. Kelires, and D. A. Papaconstantopoulos, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 185503 (2006).
16. “Simulations of Composite Carbon Films with Nanotube Inclusions”, M. G. Fyta and P. C. Kelires, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 191916 (2005).
17. “Probing the Structure and Energetics of Dislocation Cores in Sige Alloys through Monte Carlo Simulations”, I. N. Remediakis, D. E. Jesson, and P. C. Kelires, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 255502 (2006).
18. “Self-assembly and Ordering Mechanisms of Ge Islands on Prepatterned Si(001)”, A. Pascale, I. Berbezier, A. Ronda, and P. C. Kelires, Physical Review B 77, 075311 (2008).
19. “Softening of Ultra-Nanocrystalline Diamond at Low Grain Sizes”, I. N. Remediakis, G. Kopidakis, and P. C. Kelires, Acta Materialia 56, 5340 (2008).
20. “Suppression of Intermixing in Strain-Relaxed Epitaxial Layers”, T. Leontiou, J. Tersoff, and P. C. Kelires, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 236104 (2010).
21. “Ordering Mechanisms in Epitaxial SiGe Nanoislands”, G. Vantarakis, I. N. Remediakis, and P. C. Kelires, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 176102 (2012).
22. “Optical and Elastic Properties of Diamond-like Carbon with Metallic Inclusions: A Theoretical Study”, G. Tritsaris, C. Mathioudakis, P. C. Kelires, and E. Kaxiras, J. Appl. Phys. 112, 103503 (2012).
23. “Atomistic Simulations of Low-Density Nanoporous Materials: Carbon Nanofoams”, C. Mathioudakis and P. C. Kelires , Physical Review B 87, 195408 (2013).
24. “Stress State of Embedded Si Nanocrystals”, K. Kleovoulou and P. C. Kelires, Physical Review B 88, 085424 (2013).
25. “Composition and Stress of SiGe Nanostructures on Curved Substrates”, T. Leontiou and P. C. Kelires, Physical Review B 93, 125307 (2016).
26. “Modeling of Three-Dimensional Nanographene”, C. Mathioudakis and P. C. Kelires , Nanoscale Research Letters 11, 151 (2016).
27. “Temperature dependence of the optical properties of silicon nanocrystals”, M. Zacharias and P. C. Kelires, Physical Review B 101, 245122 (2020).
28. “Quantum Confinement of Electron−Phonon Coupling in Graphene Quantum Dots”, M. Zacharias and P. C. Kelires, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 9940−9946.
29. “Efficient First-Principles Methodology for the Calculation of the All-Phonon Inelastic Scattering in Solids”, M. Zacharias et. al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 207401 (2021).

Research Interests

Computational Materials Science – Condensed Matter Physics; Structural and optoelectronic properties of crystalline and amorphous materials; Nanomaterials (quantum dots, nanostructured and nanocomposite materials, nanocrystals); Optoelectronic properties of amorphous and nanostructured carbon; Phase transitions, order-disorder phenomena (phase diagrams of crystalline alloys); Stability of superlattices and heterostructures; Chemical ordering in alloyed systems; Expertise in Monte Carlo simulations, development of novel algorithms (introduction of the semi-grand canonical ensemble to equilibrate semiconductor alloys); Tight-binding molecular dynamics and ab initio methods; Statistical approach to problems of disorder; Atomic scale properties (local stresses, introduction of atomic bulk modulus).

Research activity and research funding

ESPRIT Basic Research EU Program, Project 7128: “Ultrathin Si/Ge Microstructures”, (167000 ECU, 9/1992 – 9/1995).

Human Capital and Mobility ΕΕC Program, Project 0355: “Heterostructures on Si for Integrated Optoelectronics”, (35000 ECU, 11/1993 – 10/1996).

GSRT, ΕΠΕΤ ΙΙ, Greece: “Calculations of Properties of New Crystalline and Amorphous Materials”, (31,117,160 GRD, 1/1999 – 12/2001).

EU Research Training Network, Project RTN1-1999-00368: “SiGeC Nanostructures: a New Path to Si-based Optoelectronics”, (192000 Euro, 3/2000 – 3/2004).

ΥΠΕΠΘ, Programme “ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΤΟΣ”, Greece: “Theoretical Investigation of Nanostructured Semiconductors by Monte Carlo and ab initio Methods”, (32000 Euro, 5/2003 – 5/2006).

ΥΠΕΠΘ, Programme “ΠΥΘΑΓΟΡΑΣ”, Greece: “Theoretical/Computational Study of Nanostructured Carbon Phases, a Multiscale Approach”, (75000 Euro, 3/2004 – 12/2007.

Research Promotion Foundation (RPF), Programme “New Infrastructure”, Cyprus: “Theoretical/Simulational Studies of Novel Carbon Nanostructures”, (115000 Euro, 1/2007 – 7/2010).

RPF, Programme “ΔΙΔΑΚΤΩΡ”, Cyprus: “Theory and Simulations of Si and Ge Nanocrystals in a Dielectric Amorphous Matrix”, (135000 Euro, 12/2008 – 12/2011).

RPF, Programme “New Infrastructure-Strategic Infrastructure Programs”, Cyprus: “Research Unit for Nanostructured Materials Systems”, (2,000,000 Euro, 11/2010 – 06/2015).

Stelios Choulis

Professor of Materials Science & Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

stelios.choulis@cut.ac.cy

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EDUCATION
1999-2002 University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in experimental Semiconductor Material and Laser Physics. Thesis Title: ”Investigation of GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells and vertical-cavity surface emitting laser structures using modulated reflectance spectroscopy”. (PhD Supervisor Dr. T. J. C. Hosea)
1995-1996 University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK: Master of Science: Medical Physics (MSc)
1991-1995 University of Patras, Patra, Greece: Department of Physics: Bachelor of Science (BSc) Degree in Physics.

Teaching

ME-MSE 112 Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering

ME-MSE 335 Materials Laboratory

MEΜ 425 Diploma Thesis Projects

MSc Course Organic Photovoltaics

Publications

1. The effect of hole transporting layer in charge accumulation properties of pin perovskite solar cells, F Galatopoulos, A Savva, IT Papadas, SA Choulis, APL Materials 5 (7), 076102, 2017
2. High performance indium tin oxide-free solution-processed organic light emitting diodes based on inkjet-printed fine silver grid lines, F Hermerschmidt, I Burgués-Ceballos, A Savva, ED Sepos, A Lange, ..., Flexible and Printed Electronics 1 (3), 035004 3 2016
3. High‐Performing Polycarbazole Derivatives for Efficient Solution‐Processing of Organic Solar Cells in Air, I Burgués‐Ceballos, F Hermerschmidt, AV Akkuratov, DK Susarova, ... ChemSusChem 8 (24), 4209-4215 7 2015
4. Evaporation-free inverted organic photovoltaics using a mixture of silver nanoparticle ink formulations for solution-processed top electrodes, E Georgiou, A Savva, M Neophytou, F Hermerschmidt, T Demosthenous, ..., Applied Physics Letters 105 (23), 233901 4 2014.
5. Size‐Dependent Charge Transfer in Blends of PbS Quantum Dots with a Low‐Gap Silicon‐Bridged Copolymer, G Itskos, P Papagiorgis, D Tsokkou, A Othonos, F Hermerschmidt, ...Advanced Energy Materials 3 (11), 1490-1499 21 2013

Research Interests

Professor Stelios A. Choulis was the photovoltaic device research and development (R&D) group leader of Konarka Technologies (Germany, 2006-2008) and R&D Device Engineer of the Osram Opto-Semiconductors Inc, Organic Light Emitting Diode team at Silicon Valley (USA, 2004-2006). During his first PhD and first Postdoctoral Research Associate position at Advanced Technology Institute (1999-2002, University of Surrey, UK) funded both by the British Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) he investigated the optical properties of quantum electronic materials and optoelectronic devices. In 2002 he joined the center of electronic materials and devices (Imperial College London, UK) as Postdoctoral Research Associate funded by British Petrol (BP), and work on the opto-electronic properties of molecular semiconductor materials and devices (2002-2004). He has broad experience and expertise in academic and industrial research of electronic materials and devices, including: material design, characterization, device physics/processing and demonstrated working knowledge from investigating fundamental scientific problems to the development of prototypes (OPVs) and qualified products (OLEDs). He has lead and participate in several funded (EU, National and USA) researhc programs, At his current job at Cyprus University of Technology (CUT-2008-Present, Professor), he lead a successful 2 M Euros 4-years bid for the creation of the Molecular Electronics and Photonics Research Group at CUT (2010-2015) and ensure his group sustainability through his team participation in a large FP7-NMP-2013-SME based project on OLED displays (2013-2017). He further received a prestigious 2014-ERC consolidator grant (1.85M Euros) from the European Research Council (ERC) under the EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme for developing together with his team the next generation of advanced opto-electronic devices.

Research activity and research funding

• PI (2015 - 2020): ERC Consolidator Grant (Total project budget: €1,850,000).
• Academic Partner (2013 - 2017): PLASMAS, European Union FP7 Project No. 604568 (Total project budget: €4,800,000).
• Academic Partner (2013 - 2015): Erasmus LLP OREA, European Union Project No. 539876-LLP-1-2013-1-GR (Total project budget: €562,000).
• Principal Investigator (PI) (2010 - 2015): Molecular Electronics and Photonics, Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation Funding (Total project budget: €2,000,000)

Tasos Georgiades

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

tasos.georgiades@cut.ac.cy

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Education:
- 2002, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
- 1998, MASc., Mechanical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
- 1996, B.Eng, Mechanical engineering, Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, Canada
-1993, CAS, Applied Sciences, Acadia University. Wolfville, NS, Canada

- 1996-2002, Researcher, Smart Materials Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
- 2002-2007, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
- 2007, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
- 2007-2013, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
- 2013- present, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
-2013-2014, Vice-chairman, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
-2014-2017, Chairman, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus

Teaching

• Mechanics of Materials
• Mechanics: Dynamics
• Dynamics of Mechanical Systems
• Continuum Mechanics (Graduate Course)
• Stress Analysis
• Computational Methods (Graduate Course)
• Physics I
• Physics II
• Calculus II
• Graphics and Design I
• Diploma Thesis I & II

Publications

Επιλεγμένες Πρόσφατες Δημοσιεύσεις, ως αντεπιστέλλων (Corresponding Author)

• D.A. Hadjiloizi, A.L. Kalamkarov, G.C. Saha, K.G. Christoforidis, A.V. Georgiades, 2017, Micromechanical Modeling of Thin Composite and Reinforced Magnetoelectric Plates – Effective Elastic, Piezoelectric and Piezomagnetic Coefficients, Composite Structures, 172, 102-118.
• D.A. Hadjiloizi, A.L. Kalamkarov, A.V. Georgiades, 2017, Micromechanical Analysis of Piezo-magneto-thermo-elastic T-ribbed and Π-ribbed Plates, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2017.1308602.
• D.A. Hadjiloizi, A.L. Kalamkarov, G.C. Saha, I. Christofi, A.V. Georgiades, 2017, Micromechanical Modeling of Thin Composite and Reinforced Magnetoelectric Plates – Effective Electrical, Magnetic, Thermal and Product Properties, Composites Part B: Engineering, 113, 243-269.
• D.A. Hadjiloizi, A.L. Kalamkarov, A.V. Georgiades, 2017, “Plane Stress of Magnetoelectric Composite and Reinforced Plates: Applications to Laminated Structures, ZAMM Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, in press.
• D.A. Hadjiloizi, A.L. Kalamkarov, A.V. Georgiades, 2017 “Plane Stress of Magnetoelectric Composite and Reinforced Plates: Applications to Wafer- and Rib-Reinforced Plates and three-Layered Honeycomb Shells, ZAMM Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, in press.
• Georgiades, A.V., Hadjiloizi, D.A., Kalamkarov, A.L., Micromechanical Modeling of Thin Composite and Reinforced Magnetoelectric Plates, ICCE-25, Rome, July 16-22, 2017.
• Georgiades, A.V, Kalamkarov, A.L, Hadjiloizi, D.A., Plane Stress Analysis of Magnetoelectric Composite and Reinforced Plates, 3rd International Conference on Mechanics of Composites, MECHCOMP 3, Bologna, Italy, 2017.
• Hadjiloizi, D.A., Kalamkarov, A.L., Georgiades, A.V., Thermal Conductivity and Elasticity of Reinforced Plates with Applications to T-ribbed, Π-ribbed and I-ribbed plates, 3rd International Conference on Mechanics of Composites, MECHCOMP 3, Bologna, Italy, 2017.

Research Interests

• Asymptotic homogenization modeling of composites, smart composites and nanocomposites
• Comprehensive micromechanical modeling, analysis and design of periodic composite and smart composite materials such as rib-reinforced smart composite plates, three-layered composites with honeycomb filler, network-reinforced smart composites with orthotropic fibers, three-dimensional spatial composite networks, etc.
• Development of micromechanical models for the determination of the effective thermomechanical properties of carbon nanotubes.
• Dynamic modeling of 2D and general 3D magnetoelectric composites and determination of associated product properties such as magnetoelectric, pyroelectric and pyromagnetic properties. Modeling based on equations of dynamic equilibrium, the time-varying form of Maxwell’s equations and dynamic thermal balance.
• Fabrication, Processing, Testing, and Characterization of advanced composites.
• Integration of fiber-optic sensors with pultruded GFRP and CFRP composite tendons. These tendons are embedded in concrete and other structures wherein they fulfill a dual purpose; concrete reinforcements by virtue of the mechanical properties of the composites, and strain-monitors by virtue of the embedded sensors.
• Finite element modeling of network-reinforced and other composite and smart composite structures.

Research activity and research funding

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Canada
• Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation
• FP7
• Dalhousie University, Canada
• Cyprus University of Technology

Georgios Constantinides

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

g.constantinides@cut.ac.cy

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Georgios Constantinides holds a Bachelors Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University College London (UCL). After graduating from UCL in 2000, he moved to the United States of America where he eventually received his Masters (MS), in 2002, and Doctorate (Ph.D.), in 2005, both in the area of Structures and Materials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In the period 2006-2008 he was a post-doctorate associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, researching the contact deformation of thin polymeric films and nanocomposites employed in a variety of applications ranging from protective barriers to drug delivery systems. His current research is primarily concerned with Mechanics of Solid Materials (i.e., ceramics, polymers, nanocomposites), with a particular focus on (1) chemo-mechanics and (2) nano/micro- and poro-mechanics of natural (shales, bones, tissues, etc.) and synthetic solids (polymeric thin films and nanocomposites, cementitious materials etc.)

Publications - Google Scholar

Teaching

MEM215 Mechanics and Testing of Materials

MEM414 Stress Analysis

MEM503 Advanced Mechanics of Materials

ΜΕΜ558 Biomaterials

Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AeoMOp4AAAAJ&hl=en)

Research Interests

Small scale mechanics; Nanoindentation; Mechanics of materials; Structure-property relations; Poromechanics; Cement-based materials; Thin film mechanics; Biomaterials

Research activity and research funding

• Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation
• FP7

Labs

http://www.cut.ac.cy/runms/

http://cutnanolab.weebly.com/

Savvas Loizou

Associate Professor - Department Chair

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

savvas.loizou@cut.ac.cy

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Dr. Loizou received his Eng. Diploma and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, in 2000 and 2005 respectively. From 2005 to 2007 he was a Post-Doctoral researcher with the GRASP Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn). From 2007 to 2008 he was a Visiting Lecturer at the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department at NTUA. From 2008 to 2010 he was an Assistant Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Frederick University. He joined the faculty of Mechanical and Materials Science and Engineering of the Cyprus University of Technology in January 2011, where he established the Robotics Control and Decision Systems Laboratory (RCDS Lab) with facilities at the Sykopetritis and Ttofis buildings.

Dr. Loizou’s research interests span a wide range of control theoretic issues pertaining to robotic and autonomous dynamic systems and in particular autonomous navigation and control, multi-agent coordination, task planning, human-robot interaction, etc. Application domains for Dr. Loizou's research include undewater and surface vehicles, ground vehicles, aerial vehicles, air traffic management, micro-robotic systems, modular robotic systems and networked robots.

Stathis Κaliviotis

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

e.kaliviotis@cut.ac.cy

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http://web.cut.ac.cy/biorheology/

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Dr. Efstathios Kaliviotis is Associate Professor at the Cyprus University of Technology and joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering in September 2014. Prior to his appointment at the Cyprus University of Technology he was a Lecturer in Engineering at King’s College London, University of London, from Aug. 2009 to Aug. 2013 and Post-Doctoral Research Associate from Feb. 2009 to Aug. 2009 in the same institution. He received his PhD in Bio-Fluid Mechanics (Sept. 2005-Dec.-2008) and his Master in Engineering degree (MEng – First Class Honors, 2001-2005) at King’s College London. Dr Kaliviotis is a member of the advisory committee and Cyprus representative in the European Society for Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, and member in other professional, academic and technical bodies. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cellular Biotechnology and the Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation Journal and a reviewer for a number of scientific journals (PLOS-ONE, Scientific Reports, Soft Matter, Biophysical Journal, Microvascular Research, Colloids and Surfaces B and D, Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, Medical Engineering and Physics, Biomicrofluidics, Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, Acta Biomaterialia, Current Analytical Chemistry, and other). Dr. Kaliviotis is the co-author of 1 book chapter and >25 Journal publications. His research interests include rheology and optical rheology, biorheology and micro-rheology, flow in microchannels and biomicrofluidics, including blood flows, blood flow, etc. The results of his research seek to elucidate fundamental mechanisms of phenomena and bio-processes, such as intercellular attraction mechanisms and transport phenomena, as well as to find application in areas such as health (diagnosis and treatment for issues of the circulatory and microcirculatory system), development of lab-on-a-chip diagnostic systems, processes involving flows in the microscale, etc.

ResearcherID: A-7721-2016.

ORCID 0000-0003-4149-4396.

Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=trW5tP0AAAAJ&hl=en.

Teaching

ΜΕΜ416Finite Element Method in Engineering Design
ΜΕΜ460 Fluid Mechanics ΙΙ
ΜΕΜ536 Advanced Fluid Dynamics

Publications

[1] Kaliviotis E., Pasias D., Sherwood J., and Balabani S. (2017). Red blood cell aggregate flux in a bifurcating microchannel. Medical Engineering and Physics, DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2017.04.007
[2] Kaliviotis E., Sherwood J., and Balabani S. (2017). Partitioning of red blood cell aggregates in bifurcating microscale flows. Scientific Reports, DOI: 10.1038/srep44563.
[3] Kaliviotis E., Dusting J., Sherwood J., and Balabani S. (2016). Quantifying local characteristics of velocity, aggregation and hematocrit of human erythrocytes in a microchannel flow. Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, DOI: 10.3233/CH-151980.
[4] Kaliviotis E., Sherwood J., Dusting J., and Balabani S. (2016). Quantification of local blood flow characteristics in microfluidic applications. J. Series on Biomechanics, 30(1), 2016.
[5] Kaliviotis E., (2015). Mechanics of the red blood cell network. Journal of Cellular Biotechnology, DOI: 10.3233/JCB-15004.
[6] Antonova N., Dong X., Velcheva I. Kaliviotis E., Tosheva P., (2015). Stenosis effects on the fluid mechanics of the common carotid artery bifurcation for unsteady flows. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology. 15(2), 159-73, DOI: 10.1142/S0219519415400084
[7] Sherwood J. M., Holmes D., Kaliviotis E., and Balabani S. (2014). Spatial distributions of red blood cells significantly alter local haemodynamics. Plos One 9(6) (Jun 2014), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100473.
[8] Antonova N., Dong X., Tosheva P., Kaliviotis E., Velcheva I. (2014). Numerical analysis of 3D blood flow and common carotid artery hemodynamics in the carotid artery bifurcation with stenosis. Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation. 57(2), pp. 159-73, doi: 10.3233/CH-141827.
[9] Sherwood J., Kaliviotis E., Dusting J. and Balabani S. (2014). Hematocrit, viscosity and velocity distributions of aggregating and non-aggregating blood in a bifurcating microchannel. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 13, pp. 259-273, doi: 10.1007/s10237-012-0449-9.
[10] Xu D., Kaliviotis E., Munjiza A., Avital E., Ji C. N., and Williams J. (2013). Large scale simulation of red blood cell aggregation in shear flows. Journal of Biomechanics 46 (11), pp.1810-1817. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.05.010.
[11] Sherwood J., Dusting J., Kaliviotis E. and Balabani S. (2012). The effect of red blood cell aggregation on velocity and cell-depleted layer characteristics of blood in a bifurcating microchannel. Biomicrofluidics, 6, pp. 024119-1-18, doi: 10.1063/1.4717755.
[12] Hanson B., Cox B., Kaliviotis E. and Smith C.H. (2011). Effects of saliva on starch-thickened drinks with acidic and neutral pH. Dysphagia (DOI: 10.1007/s00455-011-9386-5).
[13] Kaliviotis E. and Yianneskis M. (2011). Blood viscosity modelling: Influence of aggregate network dynamics under transient conditions. Biorheology, 48, pp. 127-147.
[14] Kaliviotis E., Dusting J. and Balabani S. (2011). Spatial variation of blood viscosity: Modelling using shear fields measured by a μPIV based technique. Medical Engineering and Physics, 33, pp. 824-831.
[15] Kaliviotis E., Ivanov I., Antonova N. and Yianneskis M. (2010). Erythrocyte aggregation at non-steady flow conditions: A comparison of characteristics measured with electrorheology and image analysis. Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, 44, pp. 43-54.
[16] Dusting J., Kaliviotis E., Balabani S. and Yianneskis M. (2009). Coupled human erythrocyte velocity field and aggregation measurements at physiological haematocrit levels. J. Biomechanics, 42, pp. 1438-1443.
[17] Kaliviotis E. and Yianneskis M. (2009). An energy-rate based blood viscosity model incorporating aggregate network dynamics. Biorheology, 46, pp. 639-649.
[18] Kaliviotis E. and Yianneskis M. (2008b). Fast response characteristics of red blood cell aggregation. Biorheology, 45, pp. 639-649.
[19] Kaliviotis E. and Yianneskis M. (2008a). On the effect of microstructural changes of blood on energy dissipation in Couette flow. Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, 39, pp. 235-242.
[20] Kaliviotis E. and Yianneskis M. (2007). On the effect of dynamic flow conditions on blood microstructure investigated with optical shearing microscopy and rheometry. Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 221, pp. 887-897.

Research Interests

Rheology and micro-rheology, optical rheology and biorheology, flow in microchannels including blood flows, blood flow and endothelial cell interactions, etc. The results of his research seek to elucidate fundamental mechanisms of phenomena and bio-processes, such as intercellular attraction mechanisms and transport phenomena, as well as to find application in areas such as health (diagnosis and treatment for issues in the circulatory and microcirculatory system), development of lab-on-a-chip diagnostic systems, processes involving flows in the microscale, etc. Experimental apparatus include viscometers, optical shearing system, micro-flow imaging systems, etc.

Research activity and research funding

Start-Up Fund, CUT

Panagiotis E. Keivanidis

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

p.keivanidis@cut.ac.cy

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- 1998, three month long apprenticeship within the R&D sector of SaniCot Hellas S.A, Greece
- 2000, Chemistry Degree (four years program), School of Exact Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
- 2000, Degree Thesis, Luminescence research team, Condensed Matter and Interfaces Group, Debye Institute, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
-2001, General Lab Assistant, Sol-Gel Laboratory, Institute of Materials Science, National Centre of Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’, Athens, Greece
- 2005, PhD in Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), magna cum laude, Solid-state Chemistry Group, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research / Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany
- 2005-2008, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- 2008-2010, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Experimental Solid State Physics Group, The Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, UK
- 2010-2014, Team Leader of Istituto Italiano di Technologia at the Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- 2014-today, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering Department, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Teaching

ΜΕΜ 106: General Chemistry

ΜΕΜ 202: Organic Chemistry

ΜΕΜ 434: Polymeric Materials

ΜΕΜ 424: Degree Thesis I / Design Project I

ΜΕΜ 425: Degree Thesis II / Design Project II

Publications

Peer-reviewed published research papers

- Researcher ID: A-6026-2012
- Scopus Author ID: 6506415047
- Google Scholar Statistics: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fp__0YEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Patents

- United States Patent 8242263 A1, ‘Composition for photon-energy up-conversion’, Miteva, T., Nelles, G., Yasuda, A., Balouchev, S., Lupton, J., Keivanidis, P.
- United States Patent 7683363 A1, ‘Composition for photon-energy up-conversion’, Miteva, T., Nelles G., Yasuda A., Balouchev S., Lupton, J., Keivanidis, P.
- Japanese Patent JP2005049824 A, ‘COMPOSITION FOR PHOTON-ENERGY UP-CONVERSION’, Miteva, T., Nelles, G., Yasuda A., Balouchev, S., Keivanidis, P., Lupton, J.
- European Patent EP1484379 A1, ‘A composition for photon-energy up-conversion’, Miteva, T., Nelles, G., Yasuda A., Balouchev, S., Keivanidis, P., Lupton, J.

Research Interests

Dr. Keivanidis focuses on cutting edge research projects in the field of nano-engineered organic electrophotonic devices by combining a strong expertise in the study of photophysical and physico-chemical properties of organic materials. He combines optical and electro-optical characterization techniques with the processing of nanostructured composites via solution-based techniques for enabling smart engineering protocols to deliver photoactive and electroactive layers to be integarted in high performance device architectures. Attention is given on the establishment of rigorous structure-property-performance relationships for the development of optimized thin film multicomponent systems via solution-deposition techniques such as spin- and dip-coating. Particular emphasis is given on the use of spectroscopic techniques that monitor electronic energy- and charge-transfer processes for contributing in the resolution of current research problems dealing with the protection, the optimization and the sensitization of organic electronic devices. Dr. Keivanidis is the head of the Device Technology and Chemical Physics Lab that is based on the premises of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at the Cyprus University of Technology.

Research activity and research funding

- 2009, The Royal Society, International Travel Grant Award (2009R3), ‘Monitoring the charge carrier recombination events in organic donor - acceptor photovoltaic blends by delayed luminescence spectroscopy’ (reference TG091471)
- 2010 Laser Lab Europe Travel Grant Award, ‘Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopic studies of model organic photovoltaic blends, (Project ID LLC001578)
- 2010, Centre for Nanoscience and Technology@PoliMi, Milan, Italy, €500.000 εναρκτήρια χρηματοδότηση
- FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF (project number 299657), Intra-European Marie Curie Fellowship, €185.800
- 2011, Technology transfer project, SAES Getters s.r.l., €20.000
- 2011, Technology transfer project OMET s.r.l., €503.000
- 2013, The Royal Society, International Exchanges Scheme Award (2013/R3), ‘Understanding how to improve non-fullerene based organic solar cells’ (reference IE131547)
- 2013, John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation Research Award, 'Development of next generation oxygen-barrier materials for organic electronic and dye-sensitized solar cell applications'
- 2014, Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, €40.000 εναρκτήρια χρηματοδότηση
- 2015-2016, Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Τμήμα Μηχανολόγων Μηχανικών και Επιστήμης Μηχανικής Υλικών, €120.000 εσωτερική Τμηματική χρηματοδότηση

Nicos Angastiniotis

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

nicos.angastiniotis@cut.ac.cy

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Dr. Nicos C. Angastiniotis is a Faculty member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering of Cyprus University of Technology. He holds a B.S in Mechanical Engineering, an M.S. in Mechanics and Materials Science and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA. His doctoral dissertation on nanostructurization and amorphization of metal ceramic composite materials (cermets) resulted in the co-development of a patent of invention award (5 family members: US, EP, JP, CA, ZA) in co-ownership with the Secretary of the United States Navy, Rutgers University and N.V. Union Miniere S.A. The research work of Dr. Angastiniotis is internationally acknowledged and cited in the INPADOC and USPTO databases by patents assigned to companies such as Honda Motor Co. (Japan), Honda R & D (USA), the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (Japan), the China Petroleum Corporation (Beijing), and Osram Sylvania (USA). He has been recognized for Research Excellence by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) and the American Powder Metallurgy Institute (APMI). The research activities of Dr. Angastiniotis include: nanoparticle metastable treatment; tailoring of nanoparticle physicochemical characteristics; thermochemical nanosynthetic growth and process characterization; thermokinetics of spontaneous phase transformations; metastabilization. Furthermore, through the use of his own patented process he has the unique capability to convert inhomogeneous nanoparticles with limited stability and uncontrolled crystallinity into amorphous or uniform nanocrystalline building blocks with predefined grain size, structure, and tailor-made stoichiometric or non-stoichiometric composition thereby controlling the material properties.

Polyvios Eleftheriou

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

polyvios.eleftheriou@cut.ac.cy

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PhD, Tenn Tech University, USA 1987
MS,Tenn Tech University, USA 1984
BSME, Tenn Tech University, USA 1982
Diploma, HTI, 1979

Assistant Professor, Manufacturing Center, TTU 1987-88, Lecturer at HTI-Nicosia, Cyprus 1988-2005
Ministry of Interior 2005-8
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering – Cyprus University of Technology 2008-present

Teaching

Advanced Thermodynamics ΜΕΜ 537
Applied Thermodynamics ΜΕΜ 217
Introducion to Thermodynamics ΜΕΜ 212

Publications

sellected publications: 1. Shady A., Eleftheriou P, Xeni F., Morlot R. , Ménézo C., Kostopoulos V., Betsi M., Kalaitzoglou I., Paglianof L., Cellurag M., Almeidah M., Ferreirah M., Baracui T., Badescui V., Crutescuj R., Hidalgo-Betanzosk J. M. Overview and future challenges of nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB) design in Southern Europe, J. Energy and Buildings, accepted for publication, ENB-D-16-01992R4, 2017
3. Kapnisis KK, Pitsillides CM, Prokopi MS, Lapathitis G, Karaiskos C, Eleftheriou PC, Brott BC, Anderson PG, Lemns JE, Anayiotos AS. In vivo monitoring of the inflammatory response in a stented mouse aorta model, J Biomed Mater Res A. 2015 Sep 12. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.35560.
4. Dados A., Paparizou E., Eleftheriou P., Papastephanou C., Stalikas C., Nanometer-sized ceria coated silica-iron oxide for the reagent-less/pre- concentration of heavy metals in environmental and biological samples followed by slurry introduction to ICP-OES, Talanta, Vol (122), 2014.
5. F. Xeni, Eleftheriou P., Michaelides I., Hadjiyiannis S., Philimis P., Stylianou A., In situ U-Value Measurements for today’s Cypriot Houses, International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 2014;
6. Savva A, Petraki F, Eleftheriou P, Sygellou L, Voigt M., Giannouli M., Kapnisis K., Kennou S., Nelson J., Donal D.C, Bradley C., Brabec J., and Choulis S., The Effect of Organic and Metal Oxide Interfacial layers on the Performance of Inverted Organic Photovoltaics, J. of Advanced Energy Materials, V(3), March 2013 , pp 391-398.
7. Michaelides I., Eleftheriou P., Siamas G., Roditis G., and Kyriacou P., Experimental investigation of the night heat losses of hot water storage tanks in thermosyphon solar water heaters, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, V3(6), May 2011; no 033103.

Research Interests

Thermal Systems, Solar Systems, nZeb Buildings

Enviromental Systems, Noise control, IC engines

Research activity and research funding

Last ten years
1. CIP-IEE-2013 “nZEB training in the Southern EU countries – Maintaining building traditions”, Partner
Financed by the European Union €1 364 000 mnths

2. IEE/10/271357, «MOVing from Inspection to Domestic Advice by service companies», Partner
(Financed by the European Union €1 404 000)

3. «Establishing the Energy Losses of the Typical Cypriot Residence, a Pilot Study» Τεχνολογια/ενεργ/0609(ΒΙΕ)/09, Coordinator
Financed by the Cyprus Research Institute with €210,000

4. «Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Contaminated Soil, pilot test at a place near Larnaca», ΔΙΔΑΚΤΩΡ/ΔΙΣΕΠ/0308, Partner
Financed by the Cyprus Research Institute with €135,000
5. «Development of an innovative hot water storage tank made of mild steel and coated internally with polymer using rotational molding», ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΕΙΣ/ΕΦΑΡΜ/0308/18, Partner
Financed by the Cyprus Research Institute with €235,000

Andreas Stassis

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

andreas.stassis@cut.ac.cy

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Andreas Stassis is an Assistant Professor (Transferred) at the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Department. He received a BSc (Honours) in Production Engineering (1982) and a PhD in the field of Mechanical Vibrations (1986), at Leeds Polytechnic (UK). During 1986 he was the Production Manager of a Local Manufacturing Firm. From 1987 to 1989 he was a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at a Private University in Nicosia where he later became the Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department. From 1989 to 2010 he was a Lecturer in the Mechanical and Marine Engineering Department at the Higher Technical Institute, Nicosia. His research interests are mainly in improvements of vibrating structures, productivity improvements and elimination of waste in Manufacturing Industry.

Teaching

Advanced Production Engineering ΜΕΜ 535
Mechanical Vibrations ΜΕΜ 428
Production Engineering II ΜΕΜ 421
Dynamics ΜΕΜ221

Publications

Επιλεγμένες δημοσιεύσεις: 1. A.Theodosiou, A.Lagraz , K.Kalli, M. Tsangari, A.Stassis, M.Komodromos. Modified fs-laser inscribed FBG array for rapid mode shape capture of free-free vibrating beams IEEE Photonics Society 2016
2. Christis Chrysostomou, Themos Demetriou, Andreas Stassis and Karim Hamdaoui. Health monitoring and System Identification of an ancient aqueduct Smart Structures and Systems Journal. Vol 4 no 2, April 2008
3. Christis Chrysostomou, Andreas Stassis, Themos Demetriou, and Karim Hamdaoui Application of Shape Memory Alloy Prestressing Devices on an Ancient Aqueduct. Smart Structures and Systems Journal. Vol 4 no 2, April 2008
4. Christis Z. Chrysostomou, Themos Demetriou, Michael Pittas, Andreas Stassis The International Journal on Structural Control and Health Monitoring “Retrofit of a church with linear viscous dampers” 18 Nov 2004, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
5. A.Stassis, A. Michaelides The design of low vibration doubly salient motors The International Journal of Electric Machines and Power Systems 27:967- 981, 1999 Taylor & Francis, Inc.

Research Interests

research interests are mainly in improvements of vibrating structures, productivity improvements and elimination of waste in Manufacturing Industry.

Constantinos Christodoulou

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

c.christodoulou@cut.ac.cy

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Constantinos Christodoulou is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at the Cyprus University of Technology. He obtained a Higher National Diploma from Higher Technical Institute and the Engineering Council Part 2 diploma (UK) in the field of Mechanical Engineering. He received his doctoral title (PhD) from Brunel University (UK). As a member of the academic staff of the Mechanical Engineering Department in Higher Technical Institute, he was involved with the education of students in the experimental fields of Materials Technology, Production Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Principles, Mechanics of Machines and Metrology. He was also involved with the instruction of students to Computer Aided Design (AUTOCAD). He has offered more than 200 testing and consultancy services to the Cyprus Industry and Government departments related to testing of materials and calibration of instruments. In Cyprus University of Technology he teaches the following subjects: Engineering Measurements I, Engineering Measurements II, Computer Aided Design, Part of Materials Processing Lab and Final Year Projects.

His research interests are focused to the analysis and processing of vibration signals, feature extraction, development of new fault identification methods in mechanical systems, use of new technologies and sensors for automation of procedures, processing and testing of materials (mainly OPVs).

Teaching

1. Engineering Measurements I MEM 222
2. Engineering Measurements II MEM 325
3. Computer Aided Design MEM 213
4. Part of MEM 335 Materials Processing Lab
5. "Final Year Projects Supervision" MEM 424 & 425

Publications

1. Paris Papagiorgis, Demetra Tsokkou, Kushagra Gahlot, Loredana Protesescu, Andreas Manoli, Felix Hermerschmidt, Constantinos Christodoulou, Stelios A. Choulis, Maksym V. Kovalenko, Andreas Othonos, and Grigorios Itskos «Exciton–Ligand Interactions in PbS Quantum Dots Capped with Metal Chalcogenides» , The Journal of Physical Chemistry C2020, Journal article, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c09790, Part of ISSN: 1932-7447

2. Efthymios Georgiou,Stelios. A. Choulis,Felix Hermerschmidt,Sergey M. Pozov,Ignasi Burgués-Ceballos,Constantinos Christodoulou,Gerburg Schider,Stefanie Kreissl,Richard Ward,Emil J. W. List-Kratochvil,Christine Boeffel «Printed Copper Nanoparticle Metal Grids for Cost-Effective ITO-Free Solution Processed Solar Cells» Solar Rrl 2018, Journal article, DOI: 10.1002/solr.201700192 , WOSUID:WOS:000426655300007

3. Hermerschmidt, F., Papagiorgis, P., Savva, A., Christodoulou, C., Itskos, G., Choulis, S.A., «Inkjet printing processing conditions for bulk-heterojunction solar cells using two high-performing conjugated polymer donors», Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2014, Vol. 130, pp. 474-480.

4. M. Neophytou, W. Cambarau, F. Hermerschmidt, C. Waldauf, C. Christodoulou, R. Pacios, S.A. Choulis «Inkjet-printed polymer-fullerene blends for organic electronic applications» Microelectronic engineering, 2012, Volume 95, Pages 102-106.

5. C. Christodoulou and S. Choulis «Organic Photovoltaic Technologies», 3rd International Conference on Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency, Conf. Proceedings, May 2011 Nicosia, Cyprus.

6. C. Neocleous, C. Christodoulou, D. Demou, A. Cleanthous «Neural Networks for the identification of gas cylinder faults», Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AIA 2007) Conf. Proceedings, Feb. 07 Innsbruck, Austria.

Melita Menelaou

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

melita.menelaou@cut.ac.cy

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Dr. Melita Menelaou earned her Diploma in Chemical Engineering in 2004 and her PhD in 2009 from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She has been affiliated with renowned research institutions in both Asia and Europe, including the Advanced Institute of Materials Research at Tohoku University, Japan; the Central European Institute of Technology-Brno University of Technology, Czechia; the University of Barcelona, Spain; and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (School of Chemical Engineering and School of Chemistry), Greece.

Currently, Dr. Menelaou serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at the Cyprus University of Technology. Previously, she was a member of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the same university. Her research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of a wide array of inorganic (nano)materials, exploring their potential applications in technology and biomedicine. In addition to her research, Dr. Menelaou teaches courses such as "Solid State Physics," "Synthesis of Advanced Materials," and "Mechanics of Composite Materials."

Petros Siegkas

Lecturer

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

petros.siegkas@cut.ac.cy

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Dr Siegkas is a lecturer in Mechanical Design and Additive Manufacturing, at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science and Engineering at the Cyprus University of Technology. Dr Siegkas’ research interests include developing and implementing experiment and modelling techniques related to material behaviour (e.g. porous, polymers, alloys) and impact energy management in a wide range of applications and component designs, including biomechanics, aerospace, automotive, sport and other. Projects have often involved close collaboration with both industrial and academic partners from various fields. Current topics of interest include 3D printed meta-materials, personalised equipment, biomechanics and other.

Professional Experience:

Lecturer in Mechanical Design and Additive Manufacturing, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology

Senior Lecturer. Smart Materials Research Group lead. Department of Engineering Nottingham Trent University.

Postdoctoral Researcher : Dyson School of Design Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London

Postdoctoral Researcher: Impact Laboratory, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford

Education:

DPhil: University of Oxford (Department of Engineering Science, Solid Mechanics group, Impact Engineering Laboratory. Worcester College)

GDL (Graduate Diploma in Law): BPP University London

Dipl. Eng. (5 year Degree): National Technical University of Athens (Mechanical Engineering-Aeronautics)

Memberships-Certificates

Chartered Engineer Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers UK (CEng MIMechE)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy UK

Post-Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP, NTU)

Teaching

Dr Siegkas has been previously engaged with the CDIO global initiative (educational framework for engineering) and was involved in curriculum development with modules such as Innovation and Engineering Solutions, Sports Technology, Industrial design and Product Case Studies, Mechanical Engineering in Sport and Optimisation of Sports Equipment. He is currently teaching 3rd year Machine Element Design at CUT.

Siegkas, Petros. "INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCT CASE STUDIES." The 17th International CDIO Conference

Ahmed Tamkin, Siegkas Petros. “INTEGRATED CAD AND REVERSE ENGINEERING TO ENHANCE CONCEPTION AND DESIGN”. The 17th International CDIO Conference

Siegkas, Petros. "REVERSE ENGINEERING AND INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN." The 16th International CDIO Conference. Vol. 2.

Publications

Siegkas, Petros. "A Computational Geometry Generation Method for Creating 3D Printed Composites and Porous Structures." Materials 14.10 (2021): 2507.

Iizuka, Makoto, et al. "Large deformation finite element analyses for 3D X-ray CT scanned microscopic structures of polyurethane foams." Materials 14.4 (2021): 949.

Donat, Cornelius K., et al. "From biomechanics to pathology: predicting axonal injury from patterns of strain after traumatic brain injury." Brain 144.1 (2021): 70-91.

Melia, Georgia, et al. "Insoles of uniform softer material reduced plantar pressure compared to dual-material insoles during regular and loaded gait." Applied Ergonomics 91 (2021): 103298.

Elmrabet, Nabila, and Petros Siegkas. "Dimensional considerations on the mechanical properties of 3D printed polymer parts." Polymer Testing (2020): 106656.

Siegkas, Petros, David J. Sharp, and Mazdak Ghajari. "The traumatic brain injury mitigation effects of a new viscoelastic add-on liner." Scientific reports 9.1 (2019): 1-10.

Pedrazzini, S., Galano, M., Audebert, F., Siegkas, P., Gerlach, R., Tagarielli, V. L., & Smith, G. D. W. (2019). High strain rate behaviour of nano-quasicrystalline Al93Fe3Cr2Ti2 alloy and composites. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 764, 138201.

Siegkas P, Petrinic N and Tagarielli VL. Measurements and micro-mechanical modelling of the response of sintered titanium foams, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2016, 57: 365-375

Simone F, Siegkas P, Barbieri E and Petrinic N. A new method for the generation of arbitrarily shaped 3D random polycrystalline domains J. Computational Mechanics, 2014

Siegkas P, Tagarielli VL, Petrinic N and Lefebvre LP. Rate Dependence of the Compressive Response of Ti Foams. Metals (special issue), 2012, 2: 229-237.

Siegkas P, Tagarielli VL, Petrinic N and Lefebvre LP. The compressive response of a titanium foam at low and high strain rates, 2011, J Mater Sci, 46: 2741–2747

Conference

Montanari, Mattia, et al. "Nurbs-based isogeometric analysis for ballistic evaluation of titanium plates." (2016).

Siegkas, P., V. Tagarielli, and N. Petrinic. "Modelling stochastic foam geometries for FE simulations using 3D Voronoi cells." Procedia Materials Science 4 (2014): 221-226.

Engineering Education

Siegkas, Petros. "INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCT CASE STUDIES." The 17th International CDIO Conference

Ahmed Tamkin, Siegkas Petros. “INTEGRATED CAD AND REVERSE ENGINEERING TO ENHANCE CONCEPTION AND DESIGN”. The 17th International CDIO Conference

Siegkas, Petros. "REVERSE ENGINEERING AND INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN." The 16th International CDIO Conference. Vol. 2.

Research activity

Indicative project examples:

Porous-Cellular Materials

Dr Siegkas’ has worked on developing experiments and modeling techniques to characterise and model the static and dynamic performance of porous- cellular materials for use as biocompatible bone implants, and applications within the aerospace industry. Experiments involved mechanical testing at various strain rates and included the use of high speed photography, in-situ SEM, X-ray micro-tomography and image analysis.

A computational method was developed for virtually generating porous material prototypes and capturing their mechanical behaviour at different scales thus providing a tool for virtual prototyping and characterisation, based on application requirements. The foam geometries were generated in Matlab using a method based on Voronoi polyhedrals, that could either mimic geometrical features (e.g. pore size distribution) obtained by X-ray tomography analysis or generate new prototype geometries. The geometries were then subjected to uniaxial and multiaxial mechanical loading at the mesoscale level from which the macroscale properties were obtained. The virtual specimens were simulated using finite element techniques (Abaqus) at different strain rates. The project was partially funded by Rolls Royce, EPSRC and in collaboration with the IMI Canada.

The computational method algorithms were then further developed and used in generating 3D printed porous materials and composites. The structures are either porous of a single material or composites of two materials that are geometrically intertwined. The method is used to produce and explore promising material combinations that could otherwise be difficult to mix. It is potentially applicable with a variety of additive manufacturing methods, size scales, and materials for a range of potential applications.

Metal Alloys-Ballistics-Aerospace Components

Dr Siegkas worked on the ballistic performance of granular materials (including Nickel at high temperatures up to 800 degrees Celsius and Titanium alloys at room temperature) and jet engine components. The research was related to aviation safety and impact energy management (i.e. jet engine fan blade off e.t.c.).

The projects were focused in designing experiments and generating data for material model calibration and validation, or used for the development and optimisation of new materials. The aim was to capture the material mechanisms involved in managing energy dissipation and related to application requirements. The projects were in collaboration with industrial partners (Rolls Royce, TIMET) and the work has received a departmental award under the University of Oxford departmental recognition scheme. Results were subject to publishing restrictions.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Protective Equipment

Dr Siegkas worked on projects related to understanding and preventing traumatic brain injury. The work involved implementing finite element models and extracting information as to regions of the brain that were mechanically affected by impact loading.

Part of the work was funded by the ‘’Welcome trust network of excellence’’ and was carried by a multidisciplinary team from the fields of biology, neuroscience and solid mechanics. Other parts of the work were funded by the Welsh Government and in a collaboration between Imperial College and industrial partners (Dainese-AGV manufacturer of motorcycle helmets, Rheon labs manufacturer of liner add-on material). Dr Siegkas' role involved both experiments and computational modelling. Experiments included liner material characterisation (polymer), drop tower experiments on helmets (with and without added liner) and fitted on an instrumented head form. Modelling included using a head and brain model to extract information regarding potential injury and a full helmet-head form (Hybrid III) model of the drop tower tests aiming to extract information for further liner design and optimisation.

Funding bodies

Undertaken projects were funded in collaboration with industrial, public and academic partners with expertise from multiple disciplines including: Rolls Royce, TIMET, Dainese, Rheon labs, Bridgestone (Japan), Division of Brain sciences Imperial College London, EPSRC, Welsh Government and Welcome Trust Network of Excellence.

Konstantinos Kapnisis

Special Teaching Staff

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

k.kapnisis@cut.ac.cy

2500 2476

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Dr Konstantinos Kapnisis (PhD), is a Special Teaching Staff at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at CUT and lab manager of the BioLISYS lab. He holds a Diploma (BSc & MSc equivalent) in Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences from the National Technical University of Athens and a Masters (MSc) Degree in Engineering and Physical Science in Medicine from Imperial College London. He received his PhD from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at CUT while on scholarship from the Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation (2008-11) and A.G. Leventis Foundation (2011-2012 and 2012-2013). Dr Kapnisis’ research activities are primarily concerned with the multilevel assessment of the functionality of cardiovascular implants and novel biomaterials such as to promote enhancements in design characteristics, material and surface properties that will lead to improved performance and biofunctionality. His core expertise focuses on the development of animal models that enable the in vivo assessment of implant biocompatibility and allow the investigation of biological markers and mechanisms associated with cardiovascular as well as cancer and other inflammatory diseases.

Teaching

ΜΕΜ 101: Μathematics Ι

ΜΕΜ 103: Mathematics ΙΙΙ (Linear Algebra)

ΜΕΜ 321: Fluid Mechanics Ι

ΜΕΜ 433 & ΜΕΜ 556: Introduction to Biomechanics

ΜΕΜ 558: Biomaterials

Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZjYL9l4AAAAJ&hl=en

Research Interests

Multilevel assessment of the functionality of medical implants and novel biomaterials

Medical device toxicology: Physiologically Based Toxicokinetic (PBTK) Modeling

Cardiovascular Biomechanics: Hemodynamics and Hemorheology

Tissue engineering scaffolds

Research activity and research funding

Grant awarded by the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (INDUSTRIAL-PROPERTY/0717/0034), Duration: 2021-2022, Budget: €10,000.

Grant awarded by the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (INTERNATIONAL/USA/0118/0057), Duration: 2019-2021, Budget: €80,000

Grant awarded by the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (POST-DOC/0916/0237), Duration: 2018-2020, Budget: €159,999

Grant awarded by the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (ΠΕΝΕΚ/0609/78), Duration: 2010-2013, Budget: €105,000

Stelios Charalambides

Special Teaching Staff

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

s.charalambides@cut.ac.cy

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Dr. Stelios Charalambides has a B.Sc. in Mathematics with courses in both pure, applied and discrete mathematics as well as several courses in Physics, a M.Sc. in the area of Algebra and a Ph.D in the area of Rings and Modules. He also has eight years of post-doctoral experience and twenty-one years of teaching and research experience in almost all levels of education (Secondary and Tertiary). He worked as a visitor Professor, a Lecturer, Special Teaching Staff, Postdoctoral Researcher, Tutor, Teacher, and Research Assistant in seven different universities and two colleges in three different continents. He has taught a great range of courses in mathematics and statistics which were aimed at students in mathematics, information science, biological, social, medical and engineering sciences. His research is concentrated in the following areas: Lie algebras applications to integrable systems, ring theory with emphasis on torsion theory, injectivity, σ-injectivity, injective hulls, extending (CS) modules, direct sum decompositions, Noetherian and semi-Noetherian (Max) modules and rings, chain conditions on annihilators. He is the author of a book, a book chapter and six peer-reviewed articles. He has participated in several international and national conferences, seminars and workshops in mathematics, both as a speaker and an attendee.

Evangelos Evangelou

First Instructor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

evangelos.evangelou@cut.ac.cy

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Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Higher Technical Institute (1991)

Instructor, Higher Technical Institute (1995-2007)

Instructor, Cyprus University of Technology (2008-2012)

Senior Instructor, Cyprus University of Technology (2013-2018)

First Instructor (2018- Today)

Teaching

LABS 1. Physics I MEM 104
2. Physics II MEM 105
3. Materials MMY335
4. Engineering Measurements I MEM 222
5. Engineering Measurements II MEM 325
6. Computer Aided Design MEM 213
7. Mechanics and Testing of Materials MEM 215

Haris Haridemou

First Instructor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

haris.haridemou@cut.ac.cy

2500 2096

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Haris Haridemou is First Instructor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering.
He has a diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the Higher Technical Institute (1985-1988). During the summer of 1986 and 1987 he worked for Amiantos Mines Ltd Company as part of his practical training. Also during his third year of studies he attended three different modules: A & P Paraskevaides Ltd (Design Module), Cyprus Hotels Ltd (Maintenance Module) and A. Mavrokefalos Ltd (Construction Module).
After finishing his military service he worked at DEKSA Ltd Company (September 1990 – June 1996) as a technician for steam, central heating and water treatment equipment.
Subsequently he worked at New Sevegep Ltd Company (August 1996 – March 1998) as a technician and operator of Tetra Pak and production line machines.
He was then hired in the National Guard (March 1998 – June 2002), as Sergeant of Mechanical Engineering where he was trained in a special anti-aircraft system.
Afterwards he was appointed at Higher Technical Institute (June 2002 – December 2010) as Laboratory Assistant in the Mechanical and Marine Engineering Department where he was involved in the following courses: Basic Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Strength of Materials, Resistance of Materials, Materials Technology, Production Engineering, Heat Transfer, Metrology, Computer Aided Design (AutoCAD) and others.

Teaching

LABS

1. Physics I MEM 104
2. Physics II MEM 105
3. Introduction to Engineering MEM 107
4. Engineering Measurements I MEM 222
5. Engineering Measurements II MEM 325
6. Computer Aided Design MEM 213
7. Mechanics and Testing of Materials MEM 215

Constantinos Kosma

Scientific Laboratory Technician

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering