Expert Details
Nanoparticles, Nanotubes, Nanofibers, Droplets, Sprays, Microfluidics, Nanofluidics, Aerosols, Thermal Management of Electronics, Electronics Cooling
ID: 717253
Illinois, USA
Offered three-day short course at company site on aerosol mechanics to train company scientists and technicians in this area.Assisted engineers of a company in developing a process to produce a certain product.Consulted with an engineering team in a microelectronics company on how to build a specific instrument for product evaluation. As member of the Department Advisory Committee, led effort to form a transparent policy for the equitable distribution of the teaching load among the faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago.As Co-Leader of the Micro/Nano Research Cluster in the department, plans and coordinates efforts in initiatives where multidisciplinary faculty teams work together to pursue large-scale grants. Serves as contact between the department and the University in the area of nano- and microtechnologies.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1987 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Mechanical Engineering | Institution: Brown University |
| Year: 1986 | Degree: MS | Subject: Applied Mathematics | Institution: Brown University |
| Year: 1982 | Degree: BS | Subject: Mechanical Engineering | Institution: National Technical Univ Athens |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1990 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Professor | Department: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering |
Responsibilities:Directing research and development sponsored by industry and federal agencies in the general area of thermal fluids. Research has been or is being sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Energy, the US Department of Defense, and large multinational companies. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1988 to 1990 | Employer: University of California, Irvine | Title: Assistant Specialist | Department: Mechanical Engineering |
Responsibilities:Performed modeling of droplet evaporation in combustion environments |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1987 to 1988 | Employer: Brown University | Title: Post-doctoral Research Associate | Department: Division of Engineering |
Responsibilities:Performed research on soot aerosols in flames, combustion generated particulates and optical diagnostics |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1983 to 1987 | Employer: Brown University | Title: Research Assistant | Department: Division of Engineering |
Responsibilities:Dissertation research on soot aerosol dynamics in flames |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2000 to 2004 | Agency: NASA | Role: Research Proposal Reviewer | Description: |
| Years: 2000 to 2008 | Agency: National Science Foundation | Role: Research Proposal Reviewer | Description: |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 1997 to 1998 | Country / Region: The Netherlands | Summary: Consulted with an international research organization on building an instrument for evaluation of combustion aerosols. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| ASME, AIAA, Combustion Institute |
| Professional Appointments |
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| RESEARCH INTERESTS Fluid/Particle Transport (Droplets, Sprays, Micro/Nanofluidics) Multiphase Heat and Mass Transfer Multifunctional Composite Coatings Interfacial Phenomena TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Fluid Mechanics I, Fluid Mechanics II, Senior Design, Intermediate Fluid Mechanics, Compressible Flows, Applied Combustion, Propulsion, Introduction to Thermodynamics, Advanced Thermodynamics, Engineering Mathematics, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Experimental Diagnostics in Thermal, Fluids and Materials Science, Advanced Concepts in Computer-Aided Engineering. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Annual Achievement Award, Illinois Engineering Council. College of Engineering Bronze Faculty Research Award, University of Illinois at Chicago. Visiting Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). College of Engineering Faculty Research Award, University of Illinois at Chicago. Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Kenneth T. Whitby Award of the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR). NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow. NSF Research Initiation Award. Brown University Graduate Fellow. Bodossaki Foundation Academic Distinction Award and Scholarship, Greece Salutatorian, Mechanical Engineering Class of 1982, National Technical University of Athens. State Scholarship Foundation and Technical Chamber of Greece Award for Academic Achievement |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has over 70 peer reviewed journal publications, over 140 conference and workshop papers, one patent diclosure |
Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| Many national and international seminars and workshops as an invited lecturer or consultant. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Has a great deal of expertise and research capabilties in: Fluid phenomena relevant to particle processing, Fluids in nanotubes, Nano and microfibers produced by electrospinning, Microdroplet dispensing and deposition, Multiphase heat and mass transfer, Nanoparticle formation in high temperature flows, Nanoparticle colloidal suspensions, Nano-patterned surfaces, Droplet and spray technologies, Experimental diagnostics in micro/nanoscale systems. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Greek | Native skills |
Fields of Expertise
aerosol, agglomeration, breakup, combustion, fluid dynamics, fluid mechanics, fluid-solid mass transfer, gas mechanics, heat transfer, ink-jet printing, interfacial fluid mechanics, liquid drop, liquid drop coating process, mass transfer, mass transport, multiphase heat transfer, nanoparticle, nanotechnology, particle, particle characterization, particle combustion, particle-size analysis, soot particle size measurement, spray combustion, aerosol design, aerosol industry, particle formation, international research, nanopowder, light transmission, particle levitation, hydrophobic film, contact angle goniometer, moisture-resistant coating, laser light scattering, nanostructure, particle transport, transient heat transfer, colloidal suspension, piezoelectric polymer film, hydrophobic, cross section collision probability, droplet coating process, gas-liquid heat transfer, nanocomposite, particle-size measurement, particle-size distribution determination, particle suspension (mixture), particle diffusion, gas-liquid mass transfer, gas-gas mass transfer, fire, thermodynamics, pore-size-distribution determination, particulate composite, dynamic heat transfer, colloid, atomizing, aerosol technology