ABOUT ME

He received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University (1988), a Masters in Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering form National Technical University of Athens.

Currently a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics at the University of Patras, Greece (1999-date) where he teaches courses in the area of Structural Analysis, Finite Elements, Structural Dynamics and Composite Mechanics. He also heads the research group of Structural Analysis and Smart Materials. Prior to that, he worked for 10 years as a Researcher with the Structures Division at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio (1988-1999).

He has published over 150 articles and conference papers in the areas of smart composites and adaptive structures, SHM, composite structural mechanics and structural dynamics. His current research interests are in the areas of computational structural mechanics and dynamics, smart materials and structures, structural health monitoring, mechanics of composite materials and structures, nanomechanics and nanocomposites. He has received research support from national programs, EU (FP 5, 6 , 7), and international sources (NASA, NSF) for projects in the fields of aeronautics, aerospace and wind energy.

He is Associate Editor of the Journals of Wind Energy and Aerospace Science and Technology, an Associate Fellow of AIAA, member of the AIAA Adaptive Structures Committee, member of the scientific committees of the international conferences Adaptive Structures Conference, European Workshop of SHM (EWSHM) and International Conf. of Adaptive Structures Technology (ICAST).