My research serves engineering science. It aims - based on first principles - at the investigation of causes and the illumination of mechanisms pertaining to systems and processes of engineering interest, thus enabling the determination, prediction and modification of their behaviour. Teaching is in the same spirit and so is the education of the young research collaborators. My general research area is Computational Transport Phenomena, and mainly Fluid Mechanics, dealing with simultaneous reaction and transport, in transient or steady state, and often in three-dimensional, complicated geometry. The focus is on the effects of viscous and gravitational forces as well as of interfacial and electromagnetic forces, in flow and transport. Among the significant issues related to the effects of the forces, force competition is of primary concern. The realistic and reliable analysis of the problems demand large-scale scientific computing, encompassing state-of-the art methods for discretizing the pertinent partial differential equations, and for the systematic and thorough investigation of the structure of the solution space. The former are based on the Galerkin/finite element method and hybrids; the latter on numerical linear algebra methods which handle efficiently large-scale problems and exploit parallelism in today’s powerful computer architectures. The benefit of interdisciplinarity is utilized in targeting the problems, addressing the important issues and employing the solution methods.

    NEWS / ANNOUNCEMENTS

     On 15 November 2024, Paris Papavasileiou will defend his doctoral thesis entitled "Hybrid equation-based and data-driven computational workflows for analysis and prediction of industrial deposition processes".

      Dr E. Koronaki and the PhD candidates P. Papavasileiou and G. Suntaxi, researchers in our group, received the Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award from the FNR-National Research Fund of Luxembourg, as members of an interdisciplinary team from the University of Luxembourg and the advanced materials company Ceratizit. The achievement is about using hybrid equation-based and data-driven models that led to significant improvements in industrial coating processes with Chemical Vapor Deposition. The award was presented on 17 October 2024. More in the NTUA Chemical Engineering School announcement.

     On 4 September 2024, Alexandros Koulidis will defend his doctoral thesis entitled "Impacts of the operation of airports in the atmospheric environment".

     My term as Rector of the National Technical University of Athens ended 16 November 2023. My activities report (“apologismos”), in Greek, is posted here; a pdf version is here.

     On 27 September 2023, Panagiotis Doxas will defend, via teleconference, his Diploma thesis entitled "Characterization of thin oCVD deposited poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) films for innovative applications".

     On 5 July 2023, Antonis Fytopoulos defended, via hybrid means, his doctoral thesis entitled "Population balance model-based optimization of deracemization processes for pharmaceutical applications".

      Prof. A. G. Boudouvis was awarded the title of Professor honoris causa of the University of West Attica, Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering. The Award ceremony was held on 20 January 2023.

      Athanasios Papathanasiou, former student and researcher in our group (PhD 2000), collaborator and faculty member in the School of Chemical Engineering of NTUA since 2013, was elected, on 28 December 2022, Professor in the same School.

     On 26 September 2022, Ilias Toumpe will defend, via teleconference, his Diploma thesis entitled "Analysis of steady state and dynamic properties of human ovarian cancer cell metabolism".

     On 26 September 2022, Eleni Poupaki will defend, via teleconference, her Diploma thesis entitled "Development and optimization of an oxidative Chemical Vapor Deposition (oCVD) process to produce PEDOT polymer films".

      George Kokkoris, former student and researcher in our group (PhD 2005) and collaborator was elected, on 28 February 2022, Associate Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens.

     Paris Papavasileiou is the recipient of the Best Oral Presentation Prize in the area “Processes and Systems Engineering and Control” at the 13^th Panhellenic Scientific Conference in Chemical Engineering, 2-4 June 2022. His presentation: “Assessment of CFD and ML modelling strategies for industrial-scale CVD reactors, by P. Papavasileiou, E. D. Koronaki, G. Pozzetti, M. Kathrein, C. Czettl, S. P. A. Bordas and A. G. Boudouvis.

     On 27 January 2022, Pavlos Gkinis will defend, via teleconference, his doctoral thesis entitled "Enabling efficient analysis of CVD processes by combining CFD and data-driven reduced-order modeling".

     On 12 July 2021, Andreas Kounis-Melas will defend, via teleconference, his Diploma thesis entitled "Nonlinear model reduction based on manifold learning techniques and application in large scale problems". Posted 2 July 2021.

     On 7 July 2021, Apostolis Zaganiaris will defend, via teleconference, his Diploma thesis entitled "Directional droplet motion on a porous, hydrophobic surface and study of the motion's dynamics". Posted 4 July 2021.

     On 30 June 2021, Alexandros Sourais will defend, via teleconference, his postgraduate thesis entitled "Solution of magnetostatics problems with the Finite Element method using FEniCS computational platform". Posted 26 June 2021.

     On 5 March 2021, Evangelia Klouvidaki will defend, via teleconference, her Diploma thesis entitled "Functionalization, stirring and mixing of drops for accellerating chemical processes in porous microfluidic devices". Posted 1 March 2021.

     On 9 October 2020, Xanthi-Leda Katopodi will defend, via teleconference, her Diploma thesis entitled "Prioritization of pharmacological compounds for tumor immunogenic profile manipulation using next generation sequencing data". Posted 7 October 2020.

     On 9 October 2020, Emmanuel Zevgolis will defend, via teleconference, his Diploma thesis entitled "Theoretical analysis and optical simulation of a shadowing system with total internal reflection". Posted 7 October 2020.

     On 5 October 2020, Paris Papavasileiou will defend, via teleconference, his Diploma thesis entitled "Surface morphology, structure and compositional characterization of MOCVD processed silicon oxynitrides coatings for aqueous corrosion barriers". Posted 2 October 2020.

     On 5 October 2020, Tryfon Tsiros will defend, via teleconference, his Diploma thesis entitled "Development of a kinetic model for the SiO_xN_y deposition through CVD and numerical simulation of the process". Posted 2 October 2020.

     On 5 October 2020, Eleni Kanata will defend, via teleconference, her Diploma thesis entitled "Harnessing alignment and annotation-free information from next generation sequencing experiments to enable Tumor Specific Antigen identification and AI-powered prediction of immune checkpoint inhibitor response". Posted 2 October 2020.

    Giorgos Gakis was among the recipients of the Léopold Escande 2019 Prize for best PhD thesis of the Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (INPT), France. The thesis, titled "Multiscale modelling and experimental analysis of atomic layer deposition (ALD) of alumina: Interplay of process dynamics, chemistry and interfacial phenomena", was co-supervised by Professor Andreas G. Boudouvis at NTUA and Professor Brigitte Caussat, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Ingénieurs en Arts Chimiques et Technologiques (ENSIACET), INPT. The thesis was defended at NTUA on 30 October 2019. Posted 27 August 2020.

    Antonis Dafnomilis is the recipient of the Best Diploma Thesis Award of the year 2019 ^(*) in the Department of Process Analysis and Plant Design - read the announcement (in Greek). Posted 13 May 2020.

     On 3 March 2020, George Chliavoras will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Computational study and development of a kinetic model for the moderate temperature, atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition of SiO₂ films from the TEOS/O₃/O₂ chemical system" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 29 February 2020.

     On 3 March 2020, Marietta Metallinou will defend her Diploma thesis entitled "Population balance modeling of the breakage of NaClO₃ particles: the effect of the breakage mechanism in Viedma ripening" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 29 February 2020.

     On 30 October 2019, Giorgos-Pavlos Gakis will defend his doctoral thesis entitled "Multiscale modeling and experimental analysis of atomic layer deposition (ALD) of alumina: interplay of process dynamics, chemistry and interfacial phenomena" - announcement. Posted 24 Oct. 2019.

     As of 23 October 2019, Andreas G. Boudouvis is the Rector of the National Technical University of Athens

    As of 24 September 2019, Andreas G. Boudouvis is the Rector-Elect of the National Technical University of Athens

     On 3 October 2019, Nireas Rigos will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Mapping of the operation of a chemical vapor deposition reactor" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 1 October 2019.

     Seminar: Y. Kevrekidis, Johns Hopkins U., "Some old and some new results at the interface of machine learning and engineering modeling", 24 July 2019, 13.00 - announcement (in Greek). Posted 18 July 2019.

     Prof. Andreas Boudouvis announced his candidacy for the NTUA Rector's position in the upcoming elections in September - The candidacy statement (in Greek). Posted 11 July 2019.

     Computational Mechanics Seminar: P. Koumoutsakos, ETHZ, "Computing: Minds, Data and Machines", 12 July 2019, 13.30 - announcement (in Greek). Posted 2 July 2019.

     On 8 July 2019, Panagiotis Psychogios will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Derivative pricing methods in incomplete markets" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 27 June 2019.

     On 8 July 2019, Virginia Atsalaki will defend her Diploma thesis entitled "Investigation of the solution space of a nonlinear magneto-hydrostatics problem" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 27 June 2019.

     On 4 July 2019, Antonis Dafnomilis will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Dynamic simulation and optimization of Ampicillin crystallization" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 27 June 2019.

     On 2 July 2019, Thanos Nikas will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Model order reduction of noninear dynamical systems with machine learning techniques: from POD to Diffusion Maps" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 27 June 2019.

     On 2 July 2019, Alexandros Sourais will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Solution of nonlinear problems and application of parametric continuation methods with the Finite Element method on the computational platform FEniCS" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 27 June 2019.

     On 1 July 2019, Lampros Papaspyros will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Computational analysis-optimization of installations for heat removal from an absorbing surface of concentrating solar systems" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 27 June 2019.

     Elise Loppinet and Giannis Giannikopoulos, former diploma thesis students in our group, are the recipients of the Thomaidis Foundation Award for excellence in course grades for the academic year 2017-2018 -- read the Senate's decision (in Greek). Posted 21 June 2019.

     On 5 July 2019, Ilias Nikolaidis will defend his doctoral thesis entitled "Development and application of computational algorithms and thermodynamic models for multiphase, multicomponent chemical systems" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 19 June 2019.

     Large Scale Scientific Computing Workshop at NTUA - read the announcement (in Greek). Posted 4 June 2019.

     Pavlos Gkinis, PhD candidate in our group, was awarded a Fulbright Foundation Scholarship (link) for research work at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. Posted 2 May 2019.

    POSTGRADUATE STUDIES PROGRAM "COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS" at NTUA. Applications for admission for academic year 2019-2020 - announcement (in Greek). Posted 17 April 2019.

     On 5 March 2019, Dimitris Papadimitriou will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Computational study of the micro-heterogeneity effect on the macroscopic transport properties in beds packed with microspheres" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 23 February 2019.

     On 26 February 2019, Kiriaki Baili will defend her Diploma thesis entitled "Alternative implementation of Principal Component Analysis in the investigation of the nonlinear behavior of a Chemical Vapor Deposition process" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 23 February 2019.

      Andreas Yiotis, former student and researcher in our group (PhD 2003) was elected, on 5 February 2019, Assistant Professor in the School of Mineral Resources Engineering of the Technical University of Crete. Posted 5 February 2019.

     On 17 December 2018, Rowan Spencer will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Reduced Order Modeling of Copper Chemical Vapor Deposition from Copper Amidinate" - announcement. Posted 13 December 2018.

     Our research is featured in the PROMITHEAS edition of NTUA : "Computational Microscope" for chemical engineering processes - in Greek. Posted 26 November 2018.

     On 18 October 2018, Nikos Amartolos will defend his postgraduate thesis entitled "Solution of finite element problems with the FEniCS platform" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 10 October 2018.

     A diploma thesis opening at LGC-ENSIACET, Toulouse, France - announcement; also here (in Greek). Posted 2 October 2018.

     On 5 October 2018, Myrto Despotopoulou will defend her Diploma thesis entitled "Characterisations of Co₃O₄ thin films deposited by DLI-MOCVD for the photoelectrocatalysis of water" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 1 October 2018.

     On 28 September 2018, Vasilis Krokos will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Optimization of geometric characteristics of surfaces for improved supehydrophobicity" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 24 September 2018.

     On 27 September 2018, George Patridas will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Development of reduced-order models for the computational analysis of multiscale processes - Application in chemical vapor deposition" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 24 September 2018.

     Professor A. G. Boudouvis is on sabbatical leave from NTUA for the winter semester 2018-2019. He is with the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland USA, as Visiting Professor. Posted 1 September 2018.

     On 9 July 2018, Elise Loppinet will defend her Diploma thesis entitled "Population balance modeling of growth and agglomeration of crystals in racemic mixtures" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 2 July 2018.

     On 4 July 2018, Andreas Hadjigeorgiou will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Computational analysis of mixing of biomolecules solutions in micromixers" - announcement (in Greek).Posted 2 July 2018.

     On 4 July 2018, Giannis Giannikopoulos will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Computational analysis of the chemical vapor deposition of tin oxide films" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 2 July 2018.

     On 4 July 2018, Nikos Mytis will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Process design and optimisation for continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing of atropine and diazepam - announcement (in Greek). Posted 2 July 2018.

      Mihalis Kavousanakis, former student and researcher in our group (Diploma 2002, MSc 2004, PhD 2007) and collaborator was elected, on 28 June 2018, Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens. Posted 29 June 2018.

    POSTGRADUATE STUDIES PROGRAM "COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS" at NTUA. Applications for admission for academic year 2017-18 - announcement (in Greek). Posted 18 June 2018.

     Rowan Spencer, senior undergraduate student from the University of Edinburgh, joined our group to work on his diploma thesis on reduced order modeling of a Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) reactor based on data from high-fidelity CFD computations and experimental measurements. Rowan will stay at NTUA for the period June-December 2018, as an Erasmus student. Posted 11 June 2018.

     Computational Mechanics Seminar, 13 March 2018 - announcement (in Greek). Posted 9 March 2018.

     On 12 March 2018, Konstantina Peloriadi defended her Diploma thesis entitled "A study of the chemical vapor deposition of tin oxide films".

     On 5 March 2018, Dionyssis Baltas defended his Diploma thesis entitled "Investigation of the solution space of a nonlinear reaction-diffusion problem".

     On 23 February 2018, Alkis Skouteris will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Effective order reduction of a three-dimensional chemical vapor deposition model by using principal components analysis and artificial neural networks" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 20 February 2018.

     George Psarellis is the recipient of the Best Diploma Thesis Award of the year 2017 ^(*) in the Department of Process Analysis and Plant Design - read the announcement (in Greek). Posted 16 February 2018.

     Computational Mechanics Seminar, 9 January 2018 - announcement (in Greek). Posted 20 December 2017.

     On 19 December 2017, Brendon Ong will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "A CFD analysis of an Atomic Layer Deposition reactor: the case of alumina deposition from TMA and water" - announcement. Posted 14 December 2017.

     C-MAC Days 2017, Athens, Greece, 20-23 November 2017 -- organized by NTUA. Posted 16 November 2017.

     Computational Mechanics Seminar, 1 November 2017 - announcement (in Greek). Posted 24 October 2017.

     On 13 October 2017, Evangelos Kouvelos will defend his postgraduate thesis entitled "Theoretical investigation of pharmaceutical substances release from nanoporous carriers" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 10 October 2017.

     On 13 October 2017, Evangelos Antoniou will defend his postgraduate thesis entitled "CFD Simulation of droplets injection and water film development in the Air Intake System of a passenger car using OpenFOAM" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 10 October 2017.

     On 13 October 2017, George Dimitrellos will defend his postgraduate thesis entitled "Modeling of a periodic anaerobic baffled bioreactor by using Comsol Multiphysics" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 10 October 2017.

     Bredon Ong, senior undergraduate student from the University of Edinburgh, joined our group to work on his diploma thesis on CFD analysis of atomic layer deposition processes. Brendon will stay at NTUA for the period July-December 2017, as an Erasmus student. Posted 10 July 2017.

     On 3 July 2017, Nikos Memmos will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Stochastic simulations in heterogeneous populations of E.coli with the toggle switch model" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 29 June 2017.

     On 3 July 2017, Elisabeth Anglou will defend her Diploma thesis entitled "Development of realistic reduced-order models for nonlinear chemical vapor deposition processes" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 29 June 2017.

    Large Scale Scientific Computing Workshop at NTUA - read the announcement (in Greek). Posted 30 May 2017.

    Nikos Cheimarios is the recipient of the NTUA Best PhD thesis Award for the year 2012 ^(*) by the Sarafis Foundation - read the announcement (in Greek). Posted 26 May 2017.

    POSTGRADUATE STUDIES PROGRAM "COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS" at NTUA. Applications for admission for academic year 2017-18 - announcement (in Greek). Posted 28 April 2017.

    Pavlos Gkinis is the recipient of the Best Diploma Thesis Award of the year 2016 ^(*) in the Department of Process Analysis and Plant Design - read the announcement (in Greek). Posted 18 March 2017.

     On 20 February 2017, George Psarellis will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Chemical Vapor Deposition of Aluminum from the precursor DMEAA: Investigation of chemistry mechanisms and kinetics" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 17 February 2017.

     On 17 February 2017, Kalliopi Lapokonstantaki will defend her postgraduate thesis entitled entitled "Calculation of friction losses of two-phase flows in micro-channels" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 14 February 2017.

     Yiannis G. Aviziotis was among the recipients of the Léopold Escande 2016 Award for best doctoral theses of the Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (INPT). Yiannis' PhD thesis, entitled "Chemical vapor deposition of Al, Fe and of the Al₁₃Fe₄ approximant intermetallic phase: Experiments and multiscale simulations", was jointly supervised (co-tutelle) by Prof. A. G. Boudouvis at NTUA and Dr. C. Vahlas and Dr. T. Duguet at INPT. The thesis was defended on 15 November 2016 at NTUA. Posted 4 Dec. 2016.

     On 15 November 2016, Yiannis G. Aviziotis will defend his doctoral thesis entitled "Chemical vapor deposition of Al, Fe and of the Al₁₃Fe₄ approximant intermetallic phase: Experiments and multiscale simulations" - announcement. Posted 1 Nov. 2016.

     On 3 October 2016, Theodoros-Nestor Papapetrou will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Development of a reduced order model of a chemical vapor deposition reactor with the method of Principal Component Analysis and artificial neural networks" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 30 Sept. 2016.

     On 3 October 2016, Maria Katsalirou will defend her Diploma thesis entitled "Analysis of mass losses during cold storage of nectarines using CFD" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 30 Sept. 2016.

     On 3 October 2016, George Pantelidis will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Theoretical analysis and optimization of α solar thermal system with the φ-f chart method" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 30 Sept. 2016.

     Professor A. G. Boudouvis will be on leave from NTUA for the period September-October 2016. He will be with the Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France, as Visiting Professor. Posted 5 Sept. 2016.

     Konstantinos Karalis received a Praize for the Best Postgraduate Thesis of the year 2014 ^(*), by the Thomaidis Foundation (NTUA) - read the Senate's decision (in Greek). Posted 5 Sept. 2016.

     On 5 July 2016, Greg Kassapidis will defend his postgraduate thesis entitled entitled "Large-scale computations, with graphics processing units (GPU), for the simulation of wetting phenomena" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 1 July 2016.

     On 1 July 2016, Pavlos Gkinis will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Investigation of GaN deposition in a chemical vapor deposition reactor with rotating disk" - announcement (in Greek). Posted 27 June 2016.

    Giorgos-Pavlos Gakis is the recipient of the Best Diploma Thesis Award of the year 2015 ^(*) in the Department of Process Analysis and Plant Design - read the announcement (in Greek). Posted 23 April 2016.

    POSTGRADUATE STUDIES PROGRAM "COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS" at NTUA. Applications for admission for academic year 2016-17 - announcement (in Greek). Posted 22 April 2016.

    Computational Mechanics Seminar, 1 March 2016 - announcement (in Greek). Posted 29 Feb. 2016.

    Computational Mechanics Seminar, 21 December 2015 - announcement (in Greek). Posted 15 Dec. 2015.

    Computational Mechanics Seminar, 7 December 2015 - announcement (in Greek). Posted 1 Dec. 2015.

    Postgraduate Program "Mathematical Modelling in Modern Technologies and Economics" Seminar "Scaling - up and bridging scales in process engineering ", by Prof. A. G. Boudouvis, School of Chemical Engineering, NTUA. 2 December 2015, Department of Mathematics, School of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences, NTUA, 5:00 pm - announcement (in Greek). Posted 30 Nov. 2015.

     A diploma thesis opening at ENSIACET, Toulouse, France, with industrial participation - announcement. Posted 31 Oct. 2015.

     On 26 October 2015, Ilias Nikolaidis will defend his postgraduate thesis entitled "Development of computational algorithms and thermodynamic models for multiphase, multicomponent CO₂ mixtures" - announcement (in Greek).

     On 30 September 2015, George-Paul Gakis will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Computational study of solution space multiplicity in a rotating wafer reactor for film deposition from vapor" - announcement (in Greek).

     On 2 July 2015, Charalambos Chrysinas will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Theoretical analysis and optical simulation of point focus solar concentrator" - announcement (in Greek).

     On 2 July 2015, Foivos-Georgios Stergiannis will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Investigation of electrostatic and interfacial phenomena on SiO₂ plates with the streaming potential technique" - announcement (in Greek).

     Nikos Kallikounis is the recipient of the Best Diploma Thesis Award of the year 2014 ^(*) in the Department of Process Analysis and Plant Design - read the announcement (in Greek)

     On 24 June 2015, Panagiotis Chrysinas will defend his postgraduate thesis entitled "Numerical solution of multivariable cell population balance models: A study of nonlinear phenomena in heterogeneous populations of E.coli with the toggle switch model" - announcement (in Greek).

     On 19 May 2015, Ioannis Anagnostopoulos will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Decomposition of large and sparse linear algebraic equation systems to independent subsystems and solution with the Schur Complement-GMRES method" - announcement (in Greek).

     On 10 March 2015, Gerasimos Pagratis will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Theoretical analysis and thermal simulation of passive cooling system for high concentration photovoltaic cells" - announcement (in Greek).

     Computational Mechanics Seminar, 10 March 2015 - announcement (in Greek).

     Computational Mechanics Seminar, 19 January 2015 - announcement (in Greek).

     Computational Mechanics Seminar, 8 December 2014 - announcement (in Greek).

     On 3 December 2014, Marios Oikonomou will defend his postgraduate thesis entitled "Schur Complement on multiple CPU/GPU parallel computer architectures. Application in the finite element method" - announcement (in Greek).

     Computational Mechanics Seminar, 1 December 2014 - announcement (in Greek).

     On 28 November 2014, Panagiotis Giannatselis will defend his postgraduate thesis entitled "Solution multiplicity in a symmetric chemical vapor deposition reactor: co-existence of symmetric and non-symmetric flow fields" - announcement (in Greek).

     On 26 November 2014, Konstantinos Karalis will defend his postgraduate thesis entitled "Computational fluid dynamics simulation of an electric submerged arc furnace" - announcement (in Greek).

     Computational Mechanics Seminar, 24 November 2014 - announcement (in Greek).

    A diploma thesis opening at ENSIACET, Toulouse, through Erasmus, for 2014-15 - announcement (in Greek).

     Computational Mechanics Seminar, 10 November 2014 - announcement (in Greek).

     On 24 October 2014, Dimitrios Papageorgiou will defend his doctoral thesis entitled "Interfacial phenomena of the interaction of electric fields and fluids on superhydrophobic surfaces" - announcement (in Greek).

     On 15 October 2014, Andreas Natsis will defend his postgraduate thesis entitled "Multiphase CFD Simulation of suction of water by the engine of cars subjected to water drive through" - announcement (in Greek).

     On 8 October 2014, Maria Syngelaki will defend her Diploma thesis entitled "Development of the size distribution of the Microalgae Dunaliella salina under constant shear stress" - announcement (in Greek).

     On 6 October 2014, Sofia Chrysikopoulou will defend her Diploma thesis entitled "Numerical solution and evaluation of the Black-Scholes equation adapted to a stochastic jump-diffusion model" - announcement (in Greek).

     On 31 July 2014, Greg Kassapidis will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Solution of large and sparse systems of linear algebraic equations with graphics processing units. Application in the finite element method" - announcement (in Greek).

     On 29 July 2014, Angelos Tokas will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Development of Titanium Dioxide (TiO₂) films by sol-gel method, characterization and photocatalytic behavior" - announcement (in Greek).

     On 20 June 2014, Alkistis Sempou will defend her Diploma thesis entitled "Modeling and computational simulation of diffusion phenomena in fruit drying" - announcement (in Greek).

    Chemical Engineering Seminar: "Quantitatively understanding the impacts of airborne particles on clouds, storms and climate", by Prof. A. Nenes, Schools of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. 10 June 2014, Koumoutsos Room, Chemical Engineering Building, 1:00 pm - announcement.

    POSTGRADUATE STUDIES PROGRAM "COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS" at NTUA. Applications for admission for academic year 2014-15 - announcement (in Greek).

      The thesis of Athanasios Vitsas, entitled "Multilayer particle resuspension in a turbulent flow" was nominated, by the Postgraduate Studies Program "Computational Mechanics", for the NTUA Thomaidis Foundation Postgraduate Thesis Award for the year 2013.

     On 15 April 2014, Nikos Kallikounis will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Design of uniform films by spatially multiscale computations in chemical vapor deposition processes" - announcement (in Greek).

     An internship position for diploma thesis is currently available at the Institut für Fluiddynamik, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany - announcement. Posted 21 Dec. 2013

     A diploma thesis opening at the Chair for Process Systems Engineering of the Technische Universität München, München, Germany,through Erasmus, for 2013-14 - announcement (in Greek). Posted 21 Dec. 2013

     On 18 July 2013, Nikos Diamantonis will defend his doctoral thesis entitled "Mathematical modeling of thermophysical properties and phase equilibria of pure carbon dioxide and multicomponent mixtures" - announcement (in Greek).

    On 16 July 2013, Spyros Svoronos will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Numerical solution and evaluation of the nonlinear Black-Scholes equation" - announcement (in Greek).

    On 8 July 2013, Athanasios Vitsas will defend his postgraduate thesis entitled "Multilayer particle resuspension in a turbulent flow" - announcement (in Greek).

    On 4 July 2013, Efthymios Ioannidis will defend his Diploma thesis entitled "Modelling and simulation of epitaxial growth processes of metallic films" - announcement (in Greek).

    Efthymios Ioannidis is the recipient of the First Prize for his Diploma thesis ^(*) oral presentation at the 9^th Panhellenic Conference in Chemical Engineering.

    POSTGRADUATE STUDIES PROGRAM "COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS" at NTUA. Applications for admission for academic year 2013-14 - announcement (in Greek).

    Andreas G. Boudouvis is the new Dean of the Chemical Engineering School of NTUA for a 4 years term. He was elected on 11 March 2013 and appointed on 28 March 2013.

   The Doctoral Thesis of Nikos Cheimarios was selected by the Greek Association of Computational Mechanics as the best Doctoral Thesis in Computational Mechanics in year 2012 and was nominated for the Best Doctoral Thesis Award by the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS).

    Computational Mechanics Seminar: "Nonlinear Economic Dynamics: Trick or Treat? - Views from a social scientist-engineer", by Dr. Stelios Bekiros, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB). 3 April 2013, Koumoutsos Room, Chemical Engineering Building, NTUA, 2:00 pm - announcement.

    On 7 March 2013, Yiannis Aviziotis will defend his postgraduate thesis entitled "Coarse-grained computations for cell population balances" - announcement (in Greek).

    Dmitry Pozharskiy is the recipient of the Best Diploma Thesis Award of the year 2012 ^(*) in the Department of Process Analysis and Plant Design - read the announcement (in Greek).

    On 20 February 2013, Chrysa Tsesmeli will defend her Diploma thesis entitled "A study of the effect of a self-cleaning coating in the performance of photovoltaics" - announcement (in Greek).

    On 12 February 2013, Eleni Kontogeorgopoulou will defend her Diploma thesis entitled "Force and deformation measurements in the pruned Rosensweig instability" - announcement (in Greek).

    Chemical Engineering Seminar: "Materials Science and Engineering in Europe: Bridging the Death Valley", by Dr. C. Vahlas, Institut Carnot-CIRIMAT, Toulouse, France. 30 October 2012, Koumoutsos Room, Chemical Engineering Building, 1:00 pm - announcement.

    On 19 October 2012, Yiannis Gergianakis will defend his postgraduate thesis entitled "Computational analysis of chemical vapor deposition of Alumina" - announcement (in Greek).

    Computational Mechanics Seminar: "Dimension reduction methods for nonlinear multiscale problems", by Prof. Antonis Zagaris, University of Twente, the Netherlands. 18 October 2012, Multimedia Room, Central Library Building, 1:00 pm - announcement.

    On 12 October 2012, Mado Syrigou will defend her Diploma thesis entitled "Experimental investigation of electrowetting on dielectrics" - announcement (in Greek).

    Two diploma thesis openings at ENSIACET, Toulouse, through Erasmus, for 2012-13 - announcement (in Greek).

    On 27 September 2012, Georgia Sakellari will defend her postgraduate thesis entitled "Optimization of bubbler design" - announcement (in Greek).

    POSTGRADUATE STUDIES PROGRAM "COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS" at NTUA. Applications for admission for academic year 2012-13 - announcement (in Greek).

    Nikos Chamakos received a Best Poster Award in the 7^th Chemical Engineering Conference for Collaborative Research in Eastern Mediterranean Countries (EMCC7) - read the announcement.

    Our work on multiscale analysis of Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) processes is featured in the November 2011 Newsletter (pp. 5-9) of the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS).

    Computational Mechanics Seminar: "Multiscale modeling of physical and biological systems", by Prof. George Karniadakis, Brown University, USA. 28 March 2012, "Koumoutsos" Room, NTUA Chem. Eng. building, 4:00 pm.

    Openings for PhD candidates in a research project of “THALIS”.

    Ioannis Aviziotis is the recipient of the Best Diploma Thesis Award of the year 2011 ^(*) in the Department of Process Analysis and Plant Design - read the announcement (in Greek).

    Georgia Sakellari received the Best Diploma Thesis Award of the year 2010 ^(*) in the Department of Process Analysis and Plant Design.

    Ioannis Lignos received the Best Diploma Thesis Award of the year 2009 ^(*) in the Department of Process Analysis and Plant Design - read the announcement (in Greek).

    Maria-Ioanna Kairi received the 3^rd Prize for the Best Diploma Thesis of the year 2008 ^(*), by the Thomaidis Foundation (NTUA) - read the Senate's decision (in Greek).

    Nikos Vourdas received the Best Doctoral Thesis Award of the year 2007 ^(*), by the Thomaidis Foundation (NTUA) - read the Senate's decision (in Greek).