EDUCATION BACKGROUND-STUDIES

1961-1966

Graduated from "Varvakion Protypon High School", Athens, Greece

1966-1971

Diploma in Mech. & Electr. Engineering

Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department

National Technical University of Athens

1971-1972

Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Thermal Power Engng Diploma of Imperial College (D.I.C.)

Mechanical Engineering Department

Imperial College of Science & Technology

London University

1972-1976

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Power) (Supervisor:   Prof. W. Murgatroyd)

Mechanical Engineering Department

Imperial College of Science & Technology

London University

POSITIONS

1971

Research Assistant at the Chair for "Internal Combustion Engines", N.T.U.A.

1972-76

Post graduate studies.

1977

Military Service in Greek Air Force

1978-82

Dozzent in "Internal Combustion Engines" and in "Heat and Mass Transfer", Mechanical Engineering Department, N.T.U.A.

1983-87

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Eng. Dept, N.T.U.A.

1985-..

Director, Internal Combustion Engines Laboratory

1988-92

Associate Professor, Mechanical Eng. Dept, N.T.U.A.

1992-..

Full Professor, Thermal Engineering Section, Mechanical Engineering Department, N.T.U.A.

1995-99

Head of Thermal Engineering Section, Mechanical Engineering Department, N.T.U.A.

1996-98

Vice-President, The Combustion Institute (International), Greek Section

1998-12

Vice-Scientific Responsible and Vice-Director of the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program Studies "Energy Production and Management" of the N.T.U.A.

2004-06

Head of Thermal Engineering Department, Mechanical Engineering Department, N.T.U.A.

2006-10

President of the Senatorial Advisory Board for the N.T.U.A. Laboratories

2007-09

President (Dean) of the School of Mechanical Engineering of the N.T.U.A.

2009-10

Head of Thermal Engineering Department, Mechanical Engineering Department, N.T.U.A.

2014-15

Vice Dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering of the N.T.U.A.

DISTINCTIONS- MEMBERSHIPS

Ranked first among all graduates of the most famous Greek high-school "Varvakion Protypon High School"

Ranked 3rd, during University studies (1966-71), in a class of about 100 Mechanical Engineering students

Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (1971)

Member, International Solar Energy Society, ISES, Greek Section, 1985

Recipient of the 1988 E.F. Obert outstanding paper award, ASME - WA Meeting, Chicago IL, 1988 (AES - Division)

Member, International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, IUTAM, Greek Section, 1989

Full Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1990

Full Member, New York Academy of Sciences, U.S.A., 1994

Honorary Prize by the Greek Literature Society, 1995

Full Member, American Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 1997

Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2006

Invited to write, with Dr. E.G. Giakoumis, a University Textbook on Engines (in English) by Springer-Verlag London, which was published in March 2009 (390 pages), with the title: "Diesel Engine Transient Operation"

Recipient of the "2012 ASCE Associate Editor Award".

This Prize is awarded annually by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) only to the best Associate Editor (AE), among the ~700 Associate Editors serving to all the 35 Journals (Transactions) published by ASCE.

Outstanding Reviewer Award for the Journal "Applied Energy" (Elsevier) for the years 2013 and 2014.

Outstanding Reviewer Award for the Journal "Energy" (Elsevier) for the years 2013 and 2014.

Outstanding Reviewer Award for the Journal "Energy Conversion and Management" (Elsevier) for the years 2013 and 2014.