Extended CV

Dipl.Eng.: Mining & Metallurgical  Engineering (1989), National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece

Ph.D.: Physical Metallurgy (2004), Metallurgy, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Thessaly, Greece. Thesis: "Laser Welding of Aluminum Alloys: Experimental Study and Simulation of Microstructure Evolution in the HAZ".

Short CV - Research interests

Laser Materials Processing. Structure-Processing-Properties-Performance interactions in metallic materials. Application of computational alloy thermodynamics and kinetics in alloy design and simulation of heat treatments and welding processes. Failure analysis of materials.

• Rolling contact fatigue cracking in rails subjected to in-service loading
• Inverse Thermal Analysis of Heat Affected Zone in Al2129 and Al2198 Laser Welds
• Simulation of the transformation of iron intermetallics during homogenization of 6xxx series extrudable aluminum alloys
• Case Study: Inverse thermal analysis of Al 2198 Laser Welds
• Case Study: Inverse thermal analysis of Al 2139 Laser Welds