CURRICULUM VITAE DR NIKOLAOS ATHANASOPOULOS ADDRESS AND PERSONAL DETAILS Address: 6 Solomou Str. Patras, 26222 - Greece Tel: +306946630065 E-Mail: nathan@mech.upatras.gr nikos.athanasop@gmail.com Nationality: Hellenic Date of Birth: 7 December 1982, Athens Marital Status Single Military Service: Fulfilled Current Status: Research Engineer EDUCATION 2/2013-12/2013 Postdoctoral Thesis Numerical modelling in composites manufacturing for aerospace structures 12/2007-02/2013 10/2000-02/2006 10/2004-02/2005 Doctor of Philosophy PhD Thesis: Calculation of electrical conductivity and electrothermal analysis of multilayered carbon reinforced composites: application to damage detection MEng & BEng in Mechanical Engineering, (7.47/10, Very Good) Thesis: Manufacturing of solar car chassis using resin infusion process, «HERMES II», 2006 Thesis: Design and analysis of sandwich structured solar car chassis, 2004 Student Visitor Researcher, Fellowship of the Greek State Industrial Science and Production Department, Cranfield University Research Thesis Title: Experimental research into high and low velocity impact of composite panels 2000 High School, Athens, (18.2/20, Excellent) WORKING EXPERIENCE 2012-13 Industrialization of out - of - Autoclave Manufacturing for Integrated Aerostructures, University of Patras.
2011-11 De Orbiting of Satellites using Solar Sails, University of Patras. 2010-12 Incorporation of natural fibres into virgin and recycled polymeric matrix, University of Patras. 2010-13 Innovative Smart Composite Moulds for Cost-Effective Manufacturing of Plastic And Composite Components, University of Patras. 2007-10 Innovative Action for Plastics and Composites, Regional Innovation Pole of Western Greece, University of Patras. 2009-10 Nano-Modified Fiber Reinforced Polymers in Terms of Mechanical, Electrical and Thermal Properties towards the Development of New Materials for Space Applications, University of Patras. 2008-12 Innovative Repair of Aerospace Structures with Curing Optimization and Life Cycle Monitoring Abilities, University of Patras. 07/2003 Occupation in the factory of the Hellenic Industry of Arms. (Computer Aided Design department) AWARDS AND CONTESTS 2007-08 Head of Solar Car Team «HERMES II» (1 st award) International solar car design contest INTERREG-IIIA Sun Life, Ioannina, Greece 07/2005 European Contest, DEWO 2005 Agusta Westland, Milan - Selection of the essay Z-Pinned Composites» Topic: Heavy Helicopter Design by 25 European Students 2003-04 Pan-Hellenic Solar Vehicles Design competition (2 nd award) The 1 st Greek experimental solar vehicle HERMES I took the 14th and 9th place in the World Solar Car contest Phaethon 2005 J1 J2 J3 J4 INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS E. Fiamegkou, N. Athanasopoulos and V. Kostopoulos. On the prediction of effective thermal conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced polymer systems. (Submitted) N. Athanasopoulos and V. Kostopoulos. Strong validation of the equivalent electrical conductivity tensor of thin multidirectional carbon fibre reinforced plastics. (Submitted) N. Athanasopoulos, G. Koutsoukis, D. Vlachos and V. Kostopoulos. Temperature uniformity analysis and development of open lightweight composite molds using carbon fibres as heating elements, Composites Part B: Engineering, (50) 279-289, 2013. A. Baltopoulos, N. Athanasopoulos, I. Fotiou, A. Vavouliotis and V. Kostopoulos. Sensing strain and damage in polyurethane-mwcnt nano-composite foams using
J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 electrical measurements. Express Polymer Letters, 8(1) 40-54, 2013 N. Athanasopoulos and V. Kostopoulos. Damage detection via Joule effect for multidirectional carbon fiber reinforced composites. Applied Physics Letters, 101(11) 2012. N. Athanasopoulos, A. Baltopoulos, M. Matzakou, A. Vavouliotis and V. Kostopoulos. Electrical Conductivity of Polyurethane/MWCNT Nanocomposite Foams. Polymer Composites, 8(33) 1302 1312, 2012. N. Athanasopoulos and V. Kostopoulos. Resistive heating of multi-directional and unidirectional dry carbon fibre preforms. Composites Science and Technology, 72(11) 1273-1282, 2012. N. Athanasopoulos, D. Sikoutris, T. Panidis and V. Kostopoulos. Numerical Investigation and Experimental Verification of the Joule - heating Effect of Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) Based Carbon Fiber Tows Under High Vacuum Conditions. Journal of Composite Materials, 46(18) 2153 2165, 2012. N. Athanasopoulos and V. Kostopoulos. Prediction and experimental validation of the electrical conductivity of dry carbon fiber unidirectional layers. Composites Part B: Engineering, 42(6) 1578 1587, 2011. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS C1 V. Kostopoulos, A. Baltopoulos, A. Vavouliotis & N. Athanasopoulos. Electrical methods for structural health monitoring of composite (aero) structures. 11th International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability, Columbia University - New York, June 16-20, 2013. C2 N. Athanasopoulos and V. Kostopoulos. Calculation of an equivalent electrical conductivity tensor for multidirectional carbon fiber reinforced materials. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIER), Moscow, August 19-23, pp. 1013-1018, 2012. C3 A. Ampatzoglou, A. Baltopoulos, A. Kotzakolios, N. Athanasopoulos, A. Vavouliotis and V. Kostopoulos. Re-design, Analysis, Manufacturing and Testing of a Full Composite CubeSat Structure (UPSat). 4th European CubeSat Symposium, Ecole Royale Militaire, Brussels, 2012. C4 N. Athanasopoulos, G. Sotiriadis and V. Kostopoulos. A study on the effect of Jouleheating during the liquid composite molding (LCM) process and on the curing of CFRP composite laminates. 10th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials (FPCM10), Monte Verità, Ascona, CH July 11-15, 2010. C5 V. Kostopoulos, E. Fiamegkou, A. Baltopoulos, A. Vavouliotis, P. Karapappas, N. Athanasopoulos and I. Fotiou. Multifunctional properties of multi-wall carbon nanotubes/cyanate-ester nanocomposites and CFRPs. 2nd International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, Weihai, China, 2009. C6 P. Karapappas, A. Baltopoulos, A. Vavouliotis, E. Fiamegkou, N. Athanasopoulos, I. Fotiou and V. Kostopoulos. The effect of silicon carbide nanoparticles on the multifunctionality of epoxy polymers and CFRPs. 2nd International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, Weihai, China, 2009.
C7 S. Tsantzalis, X. Derdas, N. Athanasopoulos, K. Dimopoulos, A. Kotzakolios, D. Mazarakos, G. Mixalelis, D. Sikoutris and V. Kostopoulos. Design and Analysis of Electrical Cars. Technical Chamber of Greece. Electrical Means of Transportation in Greece, Athens, Greece, 2006. C8 N. Athanasopoulos, A. Kotzakolios, P. Irving and V. Kostopoulos. Numerical modeling and experimental verification of the low velocity impact response of composite panels made by a toughened aeronautic resin. Aeronautics Days, Vienna, Austria, 2006. MAGAZINES M1 A. Baltopoulos, N. Athanasopoulos, M. Matzakou, A. Vavouliotis, and V. Kostopoulos. Polymer foams with tailored electrical conductivity using multiwall carbon nanotubes. Plastics Research Online, 2012. REVIEWER / EVALUATOR / MEMBER Reviewer: Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Materials Letters (2013) Invited Evaluator of Project Proposals: Latvian Science Council (2013) Member of CubSat Team, University of Patras, UPsat - Microsatellite (Design for composites and manufacturing, SMA modeling), (2010-2012) Member of Technical Chamber of Greece (since 2008) Member of solar vehicle HERMES I and coordinator of HERMES II (2004-2008) WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS PARTICIPATION Training Workshop on Novel Repair Patch Application Techniques, France, Paris, 2012 NanoEurope, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2008 Comprome - Monitor, Optimisation and Control of Liquid Composite Moulding Processes, Industrial Seminar, Lyon, France, 2008 TECHNICAL SKILLS Fractography using optical microscopy Mechanical characterization of composites and core materials Thermography / Thermal properties analyzer (Thermal Analyzer TCi-Mathis) Manufacturing of composites*: Excellent knowledge of Infusion and Autoclave manufacturing processes. Good knowledge of RTM, RFI, Injection molding processes COMPUTER USE General use: OFFICE / ORIGIN / Adobe Premiere Computer Aided Design: Excellent knowledge of Inventor 12 Pro Dynamic Simulation, FEA / AutoCad Finite Element Analysis: Excellent knowledge of COMSOL, PAM-RTM Programming: MATLAB
LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE Greek (native) English OTHER CERTIFICATIONS Certified Advanced Diver Certified Professional Rescue and Emergency First Response Diver OTHER ACTIVITIES Running, spearfishing, reading