Objective  

Technology of Materials. High Temperature Metallurgical Processes

Positions

• Director of Laboratory of Metallurgy and Materials of Department of Chemical Engineers.
• Coordinator of the Intra-University UPatras network “Network on Sustainable Management of Resources and Waste Valorisation” (http://wastevalor.upatras.gr).
• Coordinator of “Sustainable Campus” committee of University of Patras

Research Activities

• Valorisation of industrial (metallurgical, mining etc) residues.
• Processes: Structural ceramics. Cements. Geopolymers. Sintering processes.
• Pyrometallurgical processes: Slag-metal reactions. Thermodynamics and Kinetics.
• Surface modification processes (Thermo-, chemical treatment of metals CVD).
• Process modelling. Thermochemical simulation of multi-element, multiphase systems.

He has been coordinator of more than 20 National and European research programs. Within this frame, he has established collaboration with the main “heavy” industries of Greece, such as LARKO, Aluminium Hellas, TITAN, AGET, Bauxites Parnassos, National Power Coorporation etc. He is instructor of the courses of the Department of Chemical Engineering UPatras, of Materials Science, Metallurgy, Strength of Materials, Mechanics of Materials, Surface Treatments of Metals. Moreover he is person in charge for the training of the students in industries and companies. He has been member of organisation and/or scientific committees in several International or National Conferences. He has been member of the Executive Committee F7 “Surface Characteristics” Carbon and Steel, ECSC, of the European Union. Advisor of students in the frame of Erasmus-Socrates and Leonardo programs (collaboration with France, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria, Spain).