Curriculum Details

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Konstantinos Dassios

Assistant Professor

Appointment Pending

Section:

Materials Science and Technology

Phone:

+302610996299

Fax:

E-mail

kdassios@chemeng.upatras.gr

Final: kdassios@chemeng.upatras.gr,

Webpage:

kdassios

Studies:

1996: Diploma in Chemical Engineering, Dipl.-Ing., Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece

1998: MSc, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

2003: PhD, Institute for Energy (IE), Directorate General Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Petten, The Netherlands

Research:

Nanotechnology

Processing and characterization of mechanical, transport and smart properties of nano-modified (graphene, carbon nanotubes) ceramics and cement-based materials
Dispersion of carbon nanospecies in aqueous media
Synthesis of graphene and aligned carbon nanotube arrays
Processing and characterization of composites with aligned CNT

Experimental Fracture Behaviour of Materials

Successful polymer impregnation of mm-high vertically aligned carbon nanotube forests, synthesized in house by Chemical Vapor Deposition, for the production and characterization of z-reinforced nanocomposite mats
Development of fully-dense nano-modified multifunctional ceramic materials by high shear compaction and spark plasma sintering
Significant contribution towards optimization of sonication parameters for the homogeneous dispersion of carbon nanotube in aqueous solutions provided important answers
Development of “smart” cement with embedded nanoscale strain and damage sensors
Assessment of crack propagation in ceramic composites using infrared thermography
Development of revolutionary technique for the fast assessment of the fatigue limit of materials
First experimental proof of residual stress-related common intersection points during cyclic loading of ceramic matrix composites
First experimental measurement, at the microscale, of bridging stresses

Publications:

H. Mei, Υ. Yan, L. Feng, K.G. Dassios, H. Zhang, L. Cheng, First printing of continuous fibers into ceramics, 2019, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 102(6), pp. 3244-3255

I.Κ. Tragazikis, K.G. Dassios, P.T. Dalla, D.A. Exarchos, T.E. Matikas, Acoustic emission investigation of the effect of graphene on the fracture behavior of cement mortars, 2019, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 210, pp. 444-451

K.G. Dassios, P. Alafogianni, S.K. Antiohos, C. Leptokaridis, N.M. Barkoula, T.E. Matikas, Optimization of sonication parameters for homogeneous surfactant assisted dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in aqueous solutions, 2015, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119(13), pp. 7506-7516

K.G. Dassios, D.G. Aggelis, E.Z. Kordatos, T.E. Matikas, Cyclic loading of a SiC-fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composite reveals damage mechanisms and thermal residual stress state, 2013, Composites A 44(1), pp. 105-113

K.G. Dassios, E.Z. Kordatos, D.G. Aggelis, T.E. Matikas, Crack growth monitoring in ceramic matrix composites by combined infrared thermography and acoustic emission, 2014, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 97(1), pp. 251-257

) E.Z. Kordatos, K.G. Dassios, D.G. Aggelis, T.E. Matikas, Rapid evaluation of the fatigue limit in composites using infrared lock-in thermography and acoustic emission, 2013, Mechanics Research Communications 54, pp. 14-20