Christos S.

Studies: 2011 - : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Degree: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering 2009 - 2010: Department of Power and Propulsion, School of Engineering, Cranfield University, U.K. Degree: [login to view URL]. by Research in Thermal Power Thesis: "Emissions estimation from industrial gas turbine combustors" 2001 - 2007: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Degree: Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Thesis: "Simulation of a hybrid Solid Oxide Fuel Cell / micro Gas Turbine power generation system" Work experience: 2011 - : Researcher at Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Main tasks: Emission inventories for cities, feasibility studies for biomass power plants and emission calculations for heavy duty vehicles. 2010 - 2011: Quality Manager at Viomer S.A. - industrial projects, Diavata, Thessaloniki, Greece Main tasks: For the project "CCR upgrading process" at Thessaloniki's refinery: Welding selection in order to perform non-destructive tests, cost calculation of all QA/QC works, recording of welders productivity according to the daily welding production, preparation and control of the test packages before the hydraulic tests, completion of welding maps, elaboration of the final drawings using AutoCAD and development of worksheets for pressure vessel calculations using excel and VBA. 2009 - : Teacher to undergraduate students in Thessaloniki and Sindos, Greece Courses: Thermodynamics, Drawing, Fluid Mechanics, Mathematics, Physics, Statics and Structural Mechanics. 2009: Mechanical Engineer at S.C.A. Packaging Hellas S.A., industrial area of Thessaloniki (Sindos), Greece Main task: Surveillance of the factory's main boiler: Daily start-up or shutdown of the boiler, pressure and temperature observation, implementation of pH tests at the water cycle, as well as acid supplementation for the conservation of the desired water pH. 2008 - 2009: Fellow worker at V. Maliokas and Associates L.T.D., Thessaloniki, Greece Main task: Development of hydraulic and electrical studies. Sample works: Final stage study of five small hydro power plants in the water supply network of Veroia city, feasibility study of a small hydro power station on the Strimonas River, electrical design of a pump station at the area of Kaligga - Veroia city and electrical design of a pump station at the area of Gazi. Publications: 2011: Samaras C., Di Lorenzo G., Kalfas A. and Pilidis P., "An emissions model for NOx and CO emission trends from industrial gas turbines", Paper IGTC 2011 - 0038, International Gas Turbine Congress Vol. 10, Osaka, Japan, November 2011. 2007: Samaras C., Psarra A. and Kalfas A., "Model of a hybrid solid oxide fuel cell/micro gas turbine power generation system", Paper EFC 2007 - 39167, The Second European Fuel Cell Technology and Applications Conference, Rome, Italy, December 2007. Interests: Engineering: Hydraulics, Gas Turbines, Pollutant Emissions, Hydro Power Plants, Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy Applications in general, Fuel Cells, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Applications, Welding, Piping, Pressure Vessels and Industrial Applications. Computer science: Programming in general, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) & Excel, Access, Word, Visual Basic, FORTRAN, HTML and AutoCAD.