Biographical Notes

Undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Patras (Diploma in Mechanical & Aeronautics Engineering, 2016).

Biographical Notes

Dr. Saravanos is a Professor at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics of the University of Patras (1999-date), where he teaches the courses in the areas of Finite Element Analysis, Structural Analysis, Structural Dynamics, Composite Mechanics and Introduction to Computer Science. He has established and heads the research group of Structural Mechanics and Smart Materials.

Prior to joining the University of Patras, he worked for 10 years (1988-1999) as a Researcher in the Structural Mechanics and Structural Dynamics Branches of the Structures Division at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University (1988), a Masters in Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens.

His research interests are focused in the areas of computational structural mechanics, structural dynamics, smart materials, adaptive and morphing structures, structural health monitoring, mechanics of composite materials and structures, and nanomechanics and nanocomposites, with emphasis on applications on wind turbine rotors and aeronautics. He has published over 150 journal articles and conference papers and has received research support from EU (frameworks 5, 6 and 7), national programs, and from NASA and EOARD/AFOSR for projects in the fields of aeronautics/aerospace and wind energy.

He is an Associate Editor of the Wind Energy Journal and of the Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology and served as Associate Editor in the J. of Intelligent Materials, Systems and Structures. He is an Associate Fellow of AIAA, member of the AIAA Adaptive Structures Committee, and member of the scientific committees of the International Conference of Adaptive Structures Technologies (ICAST) and the European Workshop of SHM (EWSHM).

Dr. Saravanos was the advisor of the best European Ph.D in Wind Energy (2012) awarded by the European Wind Energy Academy, and recipient of team Achievement Awards (1990, 1993, 1995, 2001) and Space Act Award (2000) at NASA Glenn Research Center.

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Biographical Notes

Undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Patras (Diploma in Mechanical & Aeronautics Engineering, 2010). Since September 2012, he has been working at the Computer Center of the Mechanical  Engineering & Aeronautics Dept. as Assistant Administrator. He is now a Ph D candidate at Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras (Structural Analysis & Active Materials Group); thesis topic: "STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY EVALUATION  FOR COMPOSITE STRUCTURES BASED ON THE STUDY OF WAVE PROPAGATION USING ACTIVE PIEZOCERAMIC SENSORS WITH INNOVATIVE TIME DOMAIN SPECTRAL FINITE ELEMENTS".

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Dr. Theodosis C. Theodosiou holds a Diploma (2004) and a Ph.D. (2010) in Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics from the University of Patras in the area of Computational Nanotechnology and Multiscale Modeling, as well as a Master's Degree in Information Systems (2016) from the Hellenic Open University. He has more than 15 years’ experience in material modeling, composite structures, nanocomposites and structural health monitoring (SHM). He has also a long experience in programming and software development. He has more than 25 publications in refereed journals and conferences in the area of nanotechnology, computational engineering and information technology. He worked as a Research Engineer (2004-2010) and Post-Doc Fellow (2010-2019) at the Lab. of Applied Mechanics and Vibrations at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics (Univ. of Patras, GR). He has participated in various Research Programs supported by Greek National Funds (Greek Ministry of Education) and European Funds (FP6, FP7, CleanSky JTI etc.), and was co-instructor for the courses: Introduction to Computer Systems and Computer Programming. In 2018, he got elected as Assistant Professor in the Dept. Mechanical Engineering of TEI of Thessaly. Since December 2019, he is an Assistant Professor of the Dept. of Energy Systems of the University of Thessaly. Tought Courses: Metallic Structures, Finite Elements for Constructions, Design of Structures, Systems for Automatic Control, Technical Drawing.

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