Department of     Mechanical  Engineering

 

Dr. Christodoulos Christodoulou  EU-DEEP Researcher   Personal           Research

Dr. Christodoulos Christodoulou received the B.Sc. Degree (5-year study) in Chemical Engineering (1984) from the Polytechnic School of Thessaloniki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, the M.Sc. Degree in Chemical Engineering (1987) from Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA, and the Ph.D. Degree in Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science (1990) form Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Dr. Christodoulos Christodoulou has an Industrial experience working in many Industries, such as "TITAN" Cement Industry, Thessaloniki, Greece, Hellenic Sugar Industry, Thessaloniki, Greece, "SODAP" Wine Industry, Pafos, Cyprus and Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Ohmiya, Japan. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Cyprus (ÅÔÅÊ), a member of “The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society” (TMS), a member of the “Hellenic Hydrogen Association” and a full member of "The Scientific Research Society" Sigma Xi. His research interests are in the fields of Energy and Materials:  Hydrogen Production and Purification Technologies, Hydrogen Storage Technologies (metal-hydrides, compressed gas), Renewable Energy Sources (RES, Solar, Wind, Hydrogen), H2/Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Compression based on Metal-Hydrides, Electricity Production from Low-Temperature Waste Heat with the use of Metal-Hydrides, Integrated Hydrogen/RES systems, Distributed Energy Resources (DER), Materials Processing & Characterization, Micro- and Nano-crystalline Materials, Hydrogen Storage Materials, Magnetic Materials (Permanent Magnets) Dr. Christodoulou is the scientific coordinator of more than 15 funded National and European research projects with a total funding of more than 1.8M€. He has over 50 scientific publications in refereed Journals and International Conferences He has collaboration with the local Cyprus industries such as, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Hystore technologies Ltd, Nemitsas Ltd. Founders and Engineers, MUSKITA Aluminium Industries, Anaxagoras Pneumatics Ltd., etc and with foreign industries such as, Gas de France-France, INABENSA S.A.- Gascan-Spain, OWK-, SOLANDIS-, PLANET-Germany, IDS-Switzerland, LabTech-Bulgaria, Tropical S.A-Greece, Public Power Corporation of Greece-Greece, Fichtner GmbH & Co KG-Germany, Less Common Metals-UK, Magnequench AG-Switzerland, Magnetfabrik-Germany, etc.