Department of     Mechanical  Engineering

 CHRISTODOULOS N. CHRISTODOULOU, PhD

Frederick Institute of Technology

 EU-DEEP Researcher

1.    PERSONAL DETAILS

Name:                                   Christodoulos N. Christodoulou

Date of birth:                       15.9.1959

Place of birth:                     Pafos - Cyprus

Citizenship:                        Cypriot

Marital status:                     Married with four children

Work address:                   7 Yiannis Frederickos Str., Nicosia, Cyprus

Telephone: +357-22345159           

E-mail: eng.cc@fit.ac.cy, frederick@logos.cy.net

Specialisation:                   Materials Properties and Processing, Hydrogen-based Energy Systems

Research Interests:          Micro- and Nano-crystalline Materials, Hydrogen Storage Materials, Magnetic Materials, Materials Processing & Characterization, Hydrogen Technologies, H₂/Fuel Cells, Renewable Energy Sources (RES, Solar, Wind, Hydrogen), Hydrogen Production and Purification Technologies, Integrated Hydrogen/RES systems, Hydrogen Compression based on Metal-Hydrides, Electricity Production from Low-Temperature Waste Heat with the use of Metal-Hydrides

2.    EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

1990                                      Ph.D., Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science

Carnegie-Institute of Technology, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science,

Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

1987                                      M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA

1984                                      B.Sc., Chemical Engineering (5 year program), Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic School of Thessaloniki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

1979                                      High School Certificate, B’ Gymnasium of Pafos

3.    HONORS AND AWARDS

2001                                      Appreciation Award for significant contribution in R&D, by Frederick Institute of Technology

2000                                      Appreciation award in contributing to the successful accreditation of many Departments of Frederick Institute of Technology, by Frederick Institute of Technology

2000                                      Major contribution to Frederick Research Center in obtaining the prestigious “Innovation & Creativity Award 2000” by the Employers and Industrialists Federation of Cyprus (OEB)

1987-1990                            Scholarship for graduate studies at Carnegie-Mellon University

1985-1997                            Scholarship for graduate studies at Kansas State University

1980-1984                            Award from the Labor Ministry of Greece, for excellent university student performance

1977                                      Best Students’ Award, B' Gymnasium of Pafos

4.    SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES/MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of the Technical Chamber of Cyprus (ΕΤΕΚ)
• Member of “The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society” (TMS)
• Member of Materials Research Society
• Member of the “Hellenic Hydrogen Association”
• Full member of "The Scientific Research Society" Sigma Xi
• Member of "The Rare Earth Society"
• Member of "The Magnetics Society"
• Member of the Editorial Board of "The Cyprus Journal of Science and Technology"

5.    PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES

• EU Expert Evaluator
• Reviewer of papers for International Scientific Journals: Journal of Materials Science, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
• Coordinator of GRMAGNET (GReek MAGnetic NETwork) in Cyprus
• Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) Proposal Evaluator