List of Publications

List of Publications  

Doctoral Thesis: Modelling the decision architecture of manufacturing systems: The decision analysis – GRAI integrated technique, University of Sheffield, 2002

MBA Thesis: Organisational performance measurement and rewards allocation at KIMAGRO consortium, Sheffield Hallam University, 2001

M.Sc(Research) Thesis: Development of a decision-based modelling methodology for small to medium sized manufacturing enterprises within the Business Process Reengineering framework, University of Sheffield, 1997. 

Publications

Refereed International Book Chapter Publications

• Papadakis, L., Vassiliou, V., Menicou, M., Schiel, M., & Dilger, K., 2012, “Adhesive Bonding of Attachments in Automotive Final Assembly”, chapter in Yang, Gi-Chul,  Ao, Sio-long, Gelman, Len, 2013, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (Ed), Ch. 56, Vol. 229. IAENG Transactions on Engineering Technologies. Special Volume of the World Congress on Engineering 2012. ISBN 978-94-007-6189-6. (http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-94-007-6190-2_56)
• Charalambides, M., Menicou, M., Christou, P., and Vassiliou, V., 2010, “A quality decision supporting tool for the construction industry”, chapter in Kaveh Sheibani, 2010, Lecture Notes in Management Science, Volume 2, pp. 193-204, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Operational Research. (http://orlabanalytics.ca/lnms/archive/v2.htm)

 

Refereed International Journal Publications

• Vassiliou V., Charalambides, M., Menicou, Chartosia, N., Tzen E., Binopoulos, E., Papadopoulos P., Loucaides (accepted for publication). “An aquaculture feed management system powered by renewable energy sources: Investment justification”, Aquaculture Economics & Management, Taylor & Francis
• Menicou, M., Exizidou, N., Vassiliou, V. and Christou P. (2014). An economic analysis for Cyprus’ residential buildings’ energy retrofits potential, International Journal of Sustainable Energy, (on-line, DOI:10.1080/14786451.2013.873800) (Taylor & Francis)
• Menicou, M., Vassiliou, V., Charalambides, M., and Christou P. (2012). Towards the Development of a Real-Time Quality Control Tool for the Residential Housing Sector, International Journal of Quality and Innovation (IJQI), Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 80-104,(Inderscience Publishers).
• Menicou, M. and Vassiliou, V. (2010). Prospective energy needs in Mediterranean Offshore Aquaculture: Renewable & Sustainable energy Solutions, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 14, Issue 9, December 2010, pp 3084 - 3091 (Elsevier Publications).
• McCarthy, I. and Menicou, M. (2002). A classification schema of manufacturing decisions for the GRAI enterprise modelling technique, Computers in Industry Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 339-355, (Elsevier Publications).
• Menicou, M. (2000). Strategic Decisions in the Manufacturing Function: Dealing with their Complexity using Decision Analysis techniques, International Journal of Technology Management, 2(7), (Inderscience Publishers).

 

Refereed International Conference Publications

• Exizidou, P., Christou, P., Menicou, M., Vassiliou, V. A preliminary study for Cyprus energy retrofits potential of residential buildings.4th International Conference on Renewable Energy Sources & Energy  Efficiency – New Challenges, Nicosia, Cyprus, 6-7 June, 2013,  pp. 58 -66 ISBN 978-9963-567-04-1.
• Menicou, M., Vassiliou, V., Papadakis, L., Chartosia, N., Tzen E., Binopoulos, E.,  Papadopoulos P., Loucaides A. A feeding management system: The integration of a renewable energy sources system with aquaculture. 2nd International Conference on Food Industry, Agriculture and Applied Chemistry (FIAAC '13), Lemesos, Cyprus, March 21-23, 2013, pp. 270-275, ISBN 978-1-61804-167-8.
• Vassiliou, V., Charalambides, M., Menicou, M., Minimizing fish-feed loss due to sea currents: An economic methodology. International Conference on Environmental, Biological and Ecological Sciences, and Engineering ICEBESE 2013, Madrid, Spain, March 28-29, 2013. (http://www.waset.org/journals/waset/v75.php ). World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology Issue 75 2013.
• Vassiliou, V., Menicou, M., Charalambides, M., Avgousti, R., Operational Risk Attitude of Cyprus Banks. In “Challenges for Analysis of the Business and the Economy”, pp. 48-55, ISBN: 978-3-927535-89-3. Proceedings of the Scientific Conference Challenges for Analysis of the Business and the Economy, Berlin, Germany, September 13-16, 2012.
• Menicou, M., Hadjiyiannis, S.,Vassiliou, V., Athanasiou, C.Solar Water Heating Systems in Cyprus: Current status and Economic Analysis of an improved Flat Plate Solar Collector, Power Options for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (POEM), Limassol,  Cyprus, 19 – 21 November, 2012, pp. 46-52, POEM12/109.
• Charalambides, M., Vassiliou, V., Avgousti, R. and Menicou, M., An Operational Risk Management Tool for the Cypriot Bank Sector, presented at the Annual Paris Conference on Business and Social Sciences, Paris, France, July 12-13, 2012. ISBN : 978-1-922069-08-5  http://www.wbiconpro.com/beginnote_Paris2012.htm
• Menicou, M., Vassiliou, V. Chalambides, M., Tsukrov, I., and DeCew, J., Engineering Challenges for Sustainable Coastal Cage Aquaculture. In the 1st International Conference on Food Industry, Agriculture, and Applied Chemistry, pp. 150-155, ISBN:978-1-61804-105-0 (Porto, Portugal, July 1 -3, 2012) organized by NAUN Publication and hosted by ISEP – Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto. 
• Chartosia, N., Menicou, M., Climate change and lessepsian migration: An example from the fish fauna of Cyprus. In the 1st International Conference on Food Industry, Agriculture, and Applied Chemistry, pp. 156-160, ISBN:978-1-61804-105-0 (Porto, Portugal, July 1 -3, 2012) organized by NAUN Publication and hosted by ISEP – Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto.  
• V. Vassiliou, M. Menicou, M. Chalambides, J. DeCew and I. Tsukrov, Cyprus’ Offshore Aquaculture Mooring Systems: Current Status and Future Development, International Conference on Biological, Ecological and Environmental Sciences, and Engineering (ICBEESE 2012 Zurich, Switzerland, July 5-6, 2012) organized by World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology 67, 2012.
• Papadakis, L., Vassiliou, V., Menicou, M., Schiel, M., and Dilger, K., Adhesive bonding on painted car bodies in automotive production lines: alternatives and cost analysis. International Conference of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management (ICMEEM 2012), World Congress of Engineering 2012, organized by the International Association of Engineers, London, U.K., 4-6 July, 2012. ISBN: 978-988-19252-2-0, ISSN: 2078-0958 (Print); ISSN: 2078-0966 (Online).
• Vassiliou, V., Menicou, M., Chartosia N., Christofi S., and Charalambides, M., Preliminary analysis for adopting High Pressure Treatment: A simulation-based approach. Proceedings of the 2nd International conference Development, Energy, Environment, Economics (DEEE’11, Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, December 10-12, 2011), Institute for Environment, Engineering, Economics and Applied Mathematics (2011), p. 54.  ISBN: 978-1-61801-005-8.
• Menicou, M., Christofi S., Chartosia N., Vassiliou, V., and Charalambides, M., A Preliminary Technology Assessment Analysis for the Use of High Pressure Treatment on Halloumi Cheese, Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial and Information Engineering(ICIIE 2011, Venice, Italy, November 28-30, 2011), World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology 59 (2011), pp. 1745.
• Menicou, M., Papadakis, L., and Vassiliou, V., Towards Energy Autonomous Aquaculture: An Energy Requirement Study and a Respective Static Structural Analysis. 3rd MSE Conference - Renewable Energy Sources & Energy Efficiency, Nicosia, Cyprus, 19-20 May, 2011.
• Menicou, M., Vassiliou, V., Christou, P., and Charalambides, M. (2010). A Real-Time Quality Assurance Tool for the Cyprus Construction Industry, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Management and Control of Production and Logistics, organized by International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), University of Coimbra, Portugal, September 8-10, 2010.
• Menicou, M., Charalambides, M., and Vassiliou, V. (2010). A Profit Optimisation Decision Support Tool for the Offshore Aquaculture Industry, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Management and Control of Production and Logistics, organized by International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), University of Coimbra, Portugal, September 8-10, 2010.
• M. Charalambides, M.  Menicou, P. Christou, and V. Vassiliou (2010), “A quality decision supporting tool for the construction industry”,Lecture Notes in Management Science, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Operational Research. Volume 2, pp. 193-204 (2010).
• Bellos, E., Leopoulos, V., Menicou, M., and Charalambides, M. (2010), Production Planning in the Aquaculture Industry: A Simulation-based Approach, Proceedings of the 24th Annual European Simulation and Modelling Conference, ESM'2010, October 25-27, 2010, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium.
• Michalis Menicou and Vassos Vassiliou (2009), Photovoltaic Technology application to meet Mediterranean Offshore Aquaculture energy needs, Proceedings of Conference for the Promotion of Distributed Renewable Energy Sources in the Mediterranean Region (DISTRES), Nicosia, Cyprus, 11 -12 December, 2009
• Michalis Menicou and Vassos Vassiliou (2009), Mediterranean Offshore Aquaculture Energy needs: Opportunities and Challenges, Proceedings of MSE Conference - Conference in Renewable Energy Sources & Energy Efficiency, Nicosia, Cyprus, 23-24 October, 2009.
• Menicou, M., Christodoulou, C. and Karagiorgis, G. (2008).  A state of the art review of green hydrogen production and storage techniques from solar thermal and PV technologies, Proceedings of DEMSEE 2008, University of Cyprus, Lefkosia, Cyprus, September 22-23, 2008.
• Menicou M. (2006). Evaluating the Holistic Decision Architecture using an Organizational Metrics System, Proceedings of the 12th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing, University of Saint – Etienne, France, 17 – 19 May 2006. 
• Christodoulou, C. Karagiorgis, G. Menikou, M. Karagiorgis N. and Poullikkas, A. (2004). Green hydrogen production, storage and H2/fuel cell electricity production: On-going projects in the island of Cyprus, Proceedings of the International Conference RES and RUE for Islands, Sustainable Energy Solutions, Aug. 30-31, 2004, Larnaca-CYPRUS
• Christodoulou, C. Karagiorgis, G. Menikou, M. Karagiorgis, N., Poullikkas, A. Lymberopoulos, N., Varkaraki, E., Zoulias, E. and Bozukov, L. (2004). Αποθήκευση υδρογόνου σε μεταλλικά υδρίδια βασισμένα στα υλικά τύπου LaNi5, Proceedings of the 1ο Εθνικό Συνέδριο Τεχνολογιών Υδρογόνου, 30 Σεπτ-2 Οκτ., 2004, Αθήνα, Ελλάδα
• Christodoulou, C. Karagiorgis, G. Menikou, M. Karagiorgis N. and Poullikkas, A. (2004).  Metal Hydrides and Hydrogen Storage Systems: On-going activities in the island of Cyprus, Proceedings of the Workshop on “Mapping European Knowledge on Hydrogen Storage, Petten, The Netherlands, 28-29th October 2004
• Menicou, M. & McCarthy, I. (1999). Competing through capabilities: A decision-aid methodology for manufacturing SMEs. Proceedings of the Second International Stimulating Manufacturing Excellence in Small & Medium Enterprises (SMESME) Conference, University of Plymouth, UK, 29–31 March, p.p. 143-150.
• Menicou, M. (1999). Strategic management of the manufacturing function using GRAI and Decision Analysis techniques, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of the Decision Science Institute, Athens, Greece, 4-7 July, p.p. 1665-1667.
• Menicou, M. & McCarthy, I. (1998). Modelling Manufacturing Systems using GRAI and Decision Analysis techniques, Proceedings of the fourteenth National Conference on Manufacturing Research, University of Derby, UK, 7-9 September, p.p. 397-404.

 

Other Publications

• Μ. Μενοίκου (2011). Ανάπτυξη Συστήματος Διαχείρισης Ποιότητας Πραγματικού Χρόνου για την Οικοδομική και Κατασκευαστική Βιομηχανία, Ενημερωτικό Δελτίο Ε.Τ.Ε.Κ. (Επιστημονικό Τεχνικό Επιμελητήριο Κύπρου), Ιανουάριος 2011, ISSΝ 1450 – 3379, Τεύχος 141, Σελίδες 20 - 21.
• Μ. Μενοίκου (2011). Ανάπτυξη Συστήματος διαχείρισης ποιότητας πραγματικού χρόνου για την Οικοδομική και Κατασκευαστική Βιομηχανία, Πολιτικός Μηχανικός, Επίσημο εκφραστικό μέσο Συλλόγου Πολιτικών Μηχανικών Κύπρου, Απρίλιος 2011, Νο. 26, Σελίδες 36 – 37.
• Μ. Μενοίκου, Σ. Χριστοφή, Μ. Χαραλαμπίδης, Β. Βασιλείου (2010). Υλικά Συσκευασίας Τροφίμων για Μεθόδους Επεξεργασίας Υψηλής Πίεσης, Ενημερωτικό Δελτίο Ε.Τ.Ε.Κ. (Επιστημονικό Τεχνικό Επιμελητήριο Κύπρου), Ιούνιος 2010, ISSΝ 1450 – 3379, Τεύχος 135, Σελίδα 32.
• Μ. Μενοίκου, Σ. Χριστοφή, Μ. Χαραλαμπίδης, Β. Βασιλείου (2010). Έναρξη Ευρωπαϊκού Ερευνητικού έργου: «Υλικά Συσκευασίας Τροφίμων για Μεθόδους Επεξεργασίας Υψηλής Πίεσης», ΟΙΚΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ – ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗ Ενημέρωση,
• http://ecolatestnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/cornet-ii-2010-12.html
• Μ. Μενοίκου, Σ. Χριστοφή, Μ. Χαραλαμπίδης, Β. Βασιλείου (2010). Το Ερευνητικό Κέντρο  Frederick λαμβάνει μέρος σε Ευρωπαϊκό έργο, εφημερίδα «Ο Φιλελεύθερος», Κυριακή 20 Ιουνίου, 2010, σελίδα 23.
• Μ. Μενοίκου, Σ. Κανάραχος, Μ. Χαραλαμπίδης, Π. Μαυρικίου, Β. Λεώπουλος, Ε. Μπέλλος (2009). Επιχειρησιακά Μοντέλα για Βελτιστοποίηση Διαδικασιών Ιχθυοτροφείων Ανοιχτής Θαλάσσης στην Κύπρο «ΤΕΧΝΟΪΧΘΥΣ», ΝΕΠΡΟ/ 0506/ 03, ΥΨΙΠΕΤΗΣ, Τεύχος 28, Νοέμβριος – Δεκέμβριος 2009, ISSΝ 1986 – 0218, σελίδες 25 – 28. 
• Μ. Μενοίκου, Σ. Κανάραχος, Μ. Χαραλαμπίδης, Π. Μαυρικίου, Β. Λεώπουλος, Ε. Μπέλλος (2009). Ολοκλήρωση Ερευνητικού Έργου: Επιχειρησιακά Μοντέλα για Βελτιστοποίηση Διαδικασιών Ιχθυοτροφείων Ανοιχτής Θαλάσσης στην Κύπρο «ΤΕΧΝΟΪΧΘΥΣ», εφημερίδα «Ο Φιλελεύθερος», Κυριακή 29 Μαρτίου, 2009, σελίδα 39.
• Μ. Μενοίκου, Σ. Κανάραχος, Μ. Χαραλαμπίδης, Π. Μαυρικίου, Β. Λεώπουλος, Ε. Μπέλλος (2009). Ερευνητικό Έργο Ιχθυοτροφείων Ανοιχτής Θαλάσσης, εφημερίδα «Η Σημερινή», Κυριακή 22 Μαρτίου, 2009, σελίδα 46.
• Μ. Μενοίκου, Σ. Κανάραχος, Μ. Χαραλαμπίδης, Π. Μαυρικίου, Β. Λεώπουλος, Ε. Μπέλλος (2009). Ολοκλήρωση Ερευνητικού Έργου «ΤΕΧΝΟΪΧΘΥΣ»: Βελτιστοποίηση Διαδικασιών Ιχθυοτροφείων, εφημερίδα «Η Χαραυγή», Πέμπτη 26 Μαρτίου, 2009, σελίδα 42.
• Charalambides, M., Bellos, E. Leopoullos, V., Mavrikiou, P. and Menicou, M. (2008). Fish Feed Cost Projection under Different Scenarios for Offshore Sea Bream Farming, Aquaculture Europe 08, Krakow, Poland, Sept. 16 - 18, 2008.
• Kanarachos, S., Charalambides, M. and Menicou, M. (2008). A Methodology for accurate Underwater Measurement of Gilthead Seabream Image Signature Using a Camera Stereo System, Aquaculture Europe 08, Krakow, Poland, Sept. 16 - 18, 2008.