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Personal Information

Surname / First name
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Address(es)
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. 70, 81825 Munich, GERMANY
Telephone(s)
xxxx xx xxxxxxxx (at home)
xxxx xxx xxxxxxxx (cell phone)
E-mail
xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xx
Nationality
Greek
Date / Place of birth
1st April 1969, Athens Greece
Marital Status
Married with two children
Education & Training

1986-1992
Diploma of Mechanical Engineer, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece.
1992-1993
CAD-CAM using AutoCAD, 6-month International Seminar, Hellenic Productivity Centre (ELKEPA)
1998-1999
Military Service in the Hellenic Air Force as Aerospace Engineer
2005
Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, Fluids Section, School of Mechanical Eng., National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece.
Ph.D. title: “Steady and Unsteady Performance Analysis of Axial Rotor Operation”
Employment & Expertise

1993-1998
1998-1999
1999-2002
2002-today
Researcher Engineer on contract basis
Aerospace Engineer, Sergeant in the Hellenic Air Force
Researcher Engineer on contract basis
Research and Application Engineer at the Laboratory of Aerodynamics at NTUA., responsible for the research and education work at the wind tunnel.  

Since my graduation the majority of my professional career concerns my involvement in the research activities of the Fluids Section, School of Mechanical Eng., NTUA. Until 2002 I worked on contract basis mainly on wind energy projects all funded by the EC. From that period I gained experience on many aspects of wind energy, including: unsteady aerodynamic modeling of rotors, modeling of dynamic inflow effects and stall, design of rotors, fatigue load analysis also connected to the modeling of turbulent inflow. At a more applied level, I participated in two projects on desalination using wind energy which both led to the construction of hardware prototypes.
Since 2002 I have been member of the staff at the Laboratory of Aerodynamics responsible for the management and execution of the wind tunnel tests and IT (information technology) administration. After receiving my PhD title, I have been also involved in teaching and training as an assistant in the lectures on “Fluid Mechanics”, “Wind Energy” and “Aircrafts Aerodynamics”
In parallel I concluded my PhD. It concerned unsteady flow analysis around rotors in various configurations including: wind turbine rotors, marine propellers, ducted rotors, helicopters. The work was based on the experience at the Laboratory on vortex blob methods. The original code was using thin wing blade representation. In my work the code has been changed to account for the full detailed geometry. In addition the code was coupled with a beam structural model allowing aeroelastic simulations.
Within the same period, I have been involved in two projects on aeronautical applications. The first concerns a tilt rotor while the other a full helicopter.
Research Activities


1. PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN-UNION (EU) RESEARCH PROJECTS

“Development of a new generation of design tools for horizontal axis wind turbines”  JOU2-CT92-0113 (financed by DGXII-CEC in the framework of the JOULE-II programme, 1992-1994)

“Joint investigation of dynamic inflow effects and implementation of an engineering method for response analysis” JOUR-0083-C (financed by DGXII-CEC in the framework of the JOULE programme, 1992-1994)

“Development of an Integrated Audio Visual Impact Siting Tool” JOU2-CT93-0389 (financed by DGXII-CEC in the framework of the JOULE-II programme,  1994-1996)

“Load and Power Measurement Programme on Wind Turbines operating in Complex Mountainous Regions” JOU2-CT93-0378 (financed by DGXII-CEC in the framework of the JOULE-II programme, 1994-1996)

“Dynamic Stall and 3D effects” JOU2-CT93-0345 (financed by DGXII-CEC in the framework of the JOULE-II programme, JOU2-CT93-0345, 1994-1996)

“PRODESAL: Towards the large scale development of decentralised water desalination”  (financed by DGXII-E.U. in the framework of the APAS programme, 1996-1998)

“Investigation of design aspects and design options for wind turbines operating in complex terrain environments” (financed by DG XII - E.U. in the framework of JOULE-III programme, JOR3-CT95-0033, COMPTERID, 1996-1997)

“Verification of European Wind Turbine Design Codes” ”, (financed by DG XII-EU, JOR3-CT98-0267, VEWTDC, 1998-2001)

“TILTAERO: Tilt-Rotor Aerodynamic Analysis” (financed by: DGXII-EU in the framework of the GROWTH programme, 2001-2004)

“HELINOVI: Helicopter Noise And Vibration Reduction” (financed by: DGXII-EU in the framework of the GROWTH programme, 2002-2005)



2. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
1992
“Hough Transformation and Digital Image Analysis”, Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx P., Diploma Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA
1994
“Validation Study of a Wide Range of Aerodynamic Models”, Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx P., Rawlinson-Smith R., Voutsinas S., Proc. of EWEC’94, 5th European Wind Energy Association Conference and Exhibition, Thessaloniki, Greece
1996
“Advanced Aeroelastic Modelling of Wind Turbine Blades”, Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx P., Phillipides T., Voutsinas S., Proc. of 2nd National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Chania Greece
1996
“Advanced Design Tools for Wind Turbines: Evaluation of Results and Recommendations”, Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx P., Huberson S., Voutsinas S., Proc. of European Union Wind Energy Conference, Goeteborg, Sweden
1996
“Dynamic and Strain Analysis of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blades using Computational Methods”, Katopis K, Voutsinas S. Belessis M., Riziotis V., Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx P., Proc. of 5th National Congress for the Renewable Energy Resources, Institute of Solar Technology, Democritos, Athens Greece
2001
“Free-Wake Modeling of Rotor Aerodynamics: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives”, Belessis M., Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx P., Voutsinas S., Proc. of the European Wind Energy Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
“Steady and Unsteady Performance Analysis of Axial Rotor Operation”, Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx P., PhD Dissertation Study, Fluids Section, School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA
2005
“Free Wake Modeling and Wind Turbines Technology”, Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx P., European Academy of Wind Energy 1st PhD-meeting, September 2005, Athens, Greece
Personal Skills

Mother Tongue
Greek
Other language(s)
English (gut), German (basic)
Computer skills
Windows, Linux, Unix OS
Fortran, C, HTML programming
Other skills
Photography, Tennis
Driving License
Category B vehicle Greek driver’s license
Membership in Professional Societies


Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE)

Member of the Electrical and Mechanical Engineer’s Society of Greece

Member of the Greek Forum for Renewable Energies Development (ELFORES)

Member of the Greek Association for Wind Energy (ELETAEN)
Additional Information
References available upon request