I am a 34-year old tenured Assistant Professor conducting basic and applied research on fixed-wing Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) layout design and optimization. Intrigued by novel configurations, with emphasis on the disruptive Blended-Wing-Body (BWB).
I got my Diploma (Integrated Master’s) in Mechanical Engineering in 2013 from the School of Mechanical Engineering, at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and my PhD from the same School and University in 2018. The turning points in my career were the successful flight testing campaign of a 185-kg tactical fixed-wing UAV that I designed along with a handful of young colleagues from scratch in 2016, and the aircraft design and configuration layout courses taught by Dr. Dr. Daniel Raymer in California, from which I graduated a year later.
Along with a group of talented engineers, I am developing research in the scientific fields of Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aircraft Design, emphasizing on the layout design, airworthiness analysis, optimization and flight testing of fixed-wing UAVs. In the last 3 years I am focusing on multidisciplinary shape optimization through the development and use of AI-aided tools and on the investigation of novel configurations, pioneering BWB research.
I have published 25 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and more than 40 papers in conference proceedings (Scopus h-index: 15, https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56400802800). Lastly, I have participated in 18 research projects (3 of which as a PI), co-funded either by National and European grants, or through direct collaborations with the National and International industry.
Proud member of the Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery (LFMT) and the supervising professor of the Aristotle Space and Aeronautics Team (ASAT), the largest and most successful student team in Greece in the field of Aerospace.
I am a 34-year old tenured Assistant Professor conducting basic and applied research on fixed-wing Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) layout design and optimization. Intrigued by novel configurations, with emphasis on the disruptive Blended-Wing-Body (BWB).
I got my Diploma (Integrated Master’s) in Mechanical Engineering in 2013 from the School of Mechanical Engineering, at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and my PhD from the same School and University in 2018. The turning points in my career were the successful flight testing campaign of a 185-kg tactical fixed-wing UAV that I designed along with a handful of young colleagues from scratch in 2016, and the aircraft design and configuration layout courses taught by Dr. Dr. Daniel Raymer in California, from which I graduated a year later.
Along with a group of talented engineers, I am developing research in the scientific fields of Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aircraft Design, emphasizing on the layout design, airworthiness analysis, optimization and flight testing of fixed-wing UAVs. In the last 3 years I am focusing on multidisciplinary shape optimization through the development and use of AI-aided tools and on the investigation of novel configurations, pioneering BWB research.
I have published 25 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and more than 40 papers in conference proceedings (Scopus h-index: 15, https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56400802800). Lastly, I have participated in 18 research projects (3 of which as a PI), co-funded either by National and European grants, or through direct collaborations with the National and International industry.
Proud member of the Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery (LFMT) and the supervising professor of the Aristotle Space and Aeronautics Team (ASAT), the largest and most successful student team in Greece in the field of Aerospace.