Achileas Krikas

School of Chemical Engineering of NTUA in collaboration with the Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety of NCSR "Demokritos"

• PhD Thesis: Modelling of Particle Interaction Mechanisms in Biological Flows
• Supervisors: Assist. Prof. Μ. Kavousanakis (NTUA), Dr. P. Neofytou (NCSR "D" Principal Investigator), Dr. A. Stubos (NCSR "D" Research Director)

Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK

• MSc Thesis: Assessment of Mesh Adaptation Strategies for Computational Aerodynamics
• Supervisor: Dr. Antonis F. Antoniadis

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece

• Diploma Thesis: Numerical and Experimental Investigation of a Wells Turbine
• Supervisor: Prof. Antonios Tourlidakis

Post-graduate research assistant at THEMLab, NSCR “Demokritos”.

Hellenic Aerospace Industry S.A. (HAI), Schimatari, Greece

• Analysed aircraft engines such as J79-17, M53-P2, T56, TF-33, R2800, IO-360, PT6T-6
• Engaged with disassembling and assembling of J79-17, M53-P2, R2800, PT6T-6
• Dealt with maintenance of crucial aircraft parts applying Non-Destructive Testing (Visual Testing, Magnetic Particle Testing, Penetrant Testing, Ultrasonic Testing, Radiography Testing, Eddy Current Testing)
• Monitored chemical and mechanical cleaning, heat treatment and metal spraying of aircraft parts
• Attended to welding aircraft parts with TIG method
• Participated in J79-17 testing and evaluated its results as a final step of maintenance and repair of the engine

Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Modelling Platform for NanoInformatics (H2020-NMBP-14-2018-814426)

Renewables for clean energy buildings in a future power system (H2020-LC-SC3-RES-4-2018-814865)

• Technical Chamber of Greece

Peer Reviewed International and European Conferences

1. G. Meramveliotakis, G. Kosmadakis, A. Krikas, J. Gomes, M. Pilou. Innovative Coupling of PVT Collectors with Electric-Driven Heat Pumps for Sustainable Buildings, In: 13th International Conference on Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry (Eurosun 2020), September 1-3 2020, Athens, Greece
2. A. Krikas, K. Vafiadis, A. Tourlidakis, Computational Analysis of a Wells Turbine for Wave Power Generation, roceedings of Global Power and Propulsion Society, ISSN-Nr: 2504-4400, GPPS Chania20, 7–9 September, 2020, Chania, Greece
3. A. Krikas, K. Vafiadis, A. Tourlidakis, Numerical and experimental investigation of a Wells turbine, 10th Greek Conference of Fluid Flow Phenomena of the School of Engineering of Patras, December 2016, Patras, Greece