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Alexandros Tsimpoukis

Mechanical Engineer, MSc, PhD

Reactor's Isobox, NSCR "Demokritos"

a.tsimpoukis@ipta.demokritos.gr

+30 210 6503750


Research Interests

  • Rarefied gas dynamics
  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Microfluidics
  • Solar thermal systems

Computer Skills

    Programming languages
  • FORTRAN
  • Matlab
  • Mathematica
  • LaTeX
  • Python
    Applications
  • MS Office applications
  • Tecplot360
  • COMSOL
  • TRNSYS
  • Autodesk AutoCAD

Languages

  • Greek
  • English
  • French


Education

Doctoral Dissertation in Mechanical Engineering
2016 - 2020

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly

  • PhD Thesis: Rarefied oscillatory and pulsatile gas flows in capillaries and enclosures with applications in vacuum technology and microfluidics
  • Supervisor: Prof. D. Valougeorgis

M.Sc. in Mechancal Engineering
2014 - 2015

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly

  • MSc Thesis: Numerical investigation of the shock wave structure with kinetic and continuum models
  • Supervisor: Prof. D. Valougeorgis

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
2008 - 2014

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

  • Diploma Thesis: Calculation of Heating and Cooling Degree-days from records of meteorological stations in the greater metropolitan area of Thessaloniki
  • Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. K. Papakostas

Employment

Postdoc Researcher
Sep 2021 - Present

Post-doc Researcher at THEMLab, NSCR “Demokritos”.


Postdoc Researcher
Apr 2020 - Aug 2021

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly.


Mechanical Engineer
May 2014 - Dec 2015

Engineering firm in Larissa.


Scholarships/Awards

Award
2019

2019 IUVSTA – Elsevier Student Award. 21th International Vacuum Congress, Malmo, Sweden


Teaching Activities

Teaching Assistant
2016 - 2021

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly

  • Solar Thermal Systems, Supervision of 8 thesis in Solar Thermal Systems (2017 - 2021)
  • Introduction to Computer Programming (2018)
  • Numerical Methods (2016)

Research Projects

NanoInformaTIX
Sep 2021 - Present

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


EUROfusion
2016 - 2020

EUROfusion - European Fusion Project (WP:EDUCATION)

Scientific Associations

  • Technical Chamber of Greece

Publications - Conference Announcements

Peer Reviewed Scientific Journals
  1. T. Basdanis, A. Tsimpoukis and D. Valougeorgis, Performance optimization of a solar adsorption chiller by dynamically adjusting the half-cycle time, Renewable Energy 2021; 164: 362-374.
  2. A. Tsimpoukis, S. Naris and D. Valougeorgis, Oscillatory pressure-driven rarefied binary gas mixture flow between parallel plates, Physical Review E 2021; 103(3).
  3. A. Tsimpoukis and D. Valougeorgis, Linear harmonic oscillatory rarefied gas flow with arbitrary frequency in comb finger blocks, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 2021; 331.
  4. A. Tsimpoukis and D. Valougeorgis, Pulsatile pressure driven rarefied gas flow in long rectangular ducts, Physics of Fluids 2018; 30(4).