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Engineering Discipline:
- Mechanical Engineering
Biography:
Vasileios Koutsos, CEng MIMechE, FHEA, MInstP, MIMMM, is a Professor (Chair in Soft Materials and Surfaces) with the Institute for Materials and Processes, in the School of Engineering. Formerly a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics in Collège de France (Paris, France, 1998-2000), he holds a BSc in Physics (Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1992) and a PhD in Polymer Science (Chemistry Department & Materials Science Centre, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, 1997).
Academic Qualifications:
- Ph.D. in Polymer Science, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 1997
- B.Sc. in Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1992
Professional Qualifications and Memberships:
- Chartered Engineer and Member, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, CEng MIMechE
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy, FHEA
- Member, Institute of Physics, MInstP
- Member, Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, MIMMM
Teaching:
- Surface Engineering and Coatings 5 (BEng/MEng)
- Final Year Individual Project Supervision (BEng/MEng)
- Mechanical Engineering Industrial Project Supervision (MEng)
Research Interests:
Soft Materials and Surfaces
My main research interests include the following themes: Self-assembly of polymers and nanoparticles on surfaces and interfaces, mechanics of materials with emphasis on soft materials (polymers, rubbers, colloids), nanomaterials, nanostructures, composites and nanocomposites, thin films, coatings, adhesion, tribology, contact mechanics, recycling and sustainability.
Particular emphasis is laid on using the atomic force microscope (AFM) as an advanced multipurpose tool to probe not only the nanometre-scale morphology but also the nanomechanical, physicochemical, adhesive, and frictional properties of surfaces, thin films, coatings, nanostructures, and nanomaterials for both fundamental studies and applications (chemical industry, manufacturing, biotechnology & biomedicine, micro/nanoelectronics).
See also my personal Webpage, for more details on my Research Projects and Publications
Specialities:
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Materials for Energy
- Materials for Biomedical Applications
- Recycling and Sustainability
- Surfaces and Interfaces
- Surface Metrology and Characterisation
- Adhesion and Tribology
- Micro/nanomechanics
- Polymers, Complex Fluids, and Soft Condensed Matter
- Self Assembly of Polymers and Nanoparticles on Surfaces
- Thin Films and Coatings
- Elastomers and gels
- Mechanics of Materials
- Composites and Nanocomposites
- Wettability of Surfaces, Wetting, Dewetting
- Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
- Additive manufacturing
- Electrospinning
Further Information:
- Deputy Head of the Institute for Materials and Processes (IMP)
- Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering
