Professor and Deputy Head of Research Institute Email vasileios.koutsos@ed.ac.uk Telephone +44(0)131 6508704 Location 1.132 Sanderson Building Personal Page https://vasileioskoutsos.wixsite.com/softmaterials Engineering Discipline Mechanical Engineering Research Institutes Materials and Processes Research Publications 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) 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
