Professor and Deputy Head of Research Institute Email vasileios.koutsos@ed.ac.uk Location 1.132 Sanderson Building Personal Page https://vasileioskoutsos.wixsite.com/softmaterials Social Media Linkedin Engineering Discipline Mechanical Engineering Research Institutes Materials and Processes Research Publications Biography Vasileios Koutsos, FInstP, FIMMM, CEng MIMechE, FHEA, 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, 1997B.Sc. in Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1992 Professional Qualifications and Memberships Chartered Engineer and Member, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, CEng MIMechEFellow, Institute of Physics, FInstPFellow, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, FIMMMFellow, Higher Education Academy, FHEA Teaching Current:Course Organiser of Industrial/European Placement 4 (MEng)Course Organiser of Professional Issues for Mechanical Engineers 3 (BEng/MEng)Final Year Mechanical Engineering Individual Project Supervision (BEng/MEng)Industrial/European Placement Supervision (MEng)Digital Design and Manufacture (DDM) M.Sc. Project SupervisionMajor Past Teaching:Surface Engineering and Coatings 5Polymers and Composite Materials 4Polymer Science and Engineering 5Dynamics 4Advanced Materials 5Nanotechnology 5Thermodynamics 2Mechanical Engineering 2nd Year Laboratory; 12 experiments in dynamics, thermodynamics, fluids, and structures Research Interests Polymers, Complex Fluids, and Soft Condensed MatterSurfaces and InterfacesMaterials Science and EngineeringComposites and NanocompositesRecycling and SustainabilityAdhesion and TribologyMechanics of MaterialsThin Films and CoatingsMaterials for EnergyMaterials for Biomedical Applications Specialities Self Assembly of Polymers and Nanoparticles on SurfacesSurface Metrology and CharacterisationAtomic Force Microscopy (AFM)Soft CoatingsElastomers and gelsMicro/nanomechanicsWettability of Surfaces, Wetting, DewettingAdditive manufacturing Electrospinning Further Information Deputy Head of the Institute for Materials and Processes (IMP)Deputy Director of Mechanical EngineeringLink to Google ScholarLink to Linkedin
