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Professor Demos T. Tsahalis

Born: March 20 1948, in Anavriti, Sparta, Greece

Marital Status: Married To Vassiliki Baraboutis: Two children

Education

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A.

  •  (1972 – 1974)   Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) in Engineering Mechanics. Major field: Fluid Mechanics, with minor fields of interest: Applied Mathematics, Elasticity, General Dynamics.

  • (1971 - 1972)      M.Sc. (Master of Science) with Thesis in Aerospace Engineering.

  • National Technical University of Greece, Athens, Greece.

  • (1966 - 1971)     Five-year Diploma in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

Employments

  • University of Patras, Chemical Engineering Department, Patra, Greece,

  • 1988 - Present: Full Professor

  • 1990 - Present: Director, Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics & Energy (LFME)

  • Royal Dutch/Shell, Koninklijke/Shell Exploratie en Produktie Laboratorium, Engineering Department, Rijswijk/The Hague, The Netherlands.

  • 1986 - 1988:      Head of Offshore Structures and Pipelines Research Section: Shell Development Company, Westhollow Research Centre, Transportation (Offshore Pipelines and Risers) Research and Engineering Department, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

  • 1984 – 1986:      Staff Research Engineer

  • 1979 – 1984:      Senior Research Engineer

  • 1974 – 1979:      Research Engineer: University of Houston, Chemical Engineering Department, Houston Texas, U.S.A.

  • 1978 – 1982:       Adjunct Associate Professor

Research Interests

  • Computational and Experimental Fluid Mechanics

  • Control of Noise Pollution in Buildings and Open Space (Traffic, Industry)

  • Control of Noise and Vibration, both Passive and Active, in Transport, i.e., Aircrafts, Cars, Trains and Ships

  • Computer Aided Process Engineering (Energy Conservation)

  • Optimization of Operation and Site-scale Energy Use in Production Plants

  • Simulation of Processes with Artificial Neural Networks

  • Optimization of Processes with Genetic Algorithms

Consulting and Expert Services

  • Alaskan Beaufort Sea Oil Spill Response Body, USA

  • American Petroleum Institute, USA

  • American Gas Association, USA

  • Shell/British Petroleum/Todd Limited, New Zealand

  • Det Norske Veritas, USA

  • Det Norske Veritas, Norway

  • Conoco Incorporated, USA

  • Shell/Royal Dutch, The Netherlands

  • Danish Offshore Institute, Denmark

  • ASPROFOS S.A., Greece

  • Hellenic Aerospace Industry, Ltd, Greece

  • Mott MacDonald, Ltd., U.K.

European Commission, Directorate General XII - Hydrocarbons

  • European Commission, Directorate General XII - Wave Energy

  • European Commission, Directorate General XII – Brite - Euram

  • General Secretariat for Research and Technology of Greece

  • Public Petroleum Corporation of Greece - Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbons, S.A., Greece.

Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies

  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Member

  • Hellenic Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics - Member

  • Greek Association of Computational Mechanics (Founding Member)

  • Biopolitics International - Member

  • Hellenic Acoustical Society - Member

  • Hellenic Evaluation and Technology Assessment Society (ELETAS) 

Patends

  • United States Patent Number 4,610,794, September 9, 1986, "High Current Diversionary Boom".