Spiros Papaefthimiou

Materials Science and Technology

  • Introduction to Materials Science
  • Atomic structure
  • Chemical Bonds
  • Metallic Bond
  • Structure of Crystalline Solids
  • Imperfections in Solids
  • Diffusion
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Strengthening Mechanisms
  • Phase Diagrams
  • Structure-properties-applications of Catalytic materials
  • Composites
  • Materials Properties
  • Materials for environmental and energy applications
  • Economic, environmental and social issues in the selection and use of materials.

Environmental Analysis and Planning

  • Humanity and the environment.
  • Concepts and principles of ecology.
  • Environmental ethics and legislation.
  • Environment and sustainable development.
  • Environmental problems: global warming and climate change, depletion of stratospheric ozone, acid rain, urban smog, damage of ecosystems.
  • Environmental Management Systems.
  • Life Cycle Analysis.
  • Environmental – ecological footprint.
  • Ecological and energy labelling.
  • European legislation and international standards and regulations for environmental issues and energy planning and management.

Renewable Energy Sources

  • Introduction and general definitions.
  • Energy forms and global energy needs.
  • Solar energy: solar thermal, photoelectric and passive solar systems.
  • Wind energy: key features of wind – technology of wind turbines.
  • Biomass – Biofuels.
  • Geothermal energy.
  • Hydraulic power and hydroelectric plants.
  • Ocean and Tidal energy.
  • Main principles of energy saving and energy efficiency.

Environmental Science and Technology

  • Global Energy System & Fossil Fuels
  • Industry & Environment
  • Air pollution: sources, consequences and control technologies
  • Water purification
  • Waste water treatment
  • Solid waste management
  • Particulate Matter Emission & Control Technologies.

George Arampatzis

Heat Transfer

  • Introduction to heat transfer
  • Heat transfer modes
  • One dimensional, steady state heat conduction
  • Thermal resistances
  • Conduction with heat generation
  • Cooling fins
  • Multi dimensional heat condyction
  • Transient heat conduction
  • Numerical methods in heat conduction
  • Introduction to heat convection
  • Boundary layer, laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layer equations
  • Similarity theory
  • Analogies in heat and momentum transfer
  • Heat convection in external flows
  • Heat convection in internal flows
  • Intriduction to heat radiation

Fluid Mechanics

  • Introcuction to fluid mechanics
  • Fluid properties
  • Hydrostatics, Hydrostatic pressure prism
  • Eulerian and Langragian flow description, streamlines, pathlines
  • Flow equations, integral form
  • Flow equations, differential form
  • Stream function. Velocity potential
  • Bernoulli equation
  • Rotational and irrotational flow fields
  • Euler equations
  • Newton law for viscosity
  • Navier-Stokes equations
  • Laminar and turbulent flow in pipes. Moody diagram
  • Major and minor losses in pipes
  • Flow in pipe networks

Michalis Konsolakis

General Chemistry

Introduction to Chemistry. Atomic structure. Electron configuration. Periodic Table and periodic trends. Ionic bond versus Covalent bond. Molecular Geometry-Valence Shell Electron pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Theory. Valence Shell Theory. Hybridization. Molecular Orbitals. Metallic Bond. Intermolecular forces. Chemical Kinetics. Chemical Equilibrium. Solutions. Acid-Base chemistry. Oxidation-reduction reactions. Surface/structure analysis methods in materials science.

Book written by Michalis Konsolakis for this lesson: General Chemistry: Principles and Applications

Thermodynamics

  • Introduction and Basic Concepts
  • First law of thermodynamics-Energy Conversion and Energy Analysis
  • Properties of Pure Substances
  • Energy Analysis of Closed Systems
  • Mass and Energy Analysis of Control Volumes
  • The Second Law of Thermodynamics
  • Entropy
  • Gas Power Cycles: Otto, Dielel, Stirling, Ericksson, Brayton
  • Chemical Reactions & Chemical Equilibrium

Materials Science and Technology

  • Introduction to Materials Science
  • Atomic structure
  • Chemical Bonds
  • Metallic Bond
  • Structure of Crystalline Solids
  • Imperfections in Solids
  • Diffusion
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Strengthening Mechanisms
  • Phase Diagrams
  • Structure-properties-applications of Catalytic materials
  • Composites
  • Materials Properties
  • Materials for environmental & Energy Applications

Environmental Science and Technology

  • Global Energy System & Fossil Fuels
  • Industry & Environment
  • Air pollution: sources, consequences and control technologies
  • Water purification
  • Waste water treatment
  • Solid waste management
  • Particulate Matter Emission & Control Technologies.

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