George Sideridis

 

George Sideridis

Position

Professor

Address

University of Western Macedonia

Polytechnic School Campus

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Active Urban Planning Zone (ZEP), Kozani

50100 Kozani

Greece

Contact Data

Phone (office): +30 24610 40161 int. 264

E-mail: gsideridis@uowm.gr , gsid@teiwm.gr

Studies

1982 Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Experimental Fluid Mechanics from Queen Mary College, London University, UK.

Thesis title: The growth of turbulence in an oscillatory boundary layer.

1977 Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from Queen Mary College, London University, UK. 

Professional Experience

 

Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece since 1984

June 2019 – today     Professor, University of Western Macedonia, Department of Mechanical Engineering

2014 – June 2019     Professor, Technological Educational Institution of Western Macedonia, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design

2004 – 2014     Associate Professor, Technological Educational Institution of Western Macedonia, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design

2000 – 2004     Teaching Assistant, Technological Educational Institution of Western Macedonia, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design

1998 – 2003     Teaching Assistant, Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki, Department of Vehicles Technology

1993 – 1999     Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Thessaloniki, Department of Chemical Engineering

1984 – 1993     Aerodynamics Specialist, Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI), Research & Development Directorate, Department of Aerodynamics, Guidance & Control

1982 – 1984     Teaching Assistant, Greek Airforce Academy, Chair of Aircraft Propulsion, Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics (during national service)

1977 – 1979     Postgraduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Queen Mary College, London University, UK

Full CV

Course Catalogue

Fluid Mechanics I

Fluid Mechanics II

Gas Turbines and Power Generation

Engineering Mechanics I

Research

Turbulent flows, coherent flow structures, body wake – boundary layer interaction, scalar dispersion in complex flows (experimental simulation of the dispersion of gaseous pollutants in the atmosphere).

Publications in

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Selected Publications

Sideridis G.A., Kastrinakis E.G., Nychas S.G., Rapsomanikis S. (2011). Scalar transport from a planar source in a turbulent boundary layer, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, v.54, pp.5337-5347.

Sideridis G.A., Goudoulas Th.B., Tsorbatzidis A., Liakopoulos Ch. (2010). Experimental Investigation of Supersonic Flows Around Immersed Bodies, Proceedings of the 7th Panhellenic Conference “Fluid Flow Phenomena”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Davakis E., Andropoulos S., Sideridis G.A., Kastrinakis E.G., Nychas S.G., Bartzis J.G. (2005). Evaluation of the Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model DIPCOT Against Data from Wind Tunnel Simulations of Quasi Two-Dimensional Turbulent Flow, Int. J. Environment and Pollution, v. 24, Nos. 1/2/3/4, pp. 114-126.

Sideridis G.A., Kastrinakis E.G., Nychas S.G. (2002). Scalar Transport in a Quasi Two-Dimensional Turbulent Wake Interacting with a Boundary Layer, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, v.45/9, pp.1965-1982.

Sideridis G., Kastrinakis E., Nychas S. (2000). Turbulence Production and Transport in Quasi Two-Dimensional Wake \ Boundary Layer Interaction, Journal of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (ΑΙΑΑ), v.38/2, pp.259-265.

Sideridis G.A., Kastrinakis E.G., Nychas S.G. (1999). Conditional Analysis of Turbulent Heat Transport in a Quasi Two-Dimensional Wake Interacting with a Boundary Layer, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, v.42, pp.3481-3494.

Sideridis G.A., Kastrinakis E.G., Nychas S.G. (1998). Turbulent Heat Flux Measurements in a Quasi Two-Dimensional Flow and in Presence of Large-Scale Structures, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, v.182, pp.255-269.

Sideridis G., Papaspyros J.N.E., Kastrinakis E., Nychas S. (1996). Similarity of Stochastic and Spectral Characteristics of Two Simulated Environmental Flows. Proc. of 3rd International Conference on Environmental Pollution, Editors: A. Anagnostopoulos, P. Day and D. Nicholls, pp.98-104. Thessaloniki, Greece.

Sideridis G., Bernstein L. (1983). A system for phase and intermittency measurements in periodically turbulent flows, J. Phys. E: Sci. Instrum., v.16, pp.136-141.