Antonios Tourlidakis

	Antonios Tourlidakis
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	Tel (office): +30 24610 56680 Fax: +30 24610 56601 email: atourlidakis@uowm.gr
Studies	Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Cranfield University, UK
Employment	2014 – Professor, University of Western Macedonia 2009 – 2014 Associate Professor, University of Western Macedonia 2003 – 2009 Assistant Professor, University of Western Macedonia 2000 – 2003 Senior Lecturer, Cranfield University 1997 – 2000 Lecturer, Cranfield University 1994 – 1997 Research Fellow, Cranfield University 1990 – 1992 Research Officer, Cranfield University
Laboratory	Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery Laboratory of Internal Combustion Engines
Curriculum Vitae	Antonios Tourlidakis graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Engineering School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He obtained his PhD from the School of Mechanical Engineering of Cranfield University in 1992. At Cranfield University, he was employed as a Research Officer, Research Fellow, Lecturer and Senior Lecturer and developed his research and academic activities through the participation in a large number of research programs, supervising PhD projects and teaching in postgraduate study programs. He developed a research team that was engaged in the development and application of computational aerodynamics methods for the design and analysis of Turbomachines for aerospace and industrial applications. Since 2003, he has been employed as Assistant, Associate and Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Western Macedonia. At the University of Western Macedonia, Prof. Tourlidakis has developed research activities in the fields of computational methods for the analysis and design optimisation of turbomachinery components, optimisation of thermal power generation, design of wind turbines, engineering and management of renewable energy. He has collaborated with local and national stakeholders in scientific, technological and developmental projects and he has been actively involved in local and regional initiatives for the transition of the Region of Western Macedonia towards a production model of lower coal dependence. Prof. Tourlidakis has a strong publication record, he has organised conferences and he has developed teaching and research collaborations with Universities and Research Centres in Greece and abroad. He acted as external examiner of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan (2016-2018). Dr Tourlidakis was awarded the 2002 Arthur Charles Prize by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers of the UK for the best research paper on power generation. He has been a Honorary Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University and he is currently a Visiting Academic at Cranfield University. Professor Antonios Tourlidakis acted as Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Western Macedonia, (2012 – 2015), significantly contributing to the quality improvement and recognition of the Department. He acted as the first elected Rector of the University of Western Macedonia (2015-2019); and, in this institutional role, he undertook initiatives which led to the growth and further establishment of the University in combination with considerable improvement of its overall infrastructure, operational performance and its teaching and research quality.
Course Catalogue	Undergraduate Turbomachinery Gas Turbine Technology Wind turbines and Hydroturbines Postgraduate Thermofluids Computational Fluid Dynamics
Publications in	SCOPUS Google Scholar
Selected Publications	In-Cylinder Flow Measurements in a Transparent Spark Ignition Engine Tsiogkas, V.D., Chraniotis, A., Kolokotronis, D., Tourlidakis, A. SAE Technical Papers, 2019. A practical application of energy harvesting based on piezoelectric technology for charging portable electronic devices Psoma, S.D., Tzanetis, P., Tourlidakis, A. Materials Today: Proceedings, 2017, 4(7), pp. 6771–6785 Computational investigation of a shrouded vertical axis wind turbine Vafiadis, K., Fintikakis, H., Zaproudis, I., Tourlidakis, A. Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo, 2016, 9 A proposal for SO₂ abatement in existing power plants using rich in calcium lignite Efthimiadou, A., Nikolaides, I.P., Tourlidakis, A. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2015, 74, pp. 119–127 Study of slagging and fouling mechanisms in a lignite-fired power plant Panagiotidis, I., Vafiadis, K., Tourlidakis, A., Tomboulides, A. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2015, 74, pp. 156–164 CFD modelling approaches of onshore wind farms and their potential impact on the microclimate of Chios Stergiannis, N., Rados, K.G., Caralis, G., Perivolaris, I., Zervos, A. European Wind Energy Association Conference and Exhibition 2014, EWEA 2014, 2014 Advances of CFD in fluid machinery design R.L.Elder, A.Tourlidakis, M.Yates John Wiley & Sons, 2003.