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Stefanos Gerardis |
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Position |
Assistant Professor |
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Address |
University of Western Macedonia Polytechnic School Campus Department of Mechanical Engineering Active Urban Planning Zone (ZEP), Kozani 50100 Kozani Greece |
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Contact Data |
Phone (office): +30 2461056661 Fax: +30 24610 56 E-mail: sgerardis@uowm.gr |
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Studies |
2012 PhD in Experimental and analytical determination of PVD films’ mechanical properties, AUTH 2006 Mechanical Engineer, AUTH |
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Professional Experience
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2020 – present: Assistant Professor, department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia 2018 – 2020: R&D engineer, tooling design and development for aerospace applications, Sandvik Coromant, Sheffield, UK. 2012 – 2014: R&D engineer, Technological, scientifically and economical evaluation of new metallic neutron guides, Institute Laue Langevin (ILL), Grenoble, France. |
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Research / Laboratory |
Manufacturing technology, Design and development of tools for aerospace machining applications, Materials’ mechanical properties characterization, Fatigue analysis, Design and process analysis by Finite Elements Method (FEM), Stress-corrosion cracking, Ultrafine polishing techniques, Thin hard (PVD) coatings’ production methods, Cutting performance optimization, Nano-indentation technology, Life-cycle assessment of materials and processes. |
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Curriculum Vitae |
Stefanos Gerardis was born in 1982 in Thessaloniki. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Western Macedonia, Greece. Prior to that, he worked as an R&D Engineer at Sandvik Coromant (in Sheffield UK), spearheading projects worth several hundred k€, developing state of the art products for the aerospace sector. He has obtained a Diploma (five-year degree) in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Experimental and analytical determination of PVD films’ mechanical properties and their effect on wear of coated cutting tools from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Furthermore, he has worked as a Post Doc researcher in Institute Laue-Langevin (ILL) (Grenoble, France) with main focus the technological, scientifically and economical evaluation of new metallic neutron guides. In that frame he had designed and constructed several neutron guides prototypes, using new substrate materials. His work has been published in a variety of journals, including Surface and Coatings Technology, Optical Engineering, Annals of the CIRP, Material Science & Engineering Technology. His main research interests are in the area of Manufacturing technology and cutting performance optimization. |
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Course Catalogue |
Undergraduate Design of Welded Structures Introduction to machining processes |
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Selected Publications |
Bouzakis K.-D., Gerardis S., Skordaris G., Bouzakis E., Nano-impact test on a TiAlN PVD coating and correlation between experimental and FEM results, Surface and Coatings Technology 206 (2011), pp. 1936-1940. Bouzakis K.-D., Gerardis S., Katirtzoglou G., Makrimallakis S., Bouzakis A., Cremer R., Fuss H.-G., Application in Milling of Coated Tools with Rounded Cutting Edges After the Film Deposition, Annals of the CIRP, 2009, Vol. 58, pp. 61-64. Bouzakis K.-D., Gerardis S., Katirtzoglou G., Makrimallakis S., Michailidis N., Lili E., Increasing tool life by adjusting the milling cutting conditions according to PVD films’ properties. Annals of the CIRP, Vol. 57/1/2008, pp. 105-108. Klocke F., Georgiadis K., Dambon O., Bouzakis K.-D., Gerardis S, Skordaris G., Complete qualification methodology for coatings of precision glass molding tools, Optical Engineering 51 073401 (2012). Bouzakis K.-D., Pappa M., Skordaris G., Bouzakis E., Gerardis S., Correlation between PVD coating strength properties and impact resistance at ambient and elevated temperatures, Surface and Coatings Technology, 205 (5) (2010), pp. 1481-1485. Bouzakis K.-D., Pappa M., Gerardis S., Skordaris G., 2012, Determination of PVD coating mechanical properties by nanoindentations and impact tests at ambient and elevated temperatures, Journal of the Balkan Tribological Association, 18 (2), pp. 259-270. KD Bouzakis, G Skordaris, S Gerardis, G Katirtzoglou, S Makrimallakis, Ambient and elevated temperature properties of TiN, TiAlN and TiSiN PVD films and their impact on the cutting performance of coated carbide tools, Surface and Coatings Technology 204 (6-7) 2009, 1061-1065
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