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Greek-British applied scientist, engineer and university professor
Dimitris Drikakis
BornDimitris Drikakis
1965 (age 58–59)
Athens, Greece
Alma mater
Scientific career
InstitutionsFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
University of Manchester (UK)
Queen Mary, University of London (UK)
Cranfield University (UK)
University of Strathclyde (UK, Scotland)
University of Nicosia (Cyprus)
Websitehttps://www.unic.ac.cy/drikakis-dimitris/

Dimitris Drikakis, PhD, FRAeS, CEng, is a Greek-British applied scientist, engineer and university professor. His research is multidisciplinary. It covers fluid dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, acoustics, heat transfer, computational science from molecular to macro scale, materials, machine learning, and emerging technologies. He has applied his research to diverse fields such as Aerospace & Defence, Biomedical, and Energy and Environment Sectors. He received The William Penney Fellowship Award by the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE Plc) to recognise his contributions to compressible fluid dynamics. He was also the winner of NEF's Innovator of the Year Award by the UK's Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange for a new generation carbon capture nanotechnology that uses carbon nanotubes for filtering out carbon dioxide and other gases.

Education

Drikakis obtained his mechanical engineering degree (1982–1987) from the National Technical University of Athens in Greece. His diploma dissertation was in biofluid mechanics and concerned pulsating blood flow in an anisotropic elastic tube.

He carried out his PhD (1988–1991) at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in the Laboratory of Aerodynamics, Fluids Section. His PhD concerned the development of computational fluid dynamics methods for high-speed compressible flows and co-supervised by the Flight Physics Division of Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB), a German aerospace manufacturer formed later on the Airbus Group.

Career

In 1992, Drikakis joined as research scientist and later on as a team leader at the Institute of Fluid Mechanics (Lehrstuhl für Strömungsmechanik – LSTM) of the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) under the direction of Professor Franz Durst. He researched in fluid dynamics and high-performance parallel computing at the early stages of developing parallel computers during that period.

In 1995, he joined as a lecturer the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), merged later with the University of Manchester. He worked in the Fluid Mechanics Division under Professor Brian Launder and Professor Michael Leschziner.

In 1999, he was offered a readership (associate professor position) at Queen Mary, University of London and became a full professor (professor of fluid dynamics) at the same university in 2001. He was 36 years of age.

In 2003 he joined Cranfield University as a professor and head of the Fluid Mechanics and Computational Science Centre. He was appointed head of the Aerospace Science Departments (2005–2010). In 2012, he established the department of engineering physics in the same university, which later evolved to the Institute of Aerospace Sciences. He left Cranfield in 2015. During his tenure at Cranfield University, he held various management and leadership posts, including the director of research in the School of Aerospace, Transport & Manufacturing.

In 2011, he was the founding director of the regional high-performance scientific computing centre at The Cyprus Institute in close partnership with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US.

In July 2015, he was appointed as the executive dean of the Faculty of Engineering and professor of sngineering science at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, one of the UK's largest engineering schools. He worked with principal and vice-chancellor, Professor Sir Jim McDonald (electrical engineer). From 2015 to 2018, he held various executive posts as associate principal and executive director of Global Partnerships.

He left the University of Strathclyde in October 2018 to join the University of Nicosia in Cyprus as the vice president of global partnerships, executive director of research and innovation, with a full professor (cross-appointment) in the medical school and the School of Sciences and Engineering. The University of Nicosia is a private, English-speaking university, the largest in Cyprus. In 2019, he founded the Defence and Security Research Institute, a multidisciplinary institute dedicated to science and technology and collaboration with governments, industry and academic worldwide.

Research

Drikakis' research covers several topics, including:

  • Advanced computational fluid dynamics methods: High-resolution and high-order methods.
  • Transition and turbulence: in the Large Eddy Simulation frame, mainly implicit Large Eddy Simulation, and Direct Numerical Simulation.
  • High-speed flows: featuring shock waves, turbulence, and instabilities.
  • Multiphase flows: He has developed and applied multiphase fluid dynamics methods to study diverse problems such as compressible fluid/solid interactions, two-phase flows, oil and gas flows, Coronavirus transmission and weather effects.
  • Acoustics: acoustic fatigue and noise propagation.
  • Bio-Medical: In 2020 and 2021, he published jointly with Dr Talib Dbouk a series of multiphase fluid dynamics papers investigating the contaminated saliva droplet spread, face masks, and the impact of weather on COVID-19.
    • 1. The article by Dbouk, D. Drikakis, On coughing and airborne droplet transmission to humans Phys. Fluids 32, 053310 (2020) received to date one of the highest Altmetric Score of all American Institute of Physics publications.
    • 2. The trilogy of articles received public recognition through multiple news outlets coverage worldwide.
  • Heat transfer and thermal management: He has developed heat transfer models for a broad range of scales and applications, including micro and nanofluidic devices and fundamental science to understanding solid-fluid interfaces.
  • Multiscale continuum and molecular modelling: He has developed coupling methods comprising molecular and continuum mechanics. He implemented these methods in microfluidic devices, amongst other applications.
  • Machine learning and AI: The development of methods and models for engineering and medical applications.
  • Nanotechnology and gas filtration: He developed a new generation carbon capture technology that uses carbon nanotubes for filtering out carbon dioxide and other gases at low or zero energy cost. This platform technology can be used across a wide range of applications in the power generation, automotive, aerospace, chemical, marine and built environment sectors. He has three patents in the UK Patent 2479257-A, US Patent 20130042762 and China Patent CN102892479.

Other activities

Drikakis has been an associate editor in Computers and Fluids, Physics of Fluids (advisory board), The Aeronautical Journal, Journal of Fluids Engineering. He is also on the editorial board of several journals in applied mathematics, engineering, biomedicine, energy, and nanotechnology.

He was on the Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); on the board of directors of the European Aeronautics Science Network (EASN); Experts Panel and deputy chair of the European Research Council (Engineering), amongst other international committees.

References

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  6. Drikakis, D.; Rider, W. (2005). High-Resolution Methods for Incompressible and Low-Speed Flows. Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-22136-4.
  7. Drikakis, D.; Hahn, M.; Mosedale, A.; Thornber, B. (2009-07-28). "Large eddy simulation using high-resolution and high-order methods". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 367 (1899): 2985–2997. Bibcode:2009RSPTA.367.2985D. doi:10.1098/rsta.2008.0312. hdl:1826/7107. PMID 19531517. S2CID 481993.
  8. Thornber, B.; Mosedale, A.; Drikakis, D.; Youngs, D.; Williams, R. J. R. (2008-05-01). "An improved reconstruction method for compressible flows with low Mach number features". Journal of Computational Physics. 227 (10): 4873–4894. Bibcode:2008JCoPh.227.4873T. doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2008.01.036. ISSN 0021-9991.
  9. Thornber, B.; Drikakis, D.; Williams, R. J. R.; Youngs, D. (2008-05-01). "On entropy generation and dissipation of kinetic energy in high-resolution shock-capturing schemes". Journal of Computational Physics. 227 (10): 4853–4872. Bibcode:2008JCoPh.227.4853T. doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2008.01.035. ISSN 0021-9991.
  10. Drikakis, Dimitris; Fureby, Christer; Grinstein, Fernando F.; Youngs, David (2007-01-01). "Simulation of transition and turbulence decay in the Taylor–Green vortex". Journal of Turbulence. 8: N20. Bibcode:2007JTurb...8...20D. doi:10.1080/14685240701250289.
  11. Thornber, Ben; Mosedale, Andrew; Drikakis, Dimitris (2007-10-01). "On the implicit large eddy simulations of homogeneous decaying turbulence". Journal of Computational Physics. 226 (2): 1902–1929. Bibcode:2007JCoPh.226.1902T. doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2007.06.030. ISSN 0021-9991.
  12. Thornber, B.; Drikakis, D.; Youngs, D. L.; Williams, R. J. R. (2010-07-10). "The influence of initial conditions on turbulent mixing due to Richtmyer–Meshkov instability†". Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 654: 99–139. Bibcode:2010JFM...654...99T. doi:10.1017/S0022112010000492. hdl:1826/7067. ISSN 1469-7645. S2CID 123184244.
  13. Panaras, Argyris G.; Drikakis, Dimitris (2009-08-10). "High-speed unsteady flows around spiked-blunt bodies". Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 632: 69–96. Bibcode:2009JFM...632...69P. doi:10.1017/S0022112009006235. ISSN 1469-7645. S2CID 121390501.
  14. Barton, P. T.; Obadia, B.; Drikakis, D. (2011-09-01). "A conservative level-set based method for compressible solid/fluid problems on fixed grids". Journal of Computational Physics. 230 (21): 7867–7890. Bibcode:2011JCoPh.230.7867B. doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2011.07.008. ISSN 0021-9991.
  15. Romenski, Evgeniy; Drikakis, Dimitris; Toro, Eleuterio (2009-07-25). "Conservative Models and Numerical Methods for Compressible Two-Phase Flow". Journal of Scientific Computing. 42 (1): 68. doi:10.1007/s10915-009-9316-y. ISSN 1573-7691. S2CID 30441000.
  16. Frank, Michael; Kamenicky, Robin; Drikakis, Dimitris; Thomas, Lee; Ledin, Hans; Wood, Terry (2019-06-03). "Multiphase Flow Effects in a Horizontal Oil and Gas Separator". Energies. 12 (11): 2116. doi:10.3390/en12112116.
  17. Dbouk, Talib; Drikakis, Dimitris (2020-09-01). "Weather impact on airborne coronavirus survival". Physics of Fluids. 32 (9): 093312. Bibcode:2020PhFl...32i3312D. doi:10.1063/5.0024272. ISSN 1070-6631. PMC 7513827. PMID 32982135.
  18. Kokkinakis, Ioannis W.; Drikakis, Dimitris; Ritos, Konstantinos; Spottswood, S. Michael (2020-06-01). "Direct numerical simulation of supersonic flow and acoustics over a compression ramp". Physics of Fluids. 32 (6): 066107. Bibcode:2020PhFl...32f6107K. doi:10.1063/5.0010548. ISSN 1070-6631. S2CID 225741546.
  19. Ritos, Konstantinos; Drikakis, Dimitris; Kokkinakis, Ioannis W.; Spottswood, S. Michael (2020-05-15). "Computational aeroacoustics beneath high speed transitional and turbulent boundary layers". Computers & Fluids. 203: 104520. doi:10.1016/j.compfluid.2020.104520. ISSN 0045-7930.
  20. Ritos, K.; Drikakis, D.; Kokkinakis, I.W. (2019-02-17). "Acoustic loading beneath hypersonic transitional and turbulent boundary layers". Journal of Sound and Vibration. 441: 50–62. Bibcode:2019JSV...441...50R. doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2018.10.021. ISSN 0022-460X.
  21. Ritos, Konstantinos; Kokkinakis, Ioannis W.; Drikakis, Dimitris; Spottswood, S. Michael (2017-04-01). "Implicit large eddy simulation of acoustic loading in supersonic turbulent boundary layers". Physics of Fluids. 29 (4): 046101. Bibcode:2017PhFl...29d6101R. doi:10.1063/1.4979965. ISSN 1070-6631.
  22. Ritos, K.; Drikakis, D.; Kokkinakis, I. W. (2019-03-17). "Wall-pressure spectra models for supersonic and hypersonic turbulent boundary layers". Journal of Sound and Vibration. 443: 90–108. Bibcode:2019JSV...443...90R. doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2018.11.001. ISSN 0022-460X. S2CID 126287977.
  23. Loiodice, S.; Drikakis, D.; Kokkalis, A. (2018-09-01). "Emission surfaces and noise prediction from rotating sources". Journal of Sound and Vibration. 429: 245–264. Bibcode:2018JSV...429..245L. doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2018.05.023. ISSN 0022-460X. S2CID 125422686.
  24. Loiodice, S.; Drikakis, D.; Kokkalis, A. (2018-01-06). "An efficient algorithm for the retarded time equation for noise from rotating sources". Journal of Sound and Vibration. 412: 336–348. Bibcode:2018JSV...412..336L. doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2017.09.030. ISSN 0022-460X.
  25. Quaranta, Erika; Drikakis, Dimitris (2009-12-25). "Noise radiation from a ducted rotor in a swirling-translating flow". Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 641: 463–473. Bibcode:2009JFM...641..463Q. doi:10.1017/S0022112009991972. hdl:1826/4577. ISSN 1469-7645. S2CID 122103762.
  26. "Altmetric – On coughing and airborne droplet transmission to humans". aip.altmetric.com. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  27. Dbouk, Talib; Drikakis, Dimitris (2020-05-01). "On coughing and airborne droplet transmission to humans". Physics of Fluids. 32 (5): 053310. Bibcode:2020PhFl...32e3310D. doi:10.1063/5.0011960. ISSN 1070-6631. PMC 7239332. PMID 32574229.
  28. Dbouk, Talib; Drikakis, Dimitris (2020-06-01). "On respiratory droplets and face masks". Physics of Fluids. 32 (6): 063303. Bibcode:2020PhFl...32f3303D. doi:10.1063/5.0015044. ISSN 1070-6631. PMC 7301882. PMID 32574231.
  29. Dbouk, Talib; Drikakis, Dimitris (2020-09-01). "Weather impact on airborne coronavirus survival". Physics of Fluids. 32 (9): 093312. Bibcode:2020PhFl...32i3312D. doi:10.1063/5.0024272. ISSN 1070-6631. PMC 7513827. PMID 32982135.
  30. Frank, Michael; Drikakis, Dimitris (2017-08-24). "Solid-like heat transfer in confined liquids". Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. 21 (9): 148. doi:10.1007/s10404-017-1980-x. ISSN 1613-4990. PMC 6560482. PMID 31258457.
  31. Frank, Michael; Papanikolaou, Michail; Drikakis, Dimitris; Salonitis, Konstantinos (2019-10-02). "Heat transfer across a fractal surface". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 151 (13): 134705. Bibcode:2019JChPh.151m4705F. doi:10.1063/1.5115585. hdl:1826/14621. ISSN 0021-9606. PMID 31594335. S2CID 203983371.
  32. Milnes, Joseph; Drikakis, Dimitris (2009-06-01). "Qualitative assessment of RANS models for Hypervapotron flow and heat transfer". Fusion Engineering and Design. Proceeding of the 25th Symposium on Fusion Technology. 84 (7): 1305–1312. doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.12.004. ISSN 0920-3796.
  33. Milnes, Joseph; Burns, Alan; Drikakis, Dimitris (2012-09-01). "Computational modelling of the HyperVapotron cooling technique". Fusion Engineering and Design. 87 (9): 1647–1661. doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2012.06.014. ISSN 0920-3796.
  34. Frank, Michael; Drikakis, Dimitris (2018-05-12). "Thermodynamics at Solid–Liquid Interfaces". Entropy. 20 (5): 362. Bibcode:2018Entrp..20..362F. doi:10.3390/e20050362. PMC 7512882. PMID 33265452.
  35. Asproulis, Nikolaos; Kalweit, Marco; Drikakis, Dimitris (2012-04-01). "A hybrid molecular continuum method using point wise coupling". Advances in Engineering Software. CIVIL-COMP. 46 (1): 85–92. doi:10.1016/j.advengsoft.2010.10.010. ISSN 0965-9978.
  36. Barton, P. T.; Kalweit, M.; Drikakis, D.; Ball, G. (2011-11-01). "Multi-scale analysis of high-speed dynamic friction". Journal of Applied Physics. 110 (9): 093520–093520–8. Bibcode:2011JAP...110i3520B. doi:10.1063/1.3660194. ISSN 0021-8979.
  37. Kalweit, M.; Drikakis, D. (2008-05-27). "Coupling strategies for hybrid molecular—continuum simulation methods". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 222 (5): 797–806. doi:10.1243/09544062JMES716. S2CID 121285389.
  38. Asproulis, Nikolaos; Drikakis, Dimitris (2013-10-01). "An artificial neural network-based multiscale method for hybrid atomistic-continuum simulations". Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. 15 (4): 559–574. doi:10.1007/s10404-013-1154-4. ISSN 1613-4990. S2CID 98537095.
  39. Frank, Michael; Drikakis, Dimitris; Charissis, Vassilis (2020-03-03). "Machine-Learning Methods for Computational Science and Engineering". Computation. 8 (1): 15. doi:10.3390/computation8010015.
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