Lambros Kaiktsis — Professor
Professor at the School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering of NTUA, and Professor and Head of the Department of Marine Engineering at the University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST). Computational thermo-fluid mechanics and combustion with applications to marine engineering.
Contact
- School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, NTUA
Phone: +30 210 772 3386 · E-mail: kaiktsis@naval.ntua.gr - Department of Marine Engineering, UDST
Doha, Qatar · Phone: +974 4495 2600 / +974 5510 4028 · E-mail: lambros.kaiktsis@udst.edu.qa - Google Scholar: profile →
CV as provided by Prof. Kaiktsis (2024). Prof. Kaiktsis is currently at UDST and is no longer listed among the group’s active faculty.
Education
- 1995 — Ph.D. Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich.
Thesis: Instability classification and transition in flow over a backward-facing step. - 1990 — M.Sc. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University.
Thesis: Three-dimensionality and steady equilibria in flow over a backward-facing step. - 1987 — Diploma Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GPA 9.06/10).
Thesis: A study of the thermodynamic cycle of steam power plants.
Academic career
From doctoral research at ETH Zurich through twenty-plus years of service at NTUA, and the present appointment at UDST.
| Period | Position |
|---|---|
| Present | Professor and Head of the Department of Marine Engineering, University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST). |
| 2018 – present | Professor, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, NTUA. |
| 2018 – 2020 | Director, Division of Marine Engineering, NTUA. |
| 2017 – 2020 | Vice-Dean, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, NTUA. |
| 2014 – 2015 | Sabbatical, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khalifa University (UAE). |
| 2003 – 2018 | Assistant / Associate Professor, S-NAME, NTUA (computational thermo-fluid mechanics and combustion with applications to marine engineering). |
| 2000 – 2001 | Consultant to Wärtsilä Switzerland — CFD modelling for large two-stroke marine diesel engines. |
| 1996 – 1999 | Research scientist, ETH Zurich (complex flow and combustion applications in super- and parallel-computing environments). |
Research themes
- Computational thermo-fluid mechanics and combustion applied to marine and energy systems.
- Thermo-fluid dynamics of lubricated contacts.
- Combustion in large marine diesel engines, and performance issues and failures of marine propulsion systems.
- CFD for large two-stroke marine diesel engines.
- Transition and instability in shear flows and premixed flames.
- Coordinator of major research programmes in tribology and engine optimization.
Selected projects
- TRIBO-MARINE (GSRT — ARISTEIA, 2012–2015), PI: L. Kaiktsis.
- MARINELIVE (EU, 2010–2013), PI: L. Kaiktsis; coordinator I. Prousalidis.
- Optimization of dual-fuel marine engines using CFD and evolutionary algorithms (DNV, 2011–2015), PI: L. Kaiktsis.
- MARINECFD (EU Marie Curie, 2008–2012), PI: L. Kaiktsis.
- HERCULES (EU Integrated Project, 2004–2007), coordinator N. Kyrtatos.
- ECCO-MATE — combustion optimization in marine and automotive engines.
Group members’ CVs
Dedicated CV pages for the group’s current and former researchers.
- Dr. Georgios N. Rossopoulos — journal-bearing ML and marine shafting similarity.
- Dr. Dimitrios Skaltsas — TEHD analysis of bearings with stochastic roughness.
- Ioannis Pervelis — elasto-hydrodynamic analysis of deformable journal bearings.
- George Charvalos — ship decarbonization.
- Anastasios Stamoulis — shaft alignment.
- Dr. Anastasios G. Charitopoulos — THD/TEHD analysis of thrust bearings.
- Prof. Lambros Kaiktsis — computational thermo-fluid mechanics and combustion (affiliated).