Zissis Samaras

Summary

Zissis Samaras (born 22 February 1956) is a Greek mechanical engineer and a professor of thermodynamics at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he began his academic career in 1989.[1]

Zissis Samaras
Born (1956-02-22) February 22, 1956 (age 68)
Scientific career
FieldsThermodynamics, Vehicle emissions control, Vehicle emission standard
InstitutionsAristotle University of Thessaloniki
Doctoral advisorKonstantinos Pattas

He is also the head of the Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics[2] (LAT) and co-founder of the two environmental spinoffs EMISIA SA and Exothermia.[3]

Career edit

Zissis Samaras was born in Thessaloniki in 1956 and completed his PhD at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1989. He later became a lecturer in Thermodynamics at the same institution. In 2003, he was appointed to a professorship and later head of department from 2007 to 2009.[4]

His research work deals primarily with engine and vehicle emissions testing and modeling, and he has carried out a wide range of projects on modeling emissions from internal combustion engines.[5] In recent years, he has more broadly focused on sustainable energy[6] and experimental techniques for testing of exhaust emissions.

In the past two decades he has led multiple research projects with LAT, involving the European Commission.[7][8][9][10] Moreover, the Greek state has made use of technology developed by the Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics and Zissis Samaras.[11]

He is the Vice Chair of European Road Transport Research Advisory Council.[12] Since 2021, he has been the co-ordinator of European Commission's fuel consumption project Mile21.[13]

Education edit

He received his BSc/MSc and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.[14][1]

Published work edit

Samaras has authored and co-authored more than 300 scientific publications to date.[15][16]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "ΜΟΔΙΠ - Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης | Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα". qa.auth.gr. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  2. ^ "Zissis Samaras | Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics". lat.eng.auth.gr. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  3. ^ "Home | Exothermia". www.exothermia.com. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  4. ^ "Προηγούμενοι Πρόεδροι Τμήματος | Τμήμα Μηχανολόγων Μηχανικών". www.meng.auth.gr. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  5. ^ Ανδρή, Γιώργου Κ (2019-12-02). "Ζήσης Σαμαράς: Έρχεται το Euro "Ω" αλλά δεν έρχονται επενδύσεις!". Carpress.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  6. ^ "Φορητή μονάδα συμπαραγωγής ηλεκτρισμού και θέρμανσης με τη χρήση βιομάζας". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  7. ^ "Nano-pollution from cars - Web bonus". euronews. 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  8. ^ Loctier, Denis (2019-02-04). "Air pollution: the tiny nanoparticles causing big health problems". euronews. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  9. ^ "Members - EARPA". www.earpa.eu. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  10. ^ "CONTACT | DIAS PROJECT". dias-project.com. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  11. ^ "Το ΑΠΘ θέτει στη διάθεση του Στρατού τεχνογνωσία και εξοπλισμό υψηλής τεχνολογίας". In.gr. 4 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Ertrac - Welcome". www.ertrac.org. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  13. ^ "Helping Europe's consumers to track fuel consumption". cinea.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  14. ^ Σαμαράς, Ζήσης (1989). ΜΕΤΑΒΑΤΙΚΗ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΣ ΟΞΕΙΔΩΤΙΚΗΣ ΠΑΓΙΔΑΣ ΣΩΜΑΤΙΔΙΩΝ ΚΑΥΣΑΕΡΙΟΥ ΚΙΝΗΤΗΡΩΝ DIESEL (Διδακτορική Διατριβή thesis) (in Greek). Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ΑΠΘ). Σχολή Πολυτεχνική. Τμήμα Μηχανολόγων Μηχανικών. hdl:10442/hedi/1200.
  15. ^ ORCID. "Zissis Samaras (0000-0002-5823-3814)". orcid.org. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  16. ^ "Zissis Samaras". scholar.google.gr. Retrieved 2021-08-22.