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Onderzoeksoutput per jaar
Prof.
Nijenborgh4, Gebouw 5113, ruimte 0042
9747 AG Groningen
Netherlands
Trained as a mechanical engineer, Prof. dr. A.I. Vakis is a specialist in the field of tribology –the science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion– and a generalist performing and leading award-winning research on renewable energy and advanced manufacturing. He has published on nanoscale contacts at the head-disk interface of hard disk drives, and investigated fundamental aspects of the nature of contact at the atomic level. His group has expertise on computational methods including molecular dynamics and finite elements, and develops multi-physics models that can be used, for example, to account for tribological effects at critical interfaces in engineering systems. The bulk of research currently performed by the group focuses on offshore renewable energy harvesting and storage technologies. Projects in this direction include wave energy, where the group investigates dense arrays of wave energy converters, and energy storage, were the group develops novel underwater pumped hydro storage together with spin-off company Ocean Grazer BV. Computational fluid dynamics and the boundary element method are used to study fluid-structure interaction, hydrodynamics and hydraulics, while experimental measurements on scale prototypes are used to validate models. To this end, the group manages experimental facilities that include, among others, a wave tank and hydraulic systems such as a scale prototype of the power take-off system for wave energy. Prof. dr. Vakis has also worked on advanced manufacturing in collaboration with industry, for example, to develop digital twins of forming processes, while he also collaborates closely with academic partners on topics ranging from computational fluid dynamics to geomechanics.
In 2015 stemden de VN-lidstaten in met 17 wereldwijde duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen (Sustainable Development Goals, SDG's) om armoede te beëindigen, de planeet te beschermen en voor iedereen welvaart te garanderen. Het werk van deze persoon draagt bij aan de volgende duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstelling(en):
Mechanical Engineering, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
jun.-2008 → dec.-2011
Mechanical Engineering, MSc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
sep.-2005 → mei-2008
Mechanical Engineering, BSc, New Jersey Institute of Technology
sep.-2002 → mei-2005
Program Director of MSc Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM), University of Groningen, Groningen
sep.-2020 → …
Academic Fellow, Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute
jul.-2020 → …
Chair of CMME research group, University of Groningen, Groningen
mei-2019 → …
Co-founder & Scientific Advisor, Ocean Grazer B.V.
1-jun.-2018 → …
Onderzoeksoutput › Academic › peer review
Onderzoeksoutput › Academic › peer review
Onderzoeksoutput › Academic › peer review
Onderzoeksoutput › Academic › peer review
Onderzoeksoutput › Academic › peer review
Vakis, A. (Invited speaker)
Activiteit: Academic presentation › Academic
Vakis, A. (Invited speaker)
Activiteit: Professional or public presentation › Professional
Vakis, A. (Reviewer)
Activiteit: Membership › Academic
Vakis, A. (Member)
Activiteit: Membership › Academic
Vakis, A. (Invited speaker)
Activiteit: Professional or public presentation › Professional
13/07/2021
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: Activiteiten met een maatschappelijk belang › Popular
13/07/2021
1 item van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: Onderzoek › Popular
13/07/2021
1 item van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: Activiteiten met een maatschappelijk belang › Professional
05/07/2021
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: Onderzoek › Popular
Prins, W., Vakis, A. & Jayawardhana, B.
16/06/2021
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: Activiteiten met een maatschappelijk belang › Popular
Moyakine, E. (Recipient), Mohsen, F. (Recipient) & Vakis, A. (Recipient), jan.-2024
Prijs: Prize › Academic
Vakis, A. (Recipient), Besselink, B. (Recipient) & Bunte, K. (Recipient), jun.-2023
Prijs: Prize › Academic
Vakis, A. (Recipient), dec.-2023
Prijs: Prize › Academic
Vakis, A. (Recipient) & Jayawardhana, B. (Recipient), 2021
Prijs: Prize › Academic
Vakis, A. (Recipient), Post, J. (Recipient) & Solhjoo, S. (Recipient), sep.-2021
Prijs: Prize › Professional