| Research Assistant
Department of ESM Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (VPI&SU) Blacksburg, VA |
(540) 231 4102 (office)
(540) 961 5748 (home)
(540) 231 4574 (fax)
e-mail: dstamos@vt.edu
Home Address: 2400 Ridge Rd, Blacksburg,
VA 24060
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EDUCATION
MS in Engineering Science & Mechanics May
1998 (expected).
Department of Engineering Science & Mechanics, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA.
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Aeronautics
specialization October 1995.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical
University of Athens (NTUA).
Thesis: "Investigation of the capabilities of optimization
methods in the design of horizontal axis wind turbine rotors."
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant Fall 1997
VPI&SU Dept. of ESM,
(experimental analysis of the behavior of inflatable dams and breakwaters)
Graduate Teaching Assistant Spring 1997
VPI&SU Dept. of ESM, (teaching the lab course Introduction
to Fluids Mechanics 3034)
Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall
1996
VPI&SU Dept. of ESM, (grading the homework assignments
for the course Wave Propagation)
Research Assistant Summer 1996
Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES), Athens Greece
(developing a "Utility for measurements uncertainty and annual energy production
estimation for wind turbines." Project funded by the research division
of the European Community (EWTS II. project 4. Power Performance in Complex
Terrrain))
Research Assistant Fall 1995
NTUA, (devise the "Optimal Design of Wind Turbine Rotors
using a Genetic Algorithm (Application to 100, 300, 500 kW rotors)." Project
funded by the research division of the European Community (EPET II #573))
Visiting Researcher at the Physics Research
Institute KFKI (Budapest, Hungary) Summer 1993
PUBLICATIONS
| a. | Dimitrios G. Stamos and Demetri P. Telionis (1997) "An Experimental Study of the Use of Flexible Structures as Breakwaters." The 1997 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. |
| b. | Michael A. Belessis, Dimitrios G. Stamos, Spyros G. Voutsinas (1996) "Investigation of the capabilities of a Genetic Optimization Algorithm in Designing Wind Turbine Rotors." European Union Wind Conference and Exhibition, May 20-24 1996, Goteborg, Sweden. |