Contact Dr Konstantinos Georgarakis
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 750111
- Email: K.Georgarakis@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Advanced Casting Science and Technologies
- Composites
- Manufacturing of Functional Materials
- Aerospace Materials
- Nanomaterials
- Smart Materials
- Surface Engineering
- Sustainable Manufacturing
Background
Dr K. Georgarakis joined ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ as a Senior Lecturer in Low Energy and Novel Casting at the Sustainable Manufacturing Systems Center (SMSC) of the School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing (SATM) in 2016. He was previously an Assistant Professor at Tohoku University, Japan and a visiting scientist at the Institute Polytechnique de Grenoble, France. He holds a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering form the National Technical University of Athens, Greece and an Engineering degree in Metallurgy and from the same University. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece and a chartered Metallurgical Engineer.
Dr Georgarakis has extensive experience in rapid solidification and casting, bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) and nanostructured materials. He has participated in numerous research projects as a principal-investigator or co-investigator, related to the synthesis, structure and properties of advanced non-equilibrium materials, funded by EU and Japanese research agencies. He has authored more than 65 original full articles in ISI journals and conference proceedings, numerous technical reports for industrial partners and he holds three international patents. He often serves as invited speaker at international conferences and research institutes and he has co-organized several scientific conferences and workshops. He serves as a member of the editorial board and as a reviewer for numerous scientific journals and national funding agencies in Europe. He received a number of awards and distinctions including the 2010 Young Scientist Award of the International Symposium for Metastable Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials.
Current activities
Casting and Rapid Solidification
Bulk Metallic Glasses (BMGs)
Nanostructured and Metastable Materials
Material synthesis and processing
Powder Metallurgy
Advanced Composite Materials
Application of Synchrotron and Neutron Radiation in materials characterization
Thermo-mechanical treatment of metals
Tribology, Corrosion and Oxidation
PhD Studentship opportunities
Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
Bulk Metallic Glasses
High Entropy Alloys
Nanostructured and Metastable Materials
Casting and Solidification processes
Powder Metallurgy and Metal Injection Moulding
For inquiries: k.georgarakis@cranfield.ac.uk
