Dr. Nickolas S. Sapidis, Professor

Subject: “Computational Design and Analysis of Machine Elements”

Tel: +30-24610-56608, +30-6944-368839, Fax: +30-24610-56601

E-mail: nsapidis@uowm.gr

URL: http://www.mech.uowm.gr/english/Staff/Sapidis/index.htm

Full CV

University of Western Macedonia

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Bakola & Sialvera Str.

Kozani 50100, Greece

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

· Design of Products and Systems: Mechanical Design, Functional Design, Aesthetic Design, Product Life-Cycle Design, Concurrent Engineering, Reverse Engineering. Applications in Automobile Industry, Mechanical Systems, Shipbuilding, Fashion Industry.

· Computer-Aided Design (CAD): Research, Design of Algorithms, and Software Development. Information Systems for Products and Processes. Hybrid CAD Systems combining Solids and Surfaces with Discrete Models. CAD based on Point Clouds. Product Lifecycle Management.

· Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE): Computational Methods for Analysis of Mechanical Structures. Automatic Finite-Element Model Construction, Integration of CAD and CAE systems.

· Solid Modeling: Models for Highly Complex Systems. Discrete Solid Models and Spatial Subdivisions. Computational Geometry. “Virtual Solid” Modeling of Design Constraints.

· Geometric Modeling of Curves and Surfaces: Bézier, B-spline, NURBS: Theory, Algorithms and Software. Interpolation/Approximation of Data with Curves and Surfaces. Aesthetic Design and Analysis of Surfaces. Automatic Fairing of Curves and Surfaces. Surface Modeling based on Point Clouds. Planar Development of Surfaces.

· Virtual Reality and Simulation of Mechanical Systems: CAD Models for Virtual Reality. Simulation of Design & Production Processes. Virtual Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair of Plants.

· Interactive Computer Graphics and Computer Vision: Graphical Models and Acceleration Techniques for Visualization. Interactive Techniques for Geometric Modeling. Range Image Processing. Reverse Engineering of CAD Models from Range Images.

· Industrial Informatics: Software Systems and Standards for Product Data Management. Integration, Optimization and Evaluation of CAD/CAE Systems. Web-based Product Data Modeling.

EDUCATION

· Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences (1993), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, USA.

· M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences (1988), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, USA.

· M.A. in Applied Mathematics (1987), Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, USA.

· Diploma in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (1985), Department of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.