Zissis Samaras

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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

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]

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.