Theodora Kyratsi
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Cyprus University of Technology
Cyprus
Biography
EDUCATION Ph.D. in Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (June 2002). M.Sc. in "Physics of Materials" , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (November 1998). Degree in Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (October 1996). CAREER Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus (2013- present) Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus (2008-2013) Lecturer, Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus (2004-2008) Teaching position, Department of Education, University of Cyprus (2003-2004) Research Fellow, Chemistry Department at Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA (2002-2003). Researcher, Chemistry Department at Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA (1999-2002).
Research Interest
Materials synthesis and processing based on powder technology techniques – ball milling and consolidation techniques. Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites. Energy- and Environment- related materials. Thermoelectric materials for cooling applications and power generation. CO2 storage.
Publications
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"On the potential use of quarry waste material for CO2 sequestration", I. Rigopoulos, K.C. Petallidou, M.A. Vasiliades, A. Delimitis, I. Ioannou, A.M. Efstathiou, Th. Kyratsi, Journal of CO2 Utilization, 16, 361–370 (2016)
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"Effect of Silicon Nitride/Oxide on the Structure and the Thermal Conductivity of CoSi Nanocomposites", M. Ioannou, A. Delimitis, E. Symeou, J. Giapintzakis and Th. Kyratsi, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 17, 1555–1563 (2017).
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"Effect of Antimony-doping and Germanium on the Highly Efficient Thermoelectric Si-rich-Mg2(Si,Sn,Ge) Materials" N. Vlachos, G.S. Polymeris, M. Manoli, E. Hatzikraniotis, A.U. Khan, Ch.B. Lioutas, E.C. Stefanaki, E. Pavlidou, K.M. Paraskevopoulos, J. Giapintzakis, and Th. Kyratsi, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 714, 502–513 (2017)