Antonios Zavaliangos

Biography

 He had done his PhD (Mech. Eng.) 1992, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MS (Civil Eng. & Eng. Mechanics) 1987, Columbia University Diploma (Mech. Eng.) 1986, National Technical University Athens,  Greece 2013-present A. W. Grosvenor Professor,  Department of Materials Science and Engineering,  Drexel University 2007-present, Director of CMSE - Graduate Assistantship in Areas of National Need (GAANN) program, Drexel University 2009 present, co-Director of GAANN-Pharma - Graduate Assistantship in Areas of National Need (GAANN), DoE program, Drexel University. At 2016 Visiting Scientist, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA (on sabbatical).  In 2007-2013 Dept. Head Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University (Interim till 5/09). From 2004-2013 Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University. In 2007 Visiting Scientist, Merck In & Co. Center for Materials Science, Blue Bell, PA (on sabbatical). In 2006, Visiting Scientist, Johnson&Johnson Pharmaceutical R&D, Spring House, PA (on sabbatical). In 2006-2009 co-Director of DREAM - Graduate Assistantship in Areas of National Need (GAANN), DoE program, Drexel University. In 1998-2004 Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University. In 1999-2000 On Sabbatical in the Genie de Physique et Mechanique des Materiaux (GMP2-CNRS Grenoble France). In 1994-1998 Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University. In 1992-1994 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University  

Research Interest

 rseseach publication are   Scanning Electron Microscope Observations of Powder Sticking on Punches during a Limited Number   On the Post-Compaction Evolution of Tensile Strength of Sodium Chloride-Starch Mixture Tablets   Predictive modeling of pharmaceutical unit operations   Dry granulation process modeling    A Simplified Model of Moisture Transport in Hydrophilic Porous Media With Applications to Pharmaceutical Tablets    The Extrapolation of the Drucker-Prager/Cap Material Parameters to Low and High Relative Densities