Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

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Candidate Students General Information History What is ME and MSE? Vision and Objectives Acquired Skills and Employment Opportunities Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) are among the broadest engineering disciplines; the objectives of these fields are to utilize the scientific principles of physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology for the analysis, design, development, optimization, and production of components, machines, processes and systems. The profile of the engineering field has changed so dramatically over the years that it is no longer an easy task to define a “typical” mechanical engineer. Indeed, the level of education afforded to the mechanical engineer of today permits him or her to work in diverse areas ranging from research, design, development, consulting, fabrication, processing, testing, and characterization to operation, planning, marketing, sales and management. In fact, as they mature professionally, many mechanical engineers move from the more technical environment of design and development to the more business-oriented environment of operations, sales and management. Thus, it is perhaps more appropriate to talk about a typical career path rather than a typical mechanical engineer. In recognition of the diversity of the mechanical engineering discipline, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering aims to foster the appropriate learning environment for its students that will allow them to meet their educational aspirations and pursue their career goals in Cyprus. The single feature that characterises and distinguishes engineers from other professionals is design, and that could entail design of machinery (Mechanical Engineering), design of major highways (Civil Engineering), design of electronic materials/devices and systems (Materials Engineering and Electrical Engineering), and many others. In order for design to have practical significance, however, it must culminate in the production or fabrication of a device, structure or system. Fabrication of any product, however, requires the selection of the appropriate materials. In fact, materials selection is so important from both engineering and economic perspectives that it constitutes an integral and often the most important component of engineering design. If one also takes into account the fact that the rapid technological advancements of recent years have brought into the forefront novel materials like composite and smart materials that allow the design of materials with enhanced properties and characteristics, then one appreciates that the term “modern mechanical engineering design” entails the design of not only a product or a structure but also the material itself. Thus, it is logical that a Department that combines the fields of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering will be able to arm its graduates with the necessary tools to effect complete engineering design beginning with the preliminary stages of design of not only the product or structure but also of the appropriate material and culminating in the last stages of production. In our Department therefore, integrated with the field of Mechanical Engineering is the field of Materials Science and Engineering. Materials Science and Engineering is an interdisciplinary field that has only recently come into the forefront of technology. The stature of the field has grown from that of a support field to that of an independent engineering discipline when it became evident that the activities in various materials categories such as metals, ceramics and polymers have a lot of common features among them involving both their processing and experimental characterization techniques as well as the micromechanical (numerical and analytical) methodologies for the assessment of their properties. Materials Science and Engineering, therefore, has emerged from the integration of these activities. Materials Science and Engineering may be defined as the field of study of the structure and properties of different materials that has the objective of appreciating the relationships between the structural characteristics, processing techniques, and properties of a certain product. Materials Science and Engineering is the utilization of the accumulated knowledgebase for the purpose of effecting specific design, synthesis, control and modification of appropriate materials for engineering and general technological applications. The interdisciplinary nature of the field has its foundations in the fact that one needs to appreciate both the underlying scientific foundations of the pertinent materials – beginning from their fundamental building blocks at the nanoscopic level to their macroscopic behaviour – as well as the specific mechanics characterising their applications. Thus, it is a very broad field attracting scientists and engineers that come from a wide range of educational and research backgrounds such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Engineering. Moreover, it has been observed that, in the recent years, many leading Universities throughout the world are offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Materials Science and Engineering. This trend will continue as more countries realise the importance of the field in the achievement of innovative and ambitious technological goals.

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401Sep-2018Hybrid battery-supercapacitor mathematical modeling for PV application using Matlab/SimulinkArgyrou, Maria C. ; Christodoulides, Paul ; Marouchos, Christos ; Kalogirou, Soteris A. 
402Jul-2020A hybrid optimization approach for autonomy enhancement of nearly-zero-energy buildings based on battery performance and artificial neural networksGeorgiou, Giorgos S. ; Nikolaidis, Pavlos ; Kalogirou, Soteris A. ; Christodoulides, Paul 
403Jun-2009Hybrid PV/T Solar Systems for Domestic Hot Water and Electricity ProductionKalogirou, Soteris A. 
4041-Mar-2023Hydrogen generation by soluble CO reaction with zero-valent iron or scrap iron and the role of weak acids for controlling FeCO formationConstantinou, Despina ; Samanides, Charis G. ; Koutsokeras, Loukas E. ; Constantinides, Georgios ; Vyrides, Ioannis 
4051-Sep-2017Identification of exosomal muscle-specific miRNAs in serum of myotonic dystrophy patients relating to muscle disease progressKoutsoulidou, Andrie ; Photiades, Marinos ; Kyriakides, Tassos C ; Georgiou, Kristia ; Prokopi, Marianna ; Kapnisis, Konstantinos ; Lusakowska, Anna ; Nearchou, Marianna ; Christou, Yiolanda ; Papadimas, George K ; Anayiotos, Andreas ; Kyriakou, Kyriakos ; Kararizou, Evangelia ; Zamba Papanicolaou, Eleni ; Phylactou, Leonidas A 
40630-Sep-2013Identifying potential candidates for donor-acceptor copolymers on a series of 4H-1,2,6-thiadiazines: An electrochemical approachEconomopoulos, Solon P. ; Koutentis, Panayiotis A. ; Ioannidou, Heraklidia A. ; Choulis, Stelios A. 
4072014Impact metal forming using a spherically expanding shock – wave in waterΝικολάου, Έλενα 
4082011Impact of fluid streams on horizontal wallsDias, Frederic ; Lazari, Lazaros ; Dias, Frederic ; Lazari, Lazaros 
409May-2014Impact of head rotation on the individualized common carotid flow and carotid bifurcation hemodynamicsAristokleous, Nicolas ; Seimenis, Ioannis ; Georgiou, Georgios C. ; Papaharilaou, Yannis ; Brott, Brigitta C. ; Nicolaides, Andrew N. ; Anayiotos, Andreas 
41025-Jan-2024The Impact of Ligand Removal on the Optoelectronic Properties of Inorganic and Hybrid Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystal FilmsPapagiorgis, Paris ; Sergides, Marios ; Manoli, Andreas ; Athanasiou, Modestos ; Bernasconi, Caterina ; Galatopoulos, Fedros ; Ioakeimidis, Apostolos ; Nicolaides, Constantinos ; Leontidis, Epameinondas ; Trypiniotis, Theodossis ; Choulis, Stelios A. ; Bodnarchuk, Maryna I. ; Kovalenko, Maksym V. ; Othonos, Andreas ; Itskos, Grigorios 
4112019Impact of molecular conformation on triplet-fusion induced photon energy up-conversion in the absence of exothermic triplet energy transferGoudarzi, Hossein ; Limbu, Saurav ; Cabanillas-González, Juan R. ; Zenonos, Vassiliki M. ; Kim, Ji-Seon ; Keivanidis, Panagiotis E. 
41213-Nov-2018Impact of Polymer Side Chain Modification on OPV Morphology and PerformanceNeophytou, Marios ; Liu, Shengjian ; Gu, Xiaodan ; Savikhin, Victoria ; Babics, Maxime ; Beaujuge, Pierre M. ; Oosterhout, Stefan D. ; Yan, Hongping ; Toney, Michael F. 
41327-Dec-2018Impact of Structural Polymorphs on Charge Collection and Nongeminate Recombination in Organic Photovoltaic DevicesKeivanidis, Panagiotis E. ; Khan, Jafar I. ; Katzenmeier, Leon ; Kan, Zhipeng ; Limbu, Saurav ; Constantinou, Marios ; Lariou, Eirini ; Constantinides, Georgios ; Hayes, Sophia C. ; Kim, Ji-Seon ; Laquai, Frédéric 
414Dec-2017The impact of the implementation of the European Energy Performance of buildings directive on the European building stock: the case of the Cyprus land development corporationFokaides, Paris A. ; Polycarpou, Kyriacos ; Kalogirou, Soteris A. 
415Jun-2015The Impact of the Use of High Insulation Levels on the Overheating of Buildings Located in Southern EuropePanayiotou, Gregoris ; Agathokleous, Rafaela ; Axaopoulos, Petros J. ; Kalogirou, Soteris A. 
41628-Apr-2015The impact of thienothiophene isomeric structures on the optoelectronic properties and photovoltaic performance in quinoxaline based donor-acceptor copolymersSingh, Ranbir R. ; Pagona, Georgia ; Gregoriou, Vasilis G. ; Tagmatarchis, Nikos ; Toliopoulos, Dimosthenis ; Han, Yang ; Fei, Zhuping ; Katsouras, Athanasios ; Avgeropoulos, Apostolos ; Anthopoulos, Thomas D. ; Heeney, Martin ; Keivanidis, Panagiotis E. ; Chochos, Christos L. 
4172008The impact of water vapor transmission rate on the lifetime of flexible polymer solar cellsHauch, Jens A. ; Schilinsky, Pavel ; Choulis, Stelios A. ; Rajoelson, Sambatra ; Brabec, Christoph J. 
4182023Implementation of Energy Geo-Structures for micro-scale District Heating and Cooling in Mediterranean environmentAresti, Lazaros ; Makarounas, Christos ; Florides, Georgios A. ; Christodoulides, Paul 
419Jun-2018Implementing artificial neural networks in energy building applications - A reviewGeorgiou, Georgios C. ; Christodoulides, Paul ; Kalogirou, Soteris A. 
420May-2019Implementing Inkjet-Printed Transparent Conductive Electrodes in Solution-Processed Organic ElectronicsHermerschmidt, Felix ; Choulis, Stelios A. ; List-Kratochvil, Emil J. W.