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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481Dec-2021A laser vision system for relative 3-d posture estimation of an underwater vehicle with hemispherical opticsConstantinou, Christos C. ; Georgiades, George P. ; Loizou, Savvas 
482Dec-2020Latest progress in Sustainable Development using renewable energy technologyØstergaard, Poul Alberg ; Duic, Neven ; Noorollahi, Younes ; Kalogirou, Soteris A. 
483Mar-2014Legislation driven scenarios based on recent construction advancements towards the achievement of nearly zero energy dwellings in the southern European country of CyprusFokaides, Paris A. ; Christoforou, Elias A. ; Kalogirou, Soteris A. 
484Aug-2009Lessons taught and learned from the operation of the solar energy e-learning laboratoryEleftheriou, Polyvios ; Michaelides, Ioannis 
485Sep-2008Life cycle analysis of thermosyphon solar water heatersKalogirou, Soteris A. 
4862008Life Cycle Analysis of Thermosyphon Solar Water HeatersKalogirou, Soteris A. 
48721-Dec-2017A linear programming approach to the optimal utilization of renewable energy sources in buildingsGeorgiou, Giorgos S. ; Christodoulides, Paul ; Georgiou, Avraam ; Kalogirou, Soteris A. 
48814-Dec-2015Linking the HOMO-LUMO gap to torsional disorder in P3HT/PCBM blendsMcLeod, John A. ; Pitman, Amy L. ; Kurmaev, Ernst Z. ; Finkelstein L., Larisa D. ; Zhidkov, Ivan S. ; Savva, Achilleas ; Moewes A., Alexander 
48911-Dec-2013Local rigidity and physical trends in embedded Si nanocrystalsKleovoulou, Konstantinos ; Kelires, Pantelis C. 
4901-Mar-2018Local viscosity distribution in bifurcating microfluidic blood flowsKaliviotis, Efstathios ; Sherwood, Joseph M. ; Balabani, Stavroula 
49123-Oct-2018Long thermal stability of inverted perovskite photovoltaics incorporating fullerene-based diffusion blocking layerGalatopoulos, Fedros ; Papadas, Ioannis T. ; Armatas, Gerasimos S. ; Choulis, Stelios A. 
4922012Low Concentration Ratio Solar CollectorsKalogirou, Soteris A. 
49321-Nov-2019Low-loss Polymer Optical Components and Cladding Interferometric Devices Inscribed Using Femtosecond Laser InscriptionTheodosiou, Antreas ; Ioannou, Andreas ; Stassis, Andreas ; Kalli, Kyriacos 
49421-May-2022Low-power supralinear photocurrent generation via excited state fusion in single-component nanostructured organic photodetectorsAntoniou, Giannis N. ; Yuan, Peisen ; Koutsokeras, Loukas E. ; Athanasopoulos, Stavros ; Fazzi, Daniele ; Panidi, Julianna ; Georgiadou, Dimitra G. ; Prodromakis, Themis ; Keivanidis, Panagiotis E. 
495Mar-2018Low-Temperature Combustion Synthesis of a Spinel NiCo2O4 Hole Transport Layer for Perovskite PhotovoltaicsPapadas, Ioannis T. ; Ioakeimidis, Apostolos ; Armatas, Gerasimos S. ; Choulis, Stelios A. 
49614-Jun-2021Lymphocyte Nanomechanics in Response to Stent ImplantationKapnisis, Konstantinos ; Stylianou, Andreas ; Kokkinidou, Despoina ; Prokopi, Marianna ; Anayiotos, Andreas 
497May-2017Machine learning methods for solar radiation forecasting: A reviewVoyant, Cyril ; Notton, Gilles ; Kalogirou, Soteris A. ; Nivet, Marie Laure ; Paoli, Christophe ; Motte, Fabrice ; Fouilloy, Alexis 
498Jul-2021Machine learning technology in biodiesel research: A reviewAghbashlo, Mortaza ; Peng, Wanxi ; Tabatabaei, Meisam ; Kalogirou, Soteris A. ; Soltanian, Salman ; Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Homa ; Mahian, Omid ; Lam, Su Shiung 
4991-May-2022Magnesium ribbon and anaerobic granular sludge for conversion of CO2 to CH4 or biogas upgradingAndronikou, Maria ; Adamou, Vasiliki ; Koutsokeras, Loukas E. ; Constantinides, Georgios ; Vyrides, Ioannis 
5002-Nov-2023Magnetic and Magnetostrictive Properties of Sol-Gel-Synthesized Chromium-Substituted Cobalt FerriteBeera, Chandra Sekhar ; Dhanalakshmi, B ; Devi, D Nirmala ; Vijayalakshmi, D ; Mishra, Akanksha ; Govindan, Ramesh ; Rao, B Parvatheeswara ; Shyamala, Pulipaka ; Menelaou, Melita ; Alanazi, Nadyah ; Alodhayb, Abdullah N.