Professor Thanos Megaritis
Professor Head of Department-MAE
Howell Building 109
- Email: thanos.megaritis@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266682
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences
Summary
Academic Career
- April 2023 to date. Head of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- 2011 to date. Professor in Thermofluids, Brunel University London
- 2005-2011. Senior Lecturer/Reader in Thermofluids, Brunel University London
- 1999-2005. Lecturer in Thermofluids, Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham
- 1994-1998. Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology, Imperial College London
Academic and Professional Qualifications
- PhD, DIC, Internal Combustion Engines, Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
- Dipl Ing Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- EurIng(FEANI)
- Chartered Engineer, CEng
Newest selected publications
Avulapati, MM., Pos, R., Megaritis, A. and Ganippa, L. (2023) 'Insights into near nozzle spray evolution, ignition and air/flame entrainment in high pressure spray flames'. Fuel: the science and technology of fuel and energy, 293. pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 0016-2361 Open Access Link
Ruiz-Rodriguez, I., Cracknell, R., Parkes, M., Megaritis, A. and Ganippa, L. (2021) 'Experimental study on sooting propensities of ternary blends of n-dodecane, isododecane, and C8 oxygenates at high pressures'. Combustion and Flame, 23 (Sep 2021). pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 0010-2180 Open Access Link
Kulkarni, AP., Megaritis, T. and Ganippa, LC. (2021) 'Impact dynamics and morphology of urea-water-solution droplets impinging on a hot plate under urea-SCR relevant conditions: Influence of surface tension'. Fuel, 298. pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 0016-2361 Open Access Link
Gharehghani, A., Kakoee, A., Andwari, AM., Megaritis, A. and Pesyridis, A. (2021) 'Numerical Investigation of an RCCI engine fueled with natural gas/dimethyl-ether in various injection strategies'. Energies, 14 (6). pp. 1 - 23.Open Access Link
Yang, W., Xia, J., Wang, XY., Wan, KD., Megaritis, A. and Zhao, H. (2021) 'Predicting evaporation dynamics of a multicomponent gasoline/ethanol droplet and spray using non-ideal vapour-liquid equilibrium models'. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 168. pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 0017-9310