Prof Tassos Karayiannis

EDUCATION

• PhD 1986, Engineering Science, Natural Convection in rectangular Cavities, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
• BSc (hons) 1981, Mechanical Engineering , City University, London, UK.

EMPLOYMENT

• 2004-2005 Head of Department of Engineering Systems, London South Bank University
• 2001-2003 Head of Division of Environmental and Energy Engineering, London South Bank University
• 1993-2001 Head of Research, School of Engineering Systems and Design, London South Bank University
• 1998 Professor of Engineering; 1996 Reader in Mechanical Engineering; 1993 Principal Lecturer (Thermofluids); 1989 Senior Lecturer; 1988 Lecturer, London South Bank University
• 1994-1996 Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow; 1988-1994 Honorary Visiting Fellow, City University.
• 1986-1988 British Technology Group Research Fellow, Electrohydrodynamic Enhancement of Boiling and Condensation in Heat Exchangers, City University.
• 1986 Research Fellow, Cavitation Erosion, University of Southampton.
• 1981-1986 Teaching Assistant, The University of Western Ontario.

Research Interests

• Single and Two-phase Heat Transfer
• Enhancement Techniques in Heat Transfer
• Heat Exchangers
• Thermal Systems, Refrigeration, Renewables

Previous Research

Postdoctoral

• Dr D. Zhao, Fundamental study of the mechanism for critical heat flux. EPSRC; £154,145 at Brunel, £125,000 at Edinburgh.
• Boiling and condensation in microchannels, with Edinburgh, Heriot Watt, Queen Mary and Nottingham Univ. Plus Industry, EPSRC to commence in October 2005, Total Funding £1.02M, Brunel funding £235K.

MPhil/PhD programmes

• Vacancy, "Thermofluid transport phenomena in pressurised prodective clothing", EPSRC Quota Award, £44,700, UK Atomic Energy Authority £47,500.
• L. Chen, "Flow boiling regimes in small to micro tubes", EPSRC £51,000, Completion in 2005.
• A. Lalzad, "Solar assisted desalination plant", Funding from Council for the Assistance of Refuge Academics £15,000 , LSBU, Completion in 2005.
• X. Huo, "Flow boiling heat transfer boiling in small to micro diameter tubes" Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme, LSBU, Completion in 2005.
• I. Dabbousi, "In-tube flow boiling of refrigerant/oil mixtures". LSBU, Self funded.
• O. Kamiyo, "Natural convection in cavities", £3000, (Lagos, Nigeria, Member of staff of Lagos University)
• D. Shiferaw, "Vertical flow boiling in small diameter tubes" SED Scholarship.
• Vacancy, "Boiling Heat Transfer with controlled arrays of nucleation sites on silicon surfaces" with Prof. David Kenning and in collaboration with University of Edinburgh, and staff at Ljubljana University, Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of Genova, EPSRC to start in Oct 2005, Total Funding £249K, Brunel funding £106 K.

Teaching

• Thermofluids, Heat and Mass Transfer
• Research Methods
• Fundamentals of Refrigeration/Cooling systems
• Renewable Energy Systems

CONFERENCES & MEETINGS ORGANISED

• MNF2009
• MNF2011
• ETPFGM’10

TRAINING

• Recruitment & Selection – Equal Opportunities, 1993
• Appraisal Methods, 1994
• Management Development Programme, 2001-02 (Recruitment, selection and staff development, Managing multiple roles, Staff disciplinary procedures, Financial management, Health and safety, Equal opportunities).
• Employment Related Policy & Procedures, 2002.
• Training for Chairs of Examining Boards, 2002, 2003.
• Leadership Development Programme, 2004.

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS

• Institute of Energy 2002 Fellow
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1990 Member
• Institute of Refrigeration 1992 Member
• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers 1999 Member
• UK Heat Transfer Society 1989 Member
• UK Heat Exchanger Action Group 1996 Member
• Member of College of Reviewers, EPSRC 2000-2002 and 2002 - present

Publications

Journal Papers

(2010) Hutter, C., Kenning, DBR., Sefiane, K., Karayiannis, TG., Lin, H., Cummins, G. and Walton, AJ., Experimental pool boiling investigations of FC-72 on silicon with artificial cavities and integrated temperature micro-sensors, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 34 (4) : 422- 433

(2010) Jiang, X., Siamas, G., Jagus, K. and Karayiannis, TG., Physical modelling and advanced simulations of gas-liquid two-phase jet flows in atomization and sprays, Journal of Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 36 (2) : 131- 167

(2009) Rosa, P., Karayiannis, TG. and Collins, WC., Single-phase heat transfer in microchannels: The importance of scaling effects., Applied Thermal Engineering 29 (17-18) : 3447- 3468

(2009) Tesch, K., Atherton, MA., Karayiannis, TG., Collins, MW. and Edwards, P., Determining heat transfer coefficients using evolutionary algorithms, Journal of Engineering Optimisation 41 (9) : 855- 870 Download publication

(2009) Edwards, P., Tesch, K., Karayiannis, TG., Collins, MW., Atherton, MA., Young, P., Large, M. and Brade, R., Design optimisation of air-fed full pressurised suits, Fusion Engineering and Design vol 84 (n. 2-6) : 716- 721 Download publication

(2009) Hristov, Y., Zhao, D., Kenning, DBR., Sefiane, K. and Karayiannis, TG., A study of nucleate boiling and critical heat flux with EHD enhancement, Heat and Mass Transfer 45 (7) : 999- 1017 Download publication

(2009) Tesch, K., Collins, MW., Karayiannis, TG., Atherton, MA. and Edwards, P., Heat and mass transfer in air-fed pressurised suits, Applied Thermal Engineering 29 (7) : 1375- 1382 Download publication

(2009) Sanna, A., Karayiannis, TG., Kenning, DBR., Hutter, C., Sefiane, K., Walton, AJ., Golobič, I., Pavlovič, E. and Nelson, RA., Steps towards the development of an experimentally verified simulation of pool nucleate boiling on a silicon wafer with artificial sites, Applied Thermal Engineering 29 (7) : 1327- 1337 Download publication

(2006) Chen, L., Tian, YS. and Karayiannis, TG., The effect of tube diameter on vertical two-phase flow regimes in small tubes., International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 49 (21-22) : 4220- 4230 Download publication

(2006) Kinnear, D., Atherton, M., Collins, M., Dokhan, J. and Karayiannis, T., Colour in visualisation for computational fluid dynamics, Optics and Laser Technology 38 (4-6) : 286- 291 Download publication

(2005) Chen, L., Tian, YS. and Karayiannis, TG., R134a flow patterns in small-diameter tubes, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering 219 (2) : 167- 181

(2003) Ampofo, F. and Karayiannis, TG., Experimental benchmark data for turbulent natural convection in an air filled square cavity, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 46 (19) : 3551- 3572

(1998) Fagbenle, RL. and Karayiannis, TG., A thermodynamic analysis of a simple open-flow solar regenerator, Applied Thermal Engineering 18 (12) : 1359- 1374

(1998) Karayiannis, TG., EHD boiling heat transfer enhancement of R123 and R11 on a tube bundle, Applied Thermal Engineering 18 (9-10) : 809- 817

(1998) Al-Dadah, RK. and Karayiannis, TG., Passive enhancement of condensation heat transfer, Applied Thermal Engineering 18 (9-10) : 895- 909

(1998) Huang, LY., Wen, JX., Karayiannis, TG. and Matthews, RD., Numerical prediction of high efficiency boiler heat exchanger performance, Applied Thermal Engineering 18 (11) : 1089- 1099

(1996) Yan, YY., Neve, RS., Karayiannis, TG., Collins, MW. and Allen, PHG., EHD effects on nucleate boiling at passively enhanced surfaces, Experimental Heat Transfer 9 (3) : 195- 211

(1989) Karayiannis, TG., Collins, MW. and Allen, PHG., Electrohydrodynamic enhancement of nucleate boiling heat transfer in heat exchangers, Chemical Engineering Communications 81 (1) : 15- 24

Conference Papers

(2008) Gedupudi, S., Cummins, GP., Lin, H., Walton, AJ., Sefiane, K., Karayiannis, TG. and Kenning, DBR., Fabrication of silicon microchannel with integrated heater and temperature sensors for flow boiling studies, 1st ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer International Conference

(1991) Karayiannis, T. and Allen, PHG., Electrohydrodynamic enhancement of two-phase heat transfer, European Engineering Research and Technology Transfer Congress - Eurotech Direct, Thermofluids Engineering