Laboratory of Mathematical Modelling of Materials and Scientific Computing

• E. Hadjigeorgiou, Assc. Professor
• L. Gergidis, Assc. Professor

• K. Daflos, MSc (PhD candidate)
• I. Dahis, MSc (PhD candidate)
• I. Floros, MSc (PhD candidate)
• Α. Gouras, MSc (PhD candidate)
• E. Lambrou, MSc (PhD candidate)
• C. Patsouras, MSc (PhD candidate)
• A. Papanikolaou, MSc (PhD candidate)
• V. Stavrou, MSc (PhD candidate)
• C. Tsiamis, MSc (PhD candidate)

• K. Aslanidou (MSc student)
• C. Karagiorgos (MSc student)
• P. Pani (MSc student)
• C. Tirpenou (MSc student)

• K. Dimakopoulos
• L. Brechas

• Development of mathematical and computational methodologies to study material properties and behavior. Design of new materials.
• Modelling of composite and multifunctional materials using theories of continuum mechanics and homogenization technics.
• Finite Element Methods, Finite Difference Methods, Boundary Element Methods and Special Functions
• Optimal design of materials and structures, phase transition problems, cracks and dislocations in materials, plasticity.
• Mathematical and computational methods for coupled field problems (thermo-electro-magneto-elasticity)
• Elastic wave propagation, acoustic wave scattering and applications to biomechanics and non-destructive evaluation
• Modelling using Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo molecular simulations of porous materials.

• Rooms
• Research computer room with six workstations.
• Seminar and collaboration room
• Processing Power
• Linux Cluster with 36 cores and 60 GB total RAM
• Six (6) Workstation PC
• Software
• MATLAB for Scientific Calculations (perpetual software license)
• ANSYS for Scientific Calculations with Finite Element Method (perpetual software license)
• Free and οpen-source software
• • Mathematical Calculations (Octave, Scilab)
  • Finite Element Method (Fenics, OpenFEM, Nmag)
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulator (LAMMPS, DLPOLY)
  • Monte Carlo (Cassandra, Towhee)
• Software developed by lab staff supporting free and open source licence criteria

• Undergraduate Courses
• Mathematics I (Differential and Integral Calculus, Functions of a Single Variable) (ETY-103)
• Mathematics II (Differential and Integral Calculus, Functions of Several Variables) (ETY-103)
• Introduction to Materials Science (ETY-305)
• Mathematics III (Ordinary Differential Equations) (ETY-302)
• Mathematics IV (Partial Differential Equations) (ETY-403)
• Linear Algebra (ETY-207)
• Complex Analysis (ETY-501)
• Classical Mechanics (ETY-501)
• Continuum Mechanics (ETY-309)
• Introduction to Finite Element Method (ETE-809)
• Heat Transfer (ETY-607)
• Special Topics in Mechanics (Analysis and Optimal Design of Composite Materials) (ETE-813)
• Postgraduate Courses
• Master of Science (MSc) in Technologies of Advanced Materials
• • Mechanics and Design of Advanced Materials
  • Multiscale Materials Modelling
• Master of Science (MSc) in Chemistry and Technology of Materials
• • Materials Structure – Physics and Chemistry of Solid State
• Diploma Thesis Preparation
• The laboratory supports undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Department to prepare their diploma thesis on related scientific subjects.