Biography

Dr Kyriakos I. Kourousis is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Limerick (UL).

He was previously the Programme Director for UL's postgraduate & undergraduate programmes in airworthiness.

His research expertise is in the areas of metal plasticity of conventional and additively manufactured (3D printed) metals, working on modelling and characterisation of their mechanical behaviour under complex loading. He also conducts research in airworthiness management and engineering, with a focus on safety regulations and standardisation.

Associate Professor Kourousis is leading the following research groups in the School of Engineering:
More details on current and past research publications can be found in the Scopus and Google Scholar profile.

Associate Professor Kourousis has 23+ years of experience in the fields of aircraft maintenance, airworthiness, quality control and assurance, engineering and technical/logistics support of aircraft and aeronautical equipment, as an Aeronautical Engineer Officer (Major ret.) of the Hellenic Air Force (HAF). He was formerly the manager of the Mirage 2000/-5 airframe/systems airworthiness, quality control and assurance programme, as well as the fleet fatigue monitoring/structural integrity programme, at HAF Support Command. He has also served as aircraft maintenance officer and quality control and assurance officer for Mirage 2000 aircraft at 114 Combat Wing (Tanagra air base).

He is a registered Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the UK Engineering Council and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS). Associate Professor Kourousis is a member of the Society's Airworthiness & Maintenance Specialist Group, where he has previously held the position of Chair, and a member of the Structures & Materials Specialist Group.

He is also Associate Editor in the Aeronautical Journal, published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of RAeS.

Research Interests

Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering:
  • Material mechanical behaviour modeling
  • Cyclic plasticity constitutive modeling
  • Light metal plasticity;
  • Metal Additive Manufacturing.
Aeronautical and Defence Engineering:
  • Continuing airworthiness management
  • Aircraft engineering, maintenance and technical support
  • Aviation safety
  • Defence engineering and support
  • Engineering Education and Training.

Professional Activities

Award

  • 2017 - Adjunct Associate Professor - Swinburne University of Technology
  • 2014 - NATO Scientific Achievement Award, Team Member of AVT-174 Research Task Group on 'Qualification and Structural Design Guidelines for Military UAVs'

Employment

  • 2014 University of Limerick, School of Engineering, Ireland - Associate Professor

Education

  • 2011 National Technical University of Athens - PhD
  • 2003 National Techical University of Athens - MSc
  • 2000 Hellenic Air Force Academy - BSc

Association

  • Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)
  • Chartered Engineer, UK Engineering Council

Language

  • English
  • Greek

Consultancy

  • Non-disclosable - Research on Military Airworthiness
  • Non-disclosable - Educational Assessment of Aircraft Maintenance Training Material
  • Non-disclosable - Research on Skills-related Aspects of Aircraft MRO Sector in Ireland
  • Non-disclosable - Research on eLearning Training in Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance

Research Collaborators

  • Spyros Karamanos - University of Thessaly -Greece
  • Yannis F. Dafalias -USA -UC Davis
  • Radim Halama - University of Ostrava -Czech Republic
  • Nikolaos Aravas - University of Thessaly -Greece
  • Georgios Savaidis - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki -Greece
  • Tobias Rodlmeier - BASF SE -Germany
  • Thomas J.F. Southern -England -Plastometrex Ltd
  • J.E. Campbell -England -Plastometrex Ltd
  • Anjum Naweed - Central Queensland University -Australia
  • Stathis Tingas - Edinburgh Napier University -Scotland
  • Neil Urquhart - Edinburgh Napier University -Scotland

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

2017

Letter to the Editor: S. Sreenivasan, S.K. Mishra, K. Dutta. Ratcheting strain and its effect on low cycle fatigue behavior of Al 7075-T6 alloy [Mater. Sci. Eng. A 698 (2017) 46–53]

Kourousis K.;Agius D.;Robinson J. (2017) Letter to the Editor: S. Sreenivasan, S.K. Mishra, K. Dutta. Ratcheting strain and its effect on low cycle fatigue behavior of Al 7075-T6 alloy [Mater. Sci. Eng. A 698 (2017) 46–53]. Materials Science And Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure And Processing :-41

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