Diploma Theses

Konstantinos Sachinidis, Improving fuel cell air duct design for electric vehicle propulsion, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 16/7/2025 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Matthaios Lilikakis, Design and analysis of a Formula Student Vehicle, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 4/12/2024 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Konstantinos Siampalis, Machining of high-precision parts using a Computer Numerical Control machine tool, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 26/7/2024 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Aikaterini Venianaki, Flow simulation around a double airfoil of a Formula Student vehicle,  Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 19/3/2024 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Theodoros Foukis, Flow simulation around the rotating wheel of a Formula Student vehicle, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 9/2/2024 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Nikolaos Skordalos, Wind farms, wind data acquisition and processing, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 14/2/2022 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Sofia Tavla, Comparing Free-Form Deformation and Harmonic Coordinates for the concurrent geometry and computation grid deformation in aerodynamic shape optimization, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 24/6/2021 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Markos Lionis, Implementation of a radial-flow impeller design methodology, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 16/6/2021 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Maria Seremeti, Graphical User Interface development for a wind turbine analysis software, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 8/10/2019 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Fotios Gousopoulos, Investigation of particles deposition on gas turbine blades, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 18/7/2019 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Alexandros Eskandar, Software development for the generation of two-dimensional hybrid unstructured grids, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 10/7/2019 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Panagiotis Ntoukakis, Development of a measurement and control system using Arduino, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 28/3/2019 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Georgios Terzakis, Optimal design of wind turbine components, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 9/7/2018 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Agapi Davradou, Investigation of the flow field inside a mass spectrometer using Particle Image Velocimetry, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 15/5/2018 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Antonios Anastasiou, Numerical simulation of compressible flow in a convergent-divergent nozzle, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 6/9/2016 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Dimitrios Inglezakis, Evaluation and certification of the Galatea Computational Fluid Dynamics software, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 5/9/2016 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Panagiotis Stratidis, Modelling of cooperative lane changing in highways, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, June 2016 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Stavros Leloudas, On the optimal design of airfoils, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 24/6/2015 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Kyriakos Charalampous, Parametric modelling of wind turbine blades, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Oct. 2014 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Georgios Kalogiannidis, Three-dimensional modeling of the interior of an urban car, Diploma Thesis, School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Sep. 2014 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Theopisti Zaza, Parametric study of S-ducts using computational methods, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Oct. 2012 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Athanasios Tzanakis, Conceptual and aerodynamic design of an urban vehicle, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Oct. 2012 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Emmanouel Primikyrios, Application of a block-structured computational grid construction methodology for the flow simulation around an aircraft, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, March 2012 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Panagiotis Kitsakis, Simulation of the dispersion of gaseous pollutants of a central heating boiler around buildings of the Technical University of Crete, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, July 2010 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Maria Chatzimanolaki, Numerical solution of the three-dimensional flow field around a bridge, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, July 2010 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Georgios Lygidakis, Development of an automated unstructured grid refinement procedure for the numerical solution of the Euler equations in three dimensions, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, June 2009 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Antonios Theologitis, Software development for the 3D display of multistage turbomachinery bladings, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Mar. 2009 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Efthymia Chatzivasiloglou, Contribution to the study of the tip-clearance effect on axial-flow compressors, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Oct. 2008 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Michael Samaropoulos, Contribution to the design of radial flow turbines, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Sep. 2008 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Konstantinos Stouraitis, Preliminary study of a pump testing facility, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Feb. 2008 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Ioannis Vernardakis, The greenhouse effect and methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in electricity generation - application at PPC, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Sep. 2006 (Supervisor: E. Diamantopoulos, Co-supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Eleftherios Zografos, Acceleration of a Differential Evolution algorithm using Artificial Neural Networks - application in airfoil optimization, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Feb. 2006 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Foteini-Konstantina Petrakopoulou, Study on the acceleration possibilities of Differential Evolutionary algorithms, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Oct. 2005 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Sotirios Sarakinos, Development of an object-oriented software for the parametric design of aerodynamic surfaces, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Sep. 2005 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Lazaros Adamoudis, Solving the Euler equations in three dimensions by applying the Finite Volume method in unstructured grids, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Sep. 2005 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Georgia Koini, Software development for the parametric design of turbomachinery bladings, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Sep. 2005 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Ioannis Valakos, International geometry data exchange standards - software development for surface description in IGES and STEP standards, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Apr. 2005 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Ioannis Kontolatis, Development of a graphical environment for the display and management of 3D grids and surfaces, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, Feb. 2005 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Marina Ntipteni, Construction of unstructured grids on three-dimensional surfaces using the Frontal Delaunay method, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 2004 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Athina Brintaki, Navigation of multiple robotic vehicles using Evolutionary Algorithms, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 2004 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Eleftherios Amoiralis, Software development for the interactive design of airfoils, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 2004 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Konstantinos Koutsoukos, Creating a digital parametric model of a small jet engine, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 2003 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Lambros Iakovakis, Contribution to airfoil optimization using Evolutionary Algorithms, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 2003 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Vasileios Christopoulos, Initial design and construction study of a small gas turbine, for the propulsion of an unmanned aerial vehicle, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, 2002 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).

Georgios Kolomvos, Solving the problem of constructing a Time Table for the case of the Technical University of Crete, using Evolutionary Algorithms, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, December 2001 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos, Co-supervisor: A. Mygdalas).

Anargyros Kostaras, 3D trajectory planning for the navigation of an unmanned aerial vehicle, using Genetic Algorithms, Diploma Thesis, Department of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete, June 2001 (Supervisor: I.K. Nikolos).