Contact Dr Pavlos Zachos
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754633
- Email: p.zachos@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Gas Turbines & Propulsion
- Instrumentation, Sensors and Measurement Science
- Power Systems & Turbines
Background
Dr Pavlos Zachos is a Reader in Propulsion Aerodynamics within the Centre of Propulsion and Thermal Power Engineering. Dr Zachos holds a diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Before joining Cranfield, he worked within the Aerothermal Methods group at Rolls-Royce plc in Derby as a designer of turbine internal cooling passages and heat transfer optimisation for the Trent engine family.
In 2007, he returned to academia to complete his PhD research at Â鶹´«Ã½AV. He was awarded a doctorate in Gas Turbine Sub-idle Performance, Altitude Relight and Windmilling in 2010. Among many other prizes, he was awarded the Cranfield Kings Norton Medal for the university's outstanding doctoral research in 2010.
Since 2010 Dr Zachos has led a number of research programmes in the areas of applied propulsion aerodynamics. His research interests cover a range of areas aeorodynamics of propulsion systems, high-speed flow aerodynamics, air induction systems, propulsion system aerodynamic integration, optical flow diagnostics and aerodynamic covering a range of technology readiness levels from 3 (proof of concept) to 6+ (industrial demonstrations).
As part of his teaching activities, Dr Zachos is leading the Turbomachinery and Blade Cooling module which is part of the Thermal Power MSc programme delivered through the Centre for Propulsion Propulsion and Thermal Power Engineering. He is also the course director of the Axial Compressor Design and Performance continuous professional development programme.
Dr Zachos is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), a Senior Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Chartered Mechanical Engineer (CEng) and member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Research opportunities
Aeorodynamics of propulsion systems, high-speed flow aerodynamics, air induction systems, propulsion system aerodynamic integration, optical flow diagnostics, aerodynamic testing.
Current activities
Experimental aerodynamics
Measurement science and instrumentation
Propulsion system integration
Computational fluid dynamics
Gas turbine aerothermal performance
Novel propulsion concepts and design optimisation
Thermal Power MSc - Turbomachinery and Blade Cooling (Module leader)
Clients
- Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
- Airbus SE
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
