Andreas P. Christoforou

Education

Degree	Field	Institution	Year
Ph.D.	Mechanical	University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA	Jun, 1988
M.Sc.	Mechanical	University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA	Dec, 1984
B.Sc.	Mechanical	University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA	Jun, 1982

Research Interests

Contact laws/elastoplastic material models, Analytical and Experimental impact dynamics of composite structures, Damage assessment in composite laminates, Scaling and control of impact in structures, Dynamics of oilwell drill strings, Smart structures/control and identification,Engineering Education/assessment and curriculum development

Selected Publications

Selected Conference Publications

Modeling and Control of Stick Slip and Bit Bounce in Oil Well Drill Strings, Paper No. SPE-178160-MS, SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition, , Abu Dhabi, UAE, Jan, 2016
Impact Dynamics and Damage in Composite Structures Scaling and Design Challenges, Second Composite Materials Forum, , Abu Dhabi, UAE, May, 2014
Impact Characterization Diagram for Damage Resistance/Tolerance in Composite Structures, ICCST/9, Ninth International Conference on Composite Science and Technology, , Sorrento, Italy, Apr, 2013
Low-Velocity Impact Response of Structures with Local Plastic Deformation Implications for Design, 1st Biennial International Conference on Dynamics for Design, (DFD), Chicago, Illinois, USA, Aug, 2012
Modeling and Analysis of Elastoplastic Impacts on Supported Composites, ICCST8, 8th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology, , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mar, 2011

Selected Journal Publications

Rekatsinas, C.S., Siorikis, D.K., Christoforou, A.P., Chrysochoidis, N.A., and Saravanos, D.A., “Analysis of Low Velocity Impacts on Sandwich Composite Plates using Cubic Spline Layerwise Theory and Semi Empirical Contact Law”, Composite Structures, 2018, Vol. 168, pp. 646-656.
Siorikis, D.K., Rekatsinas, C.S., Christoforou, A.P., and Saravanos, D.A., “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Contact Laws for the Rapid Simulation of Low-Energy Impacts on Laminated Composite Plates”, Composite Structures, 2017, Vol. 168, pp. 646-656.
Christoforou, A.P., and Yigit, A.S., “Inelastic Impact and the Coefficient of Restitution”, Journal of Engineering Research, 2016, Vol. 4, No. (4), pp. 216-235.
Christoforou A.P., Yigit A.S and Majeed A.M, “Low-Velocity Impact Response of Structures with Local Plastic Deformation Characterization and Scaling”, ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 2013, Vol. 8, 011012-1, 011012-10.
Majeed A.M.,Yigit A.S and Christoforou A.P, “Elastoplastic Contact/Impact of Rigidly Supported Composite Structures”, Composites Part B Engineering, 2012, Vol. 43, pp. 1244-1251.

Work Experience

Academic Experience

Institution	Designation	Year/Period
Kuwait University, Department of Mechanical Engineering	Professor Dec, 2002 - Present
University of Patras, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics	Visiting	Associate Professor May, 1999 - Jan, 2000
Kuwait University, Department of Mechanical Engineering	Associate Professor Feb, 1995 - Dec,	2002
Kuwait University, Department of Mechanical Engineering	Assistant Professor Sep, 1989 -	Feb, 1995
University of Utah, College of Engineering	Teaching Assistant Sep, 1982 - Jun, 1986
Universityof Utah, SLC, UT, Mechanics of Composites Laboratory	Research Assistant Jun,	1982 - Jun, 1988

Industry Experience

Organization	Designation	Year/Period
NRC/NASA Research Associate	NASA Lewis Research Center, Materials and Structures Division, Cleveland, OH, USA	Jun, 1988 - Jun, 1989

Full CV

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