Biography

Tassos Karayiannis is a professor of Thermal Engineering at Brunel University London, where he leads the Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer Group. He studied at City University London (BSc honors Mechanical) and the University of Western Ontario (Ph.D. Eng. Science). He started his career as a researcher at Southampton University and later as a British Technology Group Researcher at City University London. Subsequently, he worked at London South Bank University and joined Brunel University London in 2005. Professor Karayiannis carried out fundamental and applied research in a number of heat transfer-related topics including single-phase heat transfer in natural convection and renewable energy. He has also been involved with two-phase flow and heat transfer for over 30 years. Initially, he worked on the enhancement of pool boiling and condensation processes using high-intensity electric fields. In parallel, he carried out extensive experimental work in pool boiling heat transfer with the plane and enhanced surfaces. Professor Karayiannis is also very actively involved with research in flow boiling in small to microtubes and micro-multi-channels. This work combines fundamental studies, as well as research leading to the design of high heat flux, integrated thermal management systems. Professor Karayiannis published more than 250 book chapters, journals, and conference papers on the above topics. He chairs the series of Int Conferences on Micro and Nanoscale flows and co-chairs the 7th World Congress on Momentum, Heat, and Mass Transfer. He is a Fellow of the EI and the IMechE, the Chairman of the UK National Heat Transfer Committee, and a UK representative on the Assembly for Int. Heat Transfer Conferences.

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Research Interest

Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering, Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat Exchangers, Applied Thermodynamics, Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Energy Engineering, Energy Conversion, Renewable Energy Technologies and Energy Saving.