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Dimitris Saravanos is Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics at the University of Patras, Greece (1999-date) where he heads the research Lab of Structural Mechanics and Smart Materials and teaches courses in the area of Structural Analysis, Finite Elements, Structural Dynamics and Composite Mechanics. 

 

He received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University (1988), a Masters in Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering form National Technical University of Athens. Before joining the University of Patras, he worked for 10 years as a Researcher with the Structures Division at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio (1988-1999).

 

His current research interests are in the areas of smart materials and structures, structural health monitoring, mechanics of composite materials and structures, semi-active vibration control and energy harvesting.