Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos
Alexis and Marguerite Voohries Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Holder of the Richard J. and Katherine J. Juneau Distinguished Professorship
Department Chair of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
3261E Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
海角社区
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
225-578-5903
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Responsibilities
- MIE Department Chair
- Director of the 海角社区 National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM)
- Strategic Area Lead for Manufacturing and Materials in the College of Engineering
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Engineering, Brown University, 1986
- Sc.M., Engineering, Brown University, 1982
- Diploma (Sc.B.), Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Metsoveion National Technical University of Athens, 1980
Research Interests
Experimental and Numerical Fluid Dynamics and Transport, including Multiphase Flows and Multiscale Phenomena
Projects
Mobility of nano-sensor nano-particles through porous media realized through micro-fluidics (design, micromanufacturing, diagostics); experimental and multi-scale simulation - Current Funding: Advanced Energy Consortium.
Micro-/nano-fluidics (design, micromanufacturing, diagnostics and application) for bio-analytical applications; experimental and multi-scale simulation - Current Funding: NSF CBET; NIH P41.
Actively conrolled film-cooling flows for gas turbine applications; cascade and wind tunnel experimentation, reduced order modeling and numerical simulations - Current Funding: Internal; Most Recent Funding: AFoSR
Micro-scale multiphase flows; experimentation through microfluidic chips and numerical simulation - Current Funding: Internal; Most Recent Funding: NSF EPSCoR, NIH BRP
Teaching Responsibilities
Capstone Design Program and Course Sequence (ME4243, ME4202)
Selected Publications
In bold are students and research associates. Underlined are the faculty who directed the work.
鈥淓lectrophoretic Transport of Single DNA Nucleotides through Nanoslits: A Molecular
Dynamics Simulation Study鈥�, Kai Xia, Brian R. Novak, Kumuditha M. Weerakoon-Ratnayake, Steven A. Soper, Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos, and Dorel Moldovan, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2015, 119, 11443鈭�11458.
鈥淟iquid鈥搇iquid segmented flows in polycarbonate microchannels with cross-sectional
expansions鈥�, Namwon Kim, Michael C. Murphy, Steven A. Soper, Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, January 2014, 58, pp 83鈥�96.
鈥淣umerical Methodologies for Investigation of Moderate-Velocity Flow Using a Hybrid
Computational Fluid Dynamics 鈥� Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach鈥�, Soon-Heum Ko,Nayong Kim, Shantenu Jha, Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos, and Dorel Moldovan, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, January 2014, 28(1), pp 245-253.
鈥淢odeling of misalignment effects in microfluidic interconnects for modular bio-analytical
chip applications&rdquo, Sudheer D. Rani, Taehyun Park, Byoung-Hee You, Steve A. Soper, Michael C. Murphy, Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos, Electrophoresis, November 2013; 34(20-21), pp 2988-95.
鈥淚nfluence of material transition and interfacial area changes on flow and concentration
in electro-osmotic flows鈥�, Sudheer D. Rani, Byoung-Hee You, Steve A. Soper, Michael C. Murphy, Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos, Analytica Chimica Acta, 2013, 770, pp. 103-10.
鈥淒istinguishing single DNA nucleotides based on their times of flight through nanoslits:
a molecular dynamics simulation study鈥�, Brian R. Novak, Dorel Moldovan, Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos, Steven A. Soper, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2013, 117(12), pp. 3271-9.
鈥淥n steady and pulsed low-blowing-ratio transverse jets鈥�, Guillaume Bidan, Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2013, 714, pp. 393-433.
鈥淪tudy of Unforced and Modulated Inclined Film-Cooling Jets Using Proper Orthogonal
Decomposition 鈥� Part II: Forced Jets鈥�, Guillaume Bidan, Clementine Vezier, Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery; 2013, 135, 021013 pp. 1-14.
鈥淪tudy of Unforced and Modulated Inclined Film-Cooling Jets Using Proper Orthogonal
Decomposition 鈥� Part I: Unforced Jets鈥�, Guillaume Bidan, Clementine Vezier, Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery; 2013, 135, 021037 pp. 1-11.
鈥淧arallel solution methods for Poisson-like equations in two-phase flows鈥�, E. Walker, Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos, Computers & Fluids ; 2013, 80, pp. 152-157.