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Kiriaki Tsirka
Laboratory Teaching Staff 
ktsirka@uoi.gr 
(+30)-265100-9025 (Office) |
Academic Titles
Educational & Professional Experience
Teaching Activities in the Department
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Academic Titles
- Diploma in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina (2012).
- Integrated M.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina (2012).
- Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina (2019).
- Post Doc Research Associate, Laboratory of Composites and Smart Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina (2019-2023).
- Research Associate, Laboratory of Composites and Smart Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina (2013-2019).
- Lecturer at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina as a participant in the programme “Acquirement of Academic experience for young scientists holding a PhD” (2019-2020).
- Visiting Research Associate at the Institute of Construction Materials, Dresden, as a participant in the programme “Group2group exchange for academic talents, Great!ipid4all” (2017).
- Support for the laboratory course on Composite Materials Characterisation and properties (2013-2023).
- Visiting Research Associate at the IEHK, Department of Ferrous Metallurgy, Aachen, during an Erasmus placement (2011-2012).
- R&D placement in the manufacturing and quality control sector at Spider Metallurgical Industry (2011).
- Support for the laboratory course on Composite Materials Characterisation and properties.
- Composite Materials (2019-2020).
- Phase transformation in materials (2019-2020).
- Fracture mechanics (2019-2020).
- Hierarchical and multifunctional composites.
- Production, characterisation and improvement of properties of advanced composites.
- Micromechanical characterisation of interfaces and mechanical and non-destructive characterisation of materials.
- Morphological (SEM, AFM) and physicochemical (TGA, XRD, EDX, Raman, IR, and UV spectroscopies) evaluation of nanomaterials, graphitic structures, composite materials and self-healing polymers.
- Karalis G., Tzounis L., Tsirka K., Mytafides C. K., Voudouris Itskaras A., Liebscher M., Lambrou E., Gergidis L. N., Barkoula N.-M., Paipetis A. S., Advanced Glass Fiber Polymer Composite Laminate Operating as a Thermoelectric Generator: A Structural Device for Micropower Generation and Potential Large-Scale Thermal Energy Harvesting. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 20, 24138-24153.
- Vareli I., Tzounis L., Tsirka K., Kavvadias I. E., Tsongas K., Liebscher M., Elenas A., Gergidis L. N., Barkoula N. M. and Paipetis A. S., High performance cement/SWCNT thermoelectric nanocomposites and a structural thermoelectric generator device towards large scale thermal energy harvesting. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1TC03495B.
- Tsirka K., Karalis G., Paipetis A. S., Raman strain sensing ability and interfacial stress transfer of hierarchical CNT-coated carbon fibers produced via different methods. J. of Materi Eng and Perform., 2018, 27(10)5095-5101.
- Tsirka K., Tzounis L., Avgeropoulos, A., Liebscher M., Mechtcherine V., Paipetis A., Optimal Synergy between Micro and Nano Scale: Hierarchical All Carbon Composite Fibers for Enhanced Stiffness, Interfacial Shear Strength and Raman Strain Sensing. Compos Sci Technol., 2018, 165, 240-249.
- Tsirka K., Katsiki A., Chalmpes N., Gournis D., Paipetis A. S., Mapping of graphene oxide and single layer graphene flakes – Defects Annealing and Healing. Frontiers in Materials, 2018, 5, 37.
- Tsirka K., Foteinidis G., Dimos K., Tzounis L., Gournis D., Paipetis A.S., Production of hierarchical all graphitic structures: A systematic study. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2017, 487, 444-457.
- Bekas D., Tsirka K., Baltzis D., Paipetis A. S., Self-healing materials: A review of advances in materials, evaluation, characterization and monitoring techniques. Comp. Part BQEng.,2016, 87, 92-119.
