Dr. Petros Lappas
Senior Lecturer
Details
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College: School of Engineering
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: Bundoora East Australia
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petros.lappas@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0001-5500-7347
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr. Lappas lectures and conducts research in Thermodynamics and Fluid mechanics and in Renewable Energy Systems. He also has a coordinating role in the Master of Sustainable Energy Program.
Accomplishments and achievements:
Westcoast Energy Inc. Jack Davis Scholarship, University of British Columbia, 2000.
University Graduate Scholarship, University of British Columbia, 1998 to 2000.
First prize team, SAE aero design competition report, 2000, California, U.S.A.
Accomplishments and achievements:
Westcoast Energy Inc. Jack Davis Scholarship, University of British Columbia, 2000.
University Graduate Scholarship, University of British Columbia, 1998 to 2000.
First prize team, SAE aero design competition report, 2000, California, U.S.A.
Academic positions
- Postdoctoral Researcher, High Temperature Gasdynamics Laboratory,
- Stanford University
- , USA
- 2007 – 2009
Supervisor projects
- Study and identification of combustion induced noise of international combustion engines
- 28 Sep 2023
- Shock Tube Fabrication and Ignition Delay Measurements of Ammonia-Air Mixtures
- 24 May 2022
- Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Analyses for Droplet and Spray Impingement
- 1 Feb 2022
- Thermosyphon Heat Engine - Desalination (THE-D)
- 12 Nov 2021
- Ultra-high heat flux cooling using nanostructured surfaces
- 11 Oct 2021
- Combustion Characteristics of Hydrogen Carrier Fuels
- 2 Aug 2021
- Experimental Studies in Aid of Improving Nasal Drug Delivery
- 20 Oct 2019
- Zero Discharge Desalination System by Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (DCMC) Integrated with Solar Pond
- 1 Sep 2017
- Study of lean combustion using Turbulent Jet Ignition (TJI) System with controlled air charge
- 1 Mar 2017
- Hybrid Vehicles With Thermal Energy Recovery Systems
- 24 Mar 2016
- Natural Gas Direct Injection in Spark Ignition Engines
- 1 Sep 2015
- Experimental and Numerical Investigation of a Low Temperature Thermal Pump for Reverse Osmosis Desalination
- 2 Mar 2015
- Non-imaging technologies for designing a hybrid photovoltaic and solar thermal collector
- 28 Mar 2014
Teaching interests
Improving thermal efficiency of internal combustion engines, Laser diagnostics of flow and combustion (eg. PIV, LDV, Spectroscopy, Flow visualisation, CARS), Aerosols and two-phase flow, Renewable energy systems, Solar fuels.
Research interests
Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Interdisciplinary Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Classical Physics, Computer Software
Improving thermal efficiency of internal combustion engines
Laser diagnostics of flow and combustion (e.g., PIV, LDV, spectroscopy, flow visualisation, CARS)
Aerosols and two-phase flow
Renewable energy systems
Improving thermal efficiency of internal combustion engines
Laser diagnostics of flow and combustion (e.g., PIV, LDV, spectroscopy, flow visualisation, CARS)
Aerosols and two-phase flow
Renewable energy systems
