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Professor of Aerospace Engineering
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Christos Spitas is professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China (UNNC). Prior to this appointment he served as professor of Machine Design and head of the Space, Industry and Transportation Cluster at Nazarbayev University, professor of Embodiment Design and head of the Product Engineering Section in the Dept. of Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology, and in various positions in the industry up to Manager Research and Development, working with clients such as ESA, Thales, CERN, Toyota etc
Prof. Spitas's research interests span the following areas, centred around his primary focus on advanced engineering design, with various projects and grants concentrating on each area:
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Prof. Spitas is module convenor of AERO3000 'Management and professional practice' of the Aerospace course at UNNC and contributes as expert to other modules in the Aerospace, the Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, and the Product Development and Manufacturing courses at UNNC, and serves as supervisor in the MRes and PhD programmes.
He regularly organises symposia and conferences on advanced engineering design (CSIAED), as well as advanced vehicles and powertrains (ICAVP), and serves in the editorial boards of relevant journals in his discipline, incl. the Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (Sage/ IMechE), the International Journal of Powertrains (Inderscience), and Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures (Taylor and Francis).
Interested MRes, PhD and post-doctoral candidates are welcome to contact Prof. Spitas with their curriculum vitae and statement of research interest. Depending on the project, positions may be available in China (UNNC), United Kingdom, Kazakhstan, Greece or the Netherlands (overseas team).
Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
Research output: Journal Publication › Conference article › peer-review
Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review