Head Hybrid Electric Propulsion Group

Director EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Net Zero Aviation 

Panos is leading a team of 15 academics and researchers focusing on the development and integration of green and sustainable aircraft propulsion and power generation technologies. He is also the Director and PI of the newly founded EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Net Zero Aviation, a £15 million partnership with Cranfield, Strathclyde and Cardiff Universities that is jointly funded by EPSRC and 40 industrial and research partners. During the next 7.5 years the Centre will train 64 PhD researchers developing the future leaders and disruptive technologies required to decarbonise aviation by 2050. Pano's research activities include electrification of aircraft propulsion systems, aerodynamic integration of novel propulsion architectures including BLI, distributed propulsion and wing tip propellers as well as the life cycle analysis and management of aero and land based gas turbines. Panos has been a module leader for several postgraduate teaching modules and director of multiple continuous professional development short courses. He has also prepared and delivered a number of customised and in-house international short courses for industrial organisations. He is contributing to several technical committees and advisory boards, acting as external reviewer to government and international organisations as well as being editorial member and reviewer for international journals. He has been contributing, managing and leading projects funded by FP7, CS, CS2, Horizon2020, ATI-Innovate UK, EPSRC and industrially funded research projects. Panos has supervised 32 PhD researchers and more than 100 MSc projects. He is working closely with international industrial and research partners including: NASA, Airbus, Safran, BAE Systems, Embraer, Rolls Royce, GKN, Lufthansa Technik, RWE, Boeing, GE-Alstom, BP and others.
Education
Panos holds a BEng Hons Degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering from Coventry University (1999), an MSc in Aerospace Vehicle Design from Cranfield University (2000) and a PhD in Performance investigations and systems architectures for the more electric aircraft, from Cranfield University (2005).
Teaching & Student Supervision
Panos has a long experience in the development and delivery of educational and taught programmes. He has been the module leader for several courses on thermodynamics and mechanical integrity of gas turbines. More than 1000 postgraduate students have attended his lectures, more than 500 engineers have attended his continuous development programmes and has supervised more than 100 MSc projects. He has also supervised 4 Masters by Research and 32 Phd researchers - currently supervising 9 PhD researchers.
Journal Editorial Boards and Reviewer
Panos is a member for the following editorial boards:
Guest Editor: MDPI Aerospace Special Issue on Gas Turbines and the Environment: Towards Net Zero Emissions
Guest Co-Editor: IET Electrical Systems in Transportation special issue
Guest Co-Editor: IEEE Electrification Magazine special issue
Guest Co-Editor: MDPI Aerospace special issue "Boundary Layer Ingesting Turbo-Electric Distributed Propulsion Systems-Innovations and Challenges"
Associate Editor, Transportation Emissions, Frontiers in Future Transportation
He is also acting as a reviewer for several journals including: ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Elsevier Journal of Aerospace Science & Technology, Elsevier Journal of Applied Thermal Engineering, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Royal Aeronautical Society The Aeronautical Journal, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power.
Publications & Patents
Panos has published more than 70 international journal and conference papers. He is also the co-inventor of 2 patents with Rolls Royce.
Awards & Honours
IMEchE - Kenneth Harris James Prize for the best paper on an aerospace subject published by the IMEchE in 2013.