prof. dr. A. (Antonis) Vakis

I am an experienced academic researcher, educator and manager. As a mechanical engineer, I am a specialist in the field of tribology –the science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion– and a generalist performing and leading award-winning research on renewable energy and advanced manufacturing. Beyond developing and teaching courses, I have experience in the day-to-day running of a Master program, the development of curricula and the ensuring of quality for accreditation. I manage tenure-track staff as Chair of a research unit and have been supervising early career researchers, PhD, Master and Bachelor students. I collaborate closely with industry and, having successfully launched a spin-off company, participate in various national and international initiatives promoting renewable energy research.

Chair of Computational Mechanical and Materials Engineering (CMME)
Program Director of MSc Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM)
Academic Fellow of the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI)
Co-founder & Scientific Advisor of Ocean Grazer BV