Πολατίδης Ευθύμιος

Efthymios Polatidis is a Tenured Assistant Professor at the University of Patras, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, Laboratory of Technology and Strength of Materials, leading the MP2G – Materials Processing and Performance Group. Prior to his appointment, he was tenured beamline scientist, responsible for the POLDI neutron diffractometer of the Swiss Neutron Spallation Source – SINQ, at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland.

Efthymios’ interests lie in understanding the relationship between microstructure, inherited by manufacturing and processing of materials and their mechanical and functional properties. His experimental work focuses on materials characterization using large-scale facilities, in particular diffraction methods, studying the deformation mechanisms and phase transformations and residual strains in engineering materials. His past work involved the development and utilization of novel sample environments at synchrotron light sources, neutron facilities and electron microscopes.

His research has been funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), by the Strategic Focus Area (SFA) Advanced Manufacturing of Switzerland and by internal funding at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. He is currently leading a major research project funded under the 5th Call for Action “Science and Society” – “Always Strive for Excellence – Theodore Papazoglou”, co-funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) and the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.). The project, titled HYPE-AM (HYdrogen Persistent Engineering via Additive Manufacturing), focuses on addressing one of the most critical challenges in advanced materials engineering: understanding and mitigating hydrogen embrittlement in metallic alloys produced via additive manufacturing.

Education/Carreer

• 2007: Diploma Mechanical Engineering at the University of Thessaly, in Volos, Greece.
• 2012: PhD in Materials Science, School of Materials at the University of Manchester UK.
• 2013-2016 Postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany
• 2016-2018 Postdoctoral researcher at the Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland.
• 2018-2023 Tenured beamline scientist on the POLDI neutron diffractometer of SINQ
• 2023-Currently Tenured Assistant Professor at the University of Patras, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, Laboratory of Technology and Strength of Materials