
Professor
Phone: 2610-969498 / 2610-969439
Email: kitserpes@upatras.gr
Location: Heavy Laboratories Building (K16), 1st Floor
Contact Hours: Tuesday 15:00-17:00 Wednesday 15:00-17:00
Research Fields
His research interests are in the area of computational and experimental strength of materials. Specific sectors are:
- Strength of composite materials,
- Strength of bonded and bolted joints between metallic and composite parts,
- Mechanical behavior of materials
- Mechanical behavior of carbon nanotubes, graphene, nanocomposites and nanocrystalline materials,
- Modeling and testing of multifunctional composite materials
- Multi-scale analysis of materials and structural parts,
- Development of methodologies for relating data from non-destructive testing with numerical strength prediction models,
- Strength prediction of corroded aluminum alloys,
- Simulation of laser shock wave propagation in metallic and composite materials,
- Life cycle and cost analysis of aerospace materials and structures,
- Optimization of aerospace structural design with respect to sustainability,
- Design of composite material casings for transportation battery structures,
- Development of structural health monitoring methodologies for composite structures using vibration response: Digital twins and experimental implementation,
- Chemical recycling of composite materials
Biographic Notes
1999: Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from University of Patras,
2003: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras,
1999-2003: Research Associate at the Institute of Structures & Advanced Materials,
2004-2010: Head of a Technical Department at I.L.P.A.P. A.E.,
2004-2007: Post-doctoral fellow at the National Technical University of Athens,
2006-2010: Post-doctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Technology & Strength of Materials, University of Patras,
1/2011-3/2014: Lecturer at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras.
4/2014-6/2019: Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras.
6/2019-today: Associate Professor at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras.
7/2023-today: Professor at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras.
He has participated in more than 30 national and international research projects. He has published more than 110 journal papers, 5 chapters in books and 100 papers in Conference proceedings. He is the co-editor of four international books. He is a reviewer in several scientific journals.
Recent Publications
Πέντε πρόσφατες δημοσιεύσεις (5 most recent journal papers):
- A Anagnostopoulou, D Sotiropoulos, K Tserpes (2025). A Robust Sustainability Assessment Methodology for Aircraft Parts: Application to a Fuselage Panel. Sustainability 17 (8), 3299
- P Kormpos, K Tserpes, L Berthe (2025). Process simulation of laser shock-based disassembly of adhesively bonded composite/metallic structural parts: a numerical upscaling. The Journal of Adhesion 101 (4), 636-659
- C Vogiantzi, K Tserpes (2025). A Comparative Environmental and Economic Analysis of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Recycling Processes Using Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing. Journal of Composites Science 9 (1), 39
- Niki Tsivouraki, Spilios Fassois, Konstantinos Tserpes (2025). A Numerical Tool for Assessing Random Vibration-Based Fatigue Damage Diagnosability in Thermoplastic Coupons. Journal of Composites Science 9 (4), 153
- N Tsivouraki, S Fassois, K Tserpes (2025). On the random vibration-based progressive fatigue damage detection and classification for thermoplastic coupons under population and operational uncertainty. Composite Structures 349, 118524