Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos Professor and Interim Chairman Mechanical Engineering Department Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Tel: (225) 578-5903, (225) 578-5899 Fax: (225) 578-5924 Email: meniki@me.lsu.edu Personal web page link: Research Interests Turbulent Dispersed Two-Phase Flows, Spray and Mist-Systems, Fire Suppression, Micro-Fluidics, Laser Flow Diagnostics, Internal Turbine Blade Cooling, Non-linear Stability Analysis, Direct Numerical Simulations, Coaxial Jet Flows, Flow Control and Mixing Enhancement. Education Ph.D., Engineering, Brown University, 1986 M.S., Brown University: Sc.M. in Engineering, June 1982. National Technical University of Athens: Diploma (Sc.B.) in Mechanical and Electrical Engng, June 1980. Professional Experience Co-Advisor of AIAA Student Chapter, LSU 1987 - Present Faculty; Department of Mechanical Engineering, LSU. 1991 Visiting Professor-Research; Dipartimento di Energetica, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy; and Research Associate to FIAT Research Center, Torino, Italy. 1986 - 1987 Postdoctoral Fellow; Visiting Assistant Professor; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. Professional and Honorary Society Membership Sigma Xi, ASHRAE, APS, ASME, AIAA, NFPA Awards and Distinctions Dow Chemical Co. Excellence in Teaching Award, 1995 Halliburton Faculty Development Award, Louisiana State Univ., 1990 Council on Research Faculty Research Award, Louisiana State Univ., 1989 Ned Adler Award for Outstanding Teaching, Louisiana State Univ., 1988 Member of the Scientific Committee for the International Congress on Fluid Dynamics & Propulsion, January 6-8, 1997 ASHRAE Student Chapter Faculty Advisor, LSU Chapter Member of the Multiphase Flow Technical Committee, Fluids Engineering Division, ASME Selected Publications A. J. Kelly and D. E. Nikitopoulos, "Formation of a Net-Negatively Charged Liquid Spray", winner of APS Gallery of Fluid Motion, to appear in Physics of Fluids, September, 2000. T. J. Garrison, E. Manceau, and D. E. Nikitopoulos, "Skin Friction Measurements in a Gas-Liquid Pipe Flow via Optical Interferometry", Journal of Fluids Engineering, June 1998, 120, No. 2, pp. 303-310. D.E. Nikitopoulos and J.T.C. Liu, "Nonlinear Binary-Mode Interactions in a Developing Mixing Layer," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, June 1987, 179, pp. 345-370. Funded Research ARCO Chem. Co., CIC Inc., DOE/AGTSR, DURIP-ONR, GCHRC/EPA, LaSPACE, LA BoR, MSP La., NASA , NCSA, NIH, NSF, PROVACON