Michael Stefanos Triantafyllou

Background

Triantafyllou, Michael Stefanos was born on October 27, 1951 in Athens, Greece. Son of Stefanos M. and Penelopi I. Triantafyllou. came to the United States, 1974.

Education

Master of Science in Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977; Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979.

Career

Research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978-1979; assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1983; associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983-1986; tenured associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1986-1990; professor, director ocean engineering testing tank, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1990. Visiting scientist Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, since 1990.

Achievements

• Michael Stefanos Triantafyllou has been listed as a noteworthy Ocean engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Society Offshore and Polar Engineers (founding member), Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (papers committee, vice chairman OC-2 committee), American Physical Society.

Connections

Married Joan L. Kimball, September 22, 1985. Children: Stefanos R., Kimon K.

Father:

Stefanos M. Triantafyllou

Mother:

Penelopi I. Triantafyllou

Spouse:

Joan L. Kimball

child:

Kimon K. Triantafyllou

child:

Stefanos R. Triantafyllou