Nikolaos Aravas

Background

Aravas, Nikolaos was born on December 6, 1957 in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Education

Diploma mechanic engineering, Aristoteleion U., Thessaloniki, 1980; Master of Science in Theoretical Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, 1984.

Career

Assistant engineer, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Nurnberg, Germany, 1977; assistant engineer, Esso-Papas Oil Refinery, Thessaloniki, 1978; teaching assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1980-1982; research assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1982-1984; senior engineer, Hibbitt, Karlsson & Sorenson, Inc., Providence, 1985; assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1986-1992; associate professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1992. Engineer consultant International Business Machines Corporation-T.J. Watson Research Ctr, Yorktown Heights, New York, since 1987, Braddock, Dunn & McDonald, Ford Aerospace Company, Washington, since 1990. Presidential young investigator National Science Foundation, 1987.

Achievements

• Nikolaos Aravas has been listed as a noteworthy Mechanical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Academy Mechanics, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Tau Sigma.

Connections

M. A. Zerva, August 19, 1990.