Dimitris Valougeorgis graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki (AUT) in 1980 and pursued graduate studies in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI&SU), where he was awarded the degrees of M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 1982 and 1985 respectively. 

During his graduate studies at VPI&SU he worked as a graduate research assistant in the areas of experimental combustion (1981-82) and computational rarefied gas dynamics (1982-85). From the summer of 1985 until the fall of 1987 he joined the Department of Mathematics of VPI&SU as a Visiting Assistant Professor, having in parallel a research appointment at the Center for Transport Theory and Mathematical Physics. After fulfilling his military duties in the Greek army he worked from 1989 until 1998, as a senior engineer in Hellenic Petroleum in the Industrial Complex of Thessaloniki. From 1988 until 1992 he also had a part-time appointment, as a scientist specialist, at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki. Since September 1998 he has been at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Thessaly (UTH), in Volos, Greece. He currently is Professor of Mesoscale Methods in Flows and Transport Phenomena and member of the Laboratory of Physical and Chemical Processes. He has taught at VPI&SU, ΑUT and UTH undergraduate and graduate courses in applied mathematics, computational methods, CFD, heat transfer and kinetic theory. 

His recent research interests are in the areas of computational transport and kinetic theory of gases, rarefied gas dynamics, integral-differential equations (Boltzmann equation and kinetic models) and non-equilibrium transport phenomena with applications in microfluidics, vacuum gas dynamics and technology, gas-surface interaction and fusion technology, where he is working in modeling of the gas exhaust systems of fusion reactors. He has also performed research work in the Lattice Boltzmann method, MHD, fluid structure interaction and gas pipe networks. His research is funded by the european research program "EUROfusion" and other european programs. 

He is the author of about 100 scientific papers in journals and more than 100 papers in international conferences and he delivered about 25 invited talks in several universities and research centers in Europe. He serves as a reviewer for many scientific journals in the areas of fluid mechanics and transport phenomena and he has participated as a reviewer or as a member in Examining Committees of many Ph.D. thesis abroad. He is in the Editorial Board of the scientific journal “VACUUM”. Also, he is in the Scientific Committees of several international conferences including the European Conference in Microfluidics and he is co-chairing the triannual European Conference of Non-Equilibrium Gas Flows (Greece 2012, Eindhoven 2015, Strasbourg 2018, Eindhoven 2023). He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Hellenic National Programme of Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion.

Profiles of Dimitris Valougeorgis: Google Scholar 

• F. Sofos, C. Dritselis, S. Misdanitis, T. Karakasidis and D. Valougeorgis, “Computation of flow rates in rarefied gas flow through circular tubes via machine learning techniques”, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 27:85 (2023). Download
• Th. Basdanis, D. Valougeorgis and F. Sharipov, “Viscous and thermal velocity slip coefficients via the linearized Boltzmann equation with ab initio potential”, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 27:75 (2023). Download
• Th. Basdanis, G. Tatsios and D. Valougeorgis, “Gas-surface interaction in rarefied gas flows through long capillaries via the linearized Boltzmann equation with various boundary conditions”, Vacuum, 202, 111152, (2022). Download
• N. Vasileiadis and D. Valougeorgis, "Uncertainty propagation analysis of the computed ITER torus effective pumping speed during the dwell phase", Vacuum, 203, 111317 (2022). Download
• Th. Basdanis, A. Tsimpoukis and D. Valougeorgis, “Effect of constant and variable adsorption half-cycle times on the performance of solar dual-bed adsorption cooling systems”, Renewable Energy, 164, 362-374, (2021). Download
• G. Tatsios, A. Tsimboukis and D. Valougeorgis, “The half-range moment method in harmonically oscillating rarefied gas flows”, Fluids, 6, 17, (2021). Download
• N. Vasileiadis and D. Valougeorgis, “Pressure and temperature driven fully-developed rarefied gas flow in a channel with uniform injection/suction through its permeable walls”, Vacuum, Special Issue in the honour of Prof. John S. Colligon, 188, 110155, (2021). Download