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Elias Balaras
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Associate Professor of Eng. & Applied Science,
Ph.D. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, 1995
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng.
The George Washington University
Academic Center, 720F
801 22ND Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: (202)-994-3326
balaras@gwu.edu
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Lausanne, Switzerland. May 1995
- M.S., von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-St-Genese, Belgium. July 1991.
- Dipl. Ing., Democritos University of Thrace, Department of Civil Engineering, Xanthi, Greece. July 1990.
EMPLOYMENT
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA. Jan 2011 - Present.
- Associate Professor, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. July 2008 - Dec. 2010.
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. July 2007 - Dec. 2010.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. Jan. 2001 - June 2007.
- Research associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. May 1998 - Dec. 2000.
- Research Scientist, Greek Army Research and Technology Center (KETES), Athens, Greece. (In the framework of obligatory military service in the Greek Army). March 1996 - Sep. 1997.
- Visiting Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. Nov. 1995 - Feb. 1996.
HONORS and AWARDS
- Marie-Curie Fellowship, European Union, 1994
- NSF Career Award, 2003
PROPFESSIONAL SERVICE
- Reviewer for numerous government programs related to fluid mechanics, biological flows, high performance computing and turbulence.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Large-eddy simulation and Direct Numerical simulation
- Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics
- Fluid/structure interactions
- Biological Flows
- Flows in porous media