Dr Konstantinos Salonitis

Reader in Manufacturing Systems, Manufacturing Systems and Management Programme Director

Sustainable Manufacturing Systems Centre

Contact Dr Konstantinos Salonitis

Tel: +44 (0) 1234 758347
Email: k.salonitis@cranfield.ac.uk
Twitter: @SalonitisK
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Areas of expertise

Background

Dr Konstantinos (Kostas) Salonitis (Dip Eng, MSc, PhD, MBA, PGCAP, CEng MIMechE, FHEA) graduated from University of Patras with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 and was awarded a PhD in Manufacturing Processes in 2006. In 2014 he completed a Master in Business Administration from the Hellenic Open University. He has worked as a Research Engineer at the University of Patras in a number of research projects funded by the CEU. He has participated in more than 10 European Commission funded projects as Project Manager or Technical Site Manager.

From 2006 to 2010, Dr Salonitis was the Project Manager of an FP6 integrated project (FUTURA - www.futura-ip.eu) on multi-functional materials processing for the automotive industry.

He joined Cranfield University in February 2012 as a Lecturer in Manufacturing Systems, progressing to Senior Lecturer in October 2015 and Reader in October 2017. IDr Salonitis has published more than 160 research papers in major international journals and internationally referred conferences and authored two books.

Dr Salonitis was a Research Affiliate of the CIRP (2007-2013), he is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the IMechE and the Technical Chamber of Greece. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Current activities

Dr Salonitis current research interests include:

Simulation and modelling of manufacturing processes
Energy efficiency of manufacturing processes and systems
Environmental impact assessment of manufacturing processes
Abrasive machining processes
Rapid Manufacturing.

Currently, he is the co-investigator in 2 EPSRC projects (EP/P012272/1 & EP/M013863/1), 1 Horizon 2020 project (“Score board of competitiveness of European transport manufacturing industries” project id: 724112), he is the KTP academic supervisor (KTP 009855) and co-investigator in one Newton Fund project for Industry Academia Partnership Programme with Universidad Industrial de Santande, Colombia. He is leading a team of 2 research fellows, a KTP associate and 11 phd students.

He has successfully completed the supervision of over 50 PhD and MSc students and has published over 160 research papers in refereed academic journals and conference proceedings. He serves in the editorial board of 4 international journals and has participated in several scientific committees of international conferences and workshops. He is the associate editor for Journal of Manufacturing Systems.

As the Director of the Manufacturing Systems and management Masters programme, he is responsible for Masters students across 5 MSc courses. He is the course director for Aerospace Manufacturing Masters. He currently lectures Operations Management, Management Science, Lean Manufacturing and Manufacturing processes modelling.

Clients

Funding bodies: European Commission (FP5, FP6, FP7, Horizon 2020), EPSRC, Innovate UK

Industrial partners: Prima Industries, Daimler, Volvo, CRF, Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Ross Ceramics, QiOptic, Quality Furniture Company, METKA, Midland Lead, Alto Ltd

Other Universities: Durham University, Open University

Articles In Journals

Conference Papers

Jolly MR, Salonitis K, Charnley F, Ball P, Mehrabi H & Pagone E (2017) Energy efficiency status-quo at UK foundries: the “small-is-beautiful” project. In: Light Metals 2017 (TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition), San Diego, CA, 26 February - 2 March 2017.
Jolly MR & Salonitis K (2017) Primary manufacturing, engine production and on-the-road CO2: how can the automotive industry best contribute to environmental sustainability. In: 38th International Vienna Motor Symposium, 2017, Vienna, 27-28 April 2017.
Jolly MR, Salonitis K & Pagone E (2017) A comparison of embodied and process energy and CO2 for different processes used in the manufacture of a major automotive power train component. In: COM2017 - Annual Conference of Metallurgists, Vancouver, BC, 27-30 August 2017.
Jolly M, Ahmad Mehrabi H & Salonitis K (2016) Sustainable investment casting. In: 14th World Investment Casting Conference, Paris, 7-8 April 2016.
Salonitis K & Tsinopoulos C (2016) Drivers and Barriers of Lean Implementation in the Greek Manufacturing Sector. In: 49th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems: Factories of the Future in the digital environment, Stuttgart, 25-27 May 2016.
Omogbai O & Salonitis K (2016) Manufacturing System Lean Improvement Design Using Discrete Event Simulation. In: 49th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems: Factories of the Future in the digital environment, Stuttgart, 25-27 May 2016.
Continente J, Shehab E, Salonitis K, Tammineni S & Chinchapatnam P (2015) Cooling and capability analysis methodology: towards development of a cost model for turbine blades film cooling holes. In: 22nd ISPE international conference on concurrent engineering (CE2015), Delft, 20-23 July 2015.
Davé A, Ball PD, Salonitis K & Astfalck C (2015) Factory Eco-Efficiency Modelling: Framework Development and Testing. In: 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM 2015), Seville, 12 April 2015.
Salonitis K & Kolios A (2015) Axiomatic design based assessment of offshore wind turbine support structures. In: 6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design (M2D), Ponta Delgada, 26-30 July 2015.
Zeng B, Jolly M & Salonitis K (2014) Manufacturing cost modeling of castings produced with CRIMSON process. In: Shape Casting: 5th International Symposium 2014, San Diego, California, 16 February 2014.
Zeng B, Jolly MR & Salonitis K (2014) Investigating the energy consumption of casting process by multiple life cycle method. In: 1st International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM14), 2014, Cardiff, Wales, 28-30 April 2014.
Kolios A & Salonitis K (2013) Surrogate modelling for reliability assessment of cutting tools. In: Advances in manufacturing technology XXVII : proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, 2013, Cranfield, 19-20 September 2013.
Zeng B, Salonitis K & Jolly M (2013) Comparison of the environmental impact of the CRIMSON process with normal sand casting process. In: Advances in manufacturing technology XXVII : proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, 2013, Cranfield, 19 September 2013.
Chantzis D, Paralikas J, Salonitis K & Chryssolours G (2013) On the profile intensive BIW design and optimization - The front module case study. In: Advances in manufacturing technology XXVII : proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, 2013, Cranfield, 19 September 2013.
Kolios A, Howe S, Asproulis A & Salonitis K (2013)
Environmental impact assessment of the manufacturing of a commercial aircraft
. In: Advances in manufacturing technology XXVII : proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, 2013, Cranfield, 19 September 2013.
Salonitis K (2012)
Efficient Grinding Processes: An energy efficiency point of view
. In: Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXVI, 2012 - 10th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR12), Birmingham, 11 September 2012.
Salonitis K, Pandremenos J, Paralikas J & Chryssolouris G (2009) Multifunctional Materials Used in Automotive Industry: A Critical Review. In: First Conference on Engineering Against Fracture, Patras, 28-30 May 2008.
Fysikopoulos A, Salonitis K & Chryssolouris G (2009) Energy efficiency of laser based manufacturing processes. In: 28th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO 2009), Orlando, FL, 2-5 November 2009.
Salonitis K, Paralikas J & Chryssolouris G (2009) Roll Forming of AHSS: Numerical Simulation and Investigation of Effects of Main Process Parameters on Quality. In: First Conference on Engineering Against Fracture, Patras, 28-30 May 2008.
Pandremenos J, Salonitis K & Chryssolouris G (2009) CO2 laser welding of AHSS. In: 28th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO 2009), Orlando, FL, 2-5 November 2009.
Stournaras A, Salonitis K & Chryssolouris G (2009) Acoustic and optical sensing for monitoring of blind laser drilling geometrical features. In: 28th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO 2009), Orlando, FL, 2-5 November 2009.
Salonitis K, Tsoukantas G, Stavropoulos P & Stournaras A (2003) A critical review of stereolithography process modeling. In: 1st International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping - VR@P 2003, Leiria, 1-4 October 2003.
Tsoukantas G, Salonitis K, Stavropoulos P & Chryssolouris G (2003) An overview of 3D laser materials' processing concepts. In: 3rd GR-I International Conference on New Laser Technologies and Applications, Patras, 5-8 September 2002.
Chryssolouris G, Tsoukantas G, Salonitis K, Stavropoulos P & Karagiannis S (2003) Laser machining modelling and experimentation - An overview. In: 3rd GR-I International Conference on New Laser Technologies and Applications, Patras, 5-8 September 2002.
Chryssolouris G, Stavropoulos P, Tsoukantas G, Salonitis K & Stournaras A (2003) Nanomanufacturing processes: A critical review. In: 1st International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping - VR@P 2003, Leiria, 1-4 October 2003.

Books

Prabhakar A, Mielniccka J, Jolly M & Salonitis K (2018) Improving energy efficiency in direct method for continuous casting of lead sheets. In: Energy Technology 2018: Carbon Dioxide Management and Other Technologies, Springer, p. 121-132.
Gonçalves M, Jolly M, Salonitis K & Pagone E (2018) Resource efficiency analysis of high pressure die casting process. In: Light Metals 2018, Springer International Publishing, p. 1041-1047.
Pagone E, Jolly M, Salonitis K, (2017) A tool to promote sustainability in casting processes: development highlights. In: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017: Selected papers on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Springer, p. 172-184.
Ahmad Mehrabi H, Jolly M & Salonitis K (2016) Methods of reducing materials' waste and saving energy in investment casting. In: Shape Casting: 6th International Symposium. Tiryakioglu M, Jolly M, Byczynski G (ed.), Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley, p. 69-76.
Mehrabi H, Jolly M & Salonitis K. (2016) Road-mapping towards a sustainable lower energy foundry. In: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016, Springer, p. 251-260.
Salonitis K (2015) Grind Hardening Process. Springer International Publishing.
Salonitis K, Paralikas J, Fysikopoulos A & Chryssolouris G (2014) Specific Energy. In: CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering. Laperrière L, Reinhart G (ed.), Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, p. 1124-1128.
Salonitis K, Paralikas J & Chryssolouris G (2014) Roll Forming. In: CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering. Laperrière L, Reinhart G (ed.), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, p. 1076-1079.
Salonitis K (2014) Stereolithography. In: Comprehensive Materials Processing. Hashmi S (ed.), Amsterdam: Elsevier, p. 19-67.
Salonitis K, Fysikopoulos A & Chryssolouris G (2014) Abrasive Material. In: CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering. Laperrière L, Reinhart G (ed.), Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, p. 1-6.
Chryssolouris G, Stavropoulos P & Salonitis K (2013) Process of Laser Machining. In: Handbook of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology. Andrew Yeh-Ching Nee (ed.), Berlin Heidelberg: Springer London, p. 1-25.
Chryssolouris G & Salonitis K (2011) Fundamentals of laser machining of composites. In: Machining technology for composite materials: Principles and practice. Hocheng H (ed.), Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Limited, p. 266-287.
Salonitis K (2009) Life cycle evaluation. In: Design of sustainable product life cycles, Berlin: Springer Verlag, p. 55-81.

Contact Dr Konstantinos Salonitis

Tel: +44 (0) 1234 758347
Email: k.salonitis@cranfield.ac.uk
Twitter: @SalonitisK
Linkedin: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/konstantinos-salonitis/44/b1b/602