Contact Dr Michail Diakostefanis
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754609
- Email: m.diakostefanis@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Gas Turbines & Propulsion
- Instrumentation, Sensors and Measurement Science
- Systems Engineering
Background
Michael Diakostefanis joined Cranfield University as a Research Fellow in 2014. He has a degree (BSc) in Aeronautical Engineering, followed by an MSc in Thermal Power at Cranfield University in 2009. In 2014 he completed his PhD in Cranfield University, after conducting a research in remote operation and performance monitoring of aero gas turbines through the internet. Prior to joining Cranfield, Dr Diakostefanis had many years of experience in maintenance planning and performance monitoring of both, military and civil aero gas turbines.
Current activities
Dr Diakostefanis is a Lecturer in Gas Turbine Systems Engineering and Testing. He is leading and supporting various Academic and Industrial experimental research projects. He currently lectures an optional module in programming in the Centre of Propulsion and Thermal Power Engineering, and also lectures a unit of the module 'Digital Maths and Programming' at Milton Keynes University (MKU).
His research activities span across various areas of propulsion and aviation. He is leading the High Speed Research Compressor (HSRC) test facility, in which the performance of compressors and other turbomachinery or rotating components is experimentally studied. One of his main research topics focuses on gas turbine performance and health monitoring, along with data acquisition and preparation for gas turbine diagnostics. He has also conducted research in experimental survey of intake flow aerodynamics.
More recently he was involved in aircraft cargo compartment fire suppression research for alternative environmental friendly suppression agents. He also represents Cranfield in the Revision Task Group of the Minimum Performance Standard (MPS) for Halon Replacement in Aircraft Cargo Compartment Fire Suppression systems, organised by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Xiong Y, Diakostefanis M, Dinesh A, Sampath S & Nikolaidis T. (2021). Numerical assessment for aircraft cargo compartment fire suppression system safety. Journal of Fire Sciences, 39(3)
- Diakostefanis M, Sampath S, Dinesh A, Beuermann R & Malkogianni A. (2021). Nitrogen as an environmentally friendly suppression agent for aircraft cargo fire safety. Journal of Fire Sciences, 39(5)
- Alozie O, Li YG, Diakostefanis M, Wu X, Shong X, .... (2020). Assessment of degradation equivalent operating time for aircraft gas turbine engines. The Aeronautical Journal, 124(1274)
- Triantafyllou T, Nikolaidis T, Diakostefanis M & Pilidis P. (2018). Stability assessment of an airflow distorted military engine’s FAN. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 232(13)
- Triantafyllou T, Nikolaidis T, Diakostefanis M & Pilidis P. (2017). Numerical simulation of the airflow over a military aircraft with active intake. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 231(8)
- Triantafyllou T, Nikolaidis T, Diakostefanis M & Pilidis P. (2015). Total pressure distortion levels at the aerodynamic interface plane of a military aircraft. The Aeronautical Journal, 119(1219)
Conference Papers
- Xiong Y, Diakostefanis M & Sampath S. (2021). Numerical simulations of containerized-load fire scenario for aircraft cargo fire safety
- Xiong Y, Diakostefanis M & Sampath S. (2021). Withdrawal: Numerical simulations of containerized-load fire scenario for aircraft cargo fire safety
- Diakostefanis M, Nikolaidis T, Sampath S & Triantafyllou T. (2017). Remote operation and monitoring of a micro aero gas turbine