Boulouchos, Konstantinos, Prof.

Laboratory for Aerothermochemistry and Combustion Systems Laboratory (Institute of Energy Technology)

 

Areas of Interest:

• Energy, Flows and Processes

Biography
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Konstantinos Boulouchos, born 1955 in Greece, received his Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens in 1978 and his Ph.D. in Thermodynamics and Combustion Engines from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich in 1984. Following post-doctoral work at ETH and research as Visiting Scientist at Princeton University (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, 1987 - 1988) he returned to ETH Zürich end of 1988 to establish the research group on unsteady combustion at the Institute of Energy Technology.

In 1995 he was appointed head of the Combustion Research Section at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) and has coordinated since then on the Joint Combustion Research Program of ETH Zurich and PSI. In 2002 he was elected Full Professor and head of the Aerothermochemistry and Combustion Systems Laboratory at ETH Zurich. He currently serves as Chairman of the board of the Energy Science Center of ETH Zurich, founded in 2005.

His research interests focus on fundamentals of chemically reactive systems in energy conversion technology with regard both to modeling and simulation of laminar and turbulent reactive flows and to non-intrusive diagnostic methods in combustion systems. Based thereupon the groups aims at transferring insight from basic research to industry for developing low-carbon, “near-zero” emission combustion technologies. Research in recent years includes also elaboration of optimal strategies for a sustainable future global and national energy system.

The group of Prof. Boulouchos has won among others the Engine-In-Society Award of EUROMOT, the Arch T. Colwell-Medal of the Society of Automotive Engineers/USA, the “Innovationspreis der Deutschen Gaswirtschaft 2006” (German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water), the “SENSOR Innovationspreis 2007” of the Association for Sensor Technology/Germany, the Distinguished Paper Award in Colloquium New Technology Concepts 2006 from the Combustion Institute Pittsburgh and the 2007 BP Award on Health, Safety & Environment.

Konstantinos Boulouchos has (co)-authored around 120 publications in refereed journals and peer-reviewed international conferences and is currently engaged in research projects with more than 15 national and international industrial companies. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Swiss Competence Center for Energy and Mobility (CCEM) and of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Vehicle Technology of the German Aerospace Center (DLR).