Thermodynamic Models for Industrial Applications: From Classical and Advanced Mixing Rules to Association Theories

About Georgios K. FolasGeorgios M. Kontogeorgis

Georgios M. Kontogeorgis is Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark in Lyngby (Denmark). He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering in the  Institut for Kemiteknik at the Technical University of Denmark. He became a Research Associate at the Technical University of Athens (Greece) where he gained his MSc in Chemical Engineering. Professor Kontogeorgis has had a teaching appointment at the Department of Environmental Engineering Xanthi (Greece) and at the Air Force Academy Athens (Greece) and he was then co-founder and technical director of the research and software company IGVP Ltd. His awards include the Empirikion Foundation Award for Achievements in Chemistry the Dana Lim Prize and he is listed in Who's Who in Finance and Industry Who's Who in Science and Engineering American Association for Advancement of Science. Professor Kontogeorgis is part of the Steering committee of ESAT (European Seminar of Applied Thermodynamics). His research focuses on four areas: energy materials and nanotechnology the environment and biotechnology. Georgios K. Folas was educated at the Technical University of Athens (Greece) where he received an MSc in Chemical Engineering. His Master Thesis was deemed one of the top five MSc theses in chemical engineering for the year 2000 awarded by the Technical Chamber of Greece. He gained his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the Institut for Kemiteknik Technical University of Denmark. Dr. Folas has been employed as an R&D plastics engineer Chrostiki S.A and currently works as Senior Flow Assurance Engineer at Aker Kværner Engineering & Technology AS.