DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Research Assistants

Nikolaos Diamantonis Visiting Graduate Research Assistant  C-Block, Room No: C-02 Office: +971 2 607 5309 E-mail: ndiamantonis@pi.ac.ae

Nikolaos Diamantonis graduated in 2008 from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, with the Diploma of Chemical Engineering. His diploma thesis project was “Rheological study of self-consolidating concrete” which was carried out in collaboration with major industries in Greece. After his graduation he joined the “MSc in Computational Mechanics” in NTUA, with specialization in fluids. Since January 2010 is a PhD student, working on thermodynamic modeling of CO2 mixtures with SAFT and PC-SAFT equations of state. In September 2010, he joined The Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi, as a visiting PhD student.

EDUCATION

• PhD Student, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), January 2010 – today.
• M.Sc. in Computational Mechanics, NTUA Greece, 2010
• Diploma (M.Sc. equivalent) in Chemical Engineering, NTUA Greece, July 2008

Research Experience:

Member of “NCSR Demokritos” research group for “Quantitative Failure Consequence Hazard Assessment for Next Generation CO2 Pipelines: The missing link”, EU Commission funded project, December 2009 – December 2012.

Work Experience:

• Internship in Procter & Gamble (Brussels), working in the group of Process Modeling and Simulation
• Internship in “Public Power Corporation” of Greece, in the laboratory of construction materials development and testing.

Research Interests:

Higher order equations of state, phase equilibria, carbon capture and sequestration

Publications:

1. N. Diamantonis, I. Marinos, M.S. Katsiotis, A. Sakellariou, A. Papathanasiou, V. Kaloidas, M. Katsioti, Investigations about the influence of fine additives on the viscosity of cement paste for self-compacting concrete, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 24, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1518-1522
2. N. Diamantonis, I. Marinos, M. Katsiotis, A. Sakellariou, A. Papathanasiou, V. Kaloidas,  M. Beazi – Katsioti, “Effect of Fine Additives on the Viscosity of Cement Paste of Self-Compacting Concrete”, presented at the “16th Panhellenic Conference on Concrete”, Cyprus, October 2009, Technical Chamber of Greece.
3. M. Beazi – Katsioti, N. Diamantonis, A. Sakellariou, A. Papathanasiou, M. Katsiotis, V. Kaloidas,  I. Marinos, “Influence of Granule Size on Low Viscosity Cement Paste – Self-Compacting Concrete”, “1st Conference for the Self-Compacting Concrete”, Athens, May 2008, Technical Chamber of Greece.