Curriculum Vitae
Demitris Kouris
March 2014
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Work Address: College of Science and Engineering, TCU Box 298840, Fort Worth, TX 76129, USA;
Phone: 817-257-5760; Email: d.kouris@tcu.edu
Education
1987
Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
1984
M.S. in Civil Engineering,
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
1982
Diploma in Civil Engineering,
The National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Work Experience
2009 – present
Professor of Engineering, and Professor of Physics & Astronomy,
Texas Christian University.
12/2012 – 6/2013
Expert and Acting Program Director, Program of Mechanics of
Materials, Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation,
National Science Foundation.
2009 – 2013
Dean of the College of Science & Engineering, Texas Christian
University.
2008 - 2009
Director, Nano and Bio Mechanics Program, Civil, Mechanical
and Manufacturing Innovation, National Science Foundation.
2001 – 2009
Department Head and Professor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, College of Engineering, The University of Wyoming.
1987 – 2001
Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor, Department of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
and Applied Science, Arizona State University.
Summer 1992
AFOSR Summer Faculty Fellow, Wright Laboratory Materials
Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio.
Professional Licenses
Registered Professional Civil Engineer in Greece.
Honors
Fellow of ASME (2007).
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ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Associate Editor (two terms, July 99 – July 05).
Invitational Fellowship Program Recipient, Japanese Society for the Promotion of
Science (2005).
Chair, Technical Committee on Elasticity, Division of Applied Mechanics, ASME (2003
– 2008).
Secretary of the Executive Committee, Division of Applied Mechanics, ASME (1989).
Teaching Experience
Courses Taught at Arizona State University
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MAE 425
Aerospace Structures.
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MAE 522
Variational Principles in Mechanics.
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MAE 524
Theory of Elasticity.
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MAE 523
Theory of Plates and Shells.
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ECE 210
Statics for Engineers.
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ECE 386
Partial Differential Equations for Engineers.
·
MAE 529
Theory of Elastic Stability.
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ECE 313
Deformable Solids.
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MAE 557
Mechanics of Composite Materials.
·
MAE 520
Solid Mechanics.
Courses Taught at the University of Wyoming
·
ME 5000
Theory of Elasticity.
·
ES 2410
Mechanics of Materials.
·
ME 3010
Intermediate Mechanics of Materials.
·
ME 5472
Continuum Mechanics.
·
ME 5000
Solid Mechanics I.
·
ME 5010
Solid Mechanics II.
Courses Taught at Texas Christian University
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ENGR 20603 Solid Mechanics I.
ENGR 30014
Materials Science
PHYS 50713
Research Funding & Proposal Writing
Research Grants
Dr. Kouris has received significant support for his research from the National Science
Foundation, the United States Department of Energy, the Air Force Office of Scientific
Research, and SIKA Industries.
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Professional Service
Scientific and Professional Society Memberships
American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Elasticity Technical Committee, Applied Mechanics Division.
Materials Research Society,
American Association for the Advancement of Science,
American Society for Engineering Education,
American Physical Society,
Society of Engineering Science.
Journal Referee Service
Journal of Applied Mechanics,
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,
Journal of the American Ceramic Society,
Journal of Materials Research,
International Journal of Solids and Structures,
Journal of Applied Physics.
Proposal Reviewer Service
Army Research Office,
Air Force Office of Scientific Research,
National Science Foundation,
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States
of the Former Soviet Union.
Selected Archival Journal Publications
C. Mi and D. Kouris, Elastic disturbance due to a nanoparticle near a free surface,
Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1081286513491761
(2013), pp. 1–14.
C. Mi and D. Kouris, Stress concentration around a nanovoid near the surface of an
elastic half-space, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 50, 2013, pp.
2737-2748.
C. Mi and D. Kouris, On the significance of coherent interface effects for embedded
nanoparticles, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1081286512465426 (2012), pp. 1–19.
C. Mi, N. Lakhera*, D. Kouris, and D. Buttry, Repassivation behaviour of stressed
aluminium electrodes in aqueous chloride solutions, Corrosion Science, Vol. 54, 2012,
pp. 10-16.
C. Mi, D. Buttry, P. Sharma and D. Kouris, Atomistic insights into dislocation-based
mechanisms of void growth and coalescence, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of
Solids, Vol. 59, 2011, pp. 1858-1871.
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Mi, Changwen and Kouris, D., “Nanoparticles and the Influence of Interface Elasticity,”
Theoret. Appl. Mech., Vol. 35 (1-3), 2008, pp. 267-286.
Kouris D., Arai, Y., and Yamaguchi, T., “On the Elastic Interaction between a Surface
Step and an Edge Dislocation,” Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, Vol. 13(3-4),
2008, pp. 336-356.
Mi, C., Jun, S., Kouris, D., and Kim, S., “Atomistic Calculations of Interface Elastic
Properties in Noncoherent Metallic Bilayers,” Physical Review B, Vol. 77(7), 2008,
article no. 075425.
Mi, Changwen and Kouris, Demitris, “The Role of Interface Stress for Nanoparticles
Embedded in Films,” JSME Journal of Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering,
Vol.1(10), 2007, pp.1219-1230.
Kouris, D. and Mi, Changwen,* “Surface Strain due to Embedded Epitaxial Islands,”
Surface Science, Vol. 601(3), 2007, pp. 757-762.
Mi, Changwen and Kouris, D., “Nanoparticles under the Influence of Surface/Interface
Elasticity,” Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Vol. 1 (4), 2006, pp. 763792.
Kukta, R. and Kouris, D., "On the Mechanisms of Epitaxial Island Alignment on
Patterned Substrates," Journal of Applied Physics 97 (3): Art. No. 033527 FEB 1 2005.
Liu, P., Kukta, R., and Kouris, D., "Strain-Modulated Adatom and Surface Vacancy Pair
Interactions," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 72 (3), 2005, pp. 400-407.
Kukta, R., Liu, P., and Kouris, D., "On the Dependence of Adatom Interactions on
Strain," Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 51 (12), 2003, pp. 2149-2167.
Kukta, R., Kouris, D., and Sieradzki, K., "Adatoms and their Relation to Surface Stress,"
Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 51 (7), 2003, pp. 1243-1266.
Kukta, R., Peralta, A., and Kouris, D., "Elastic Interaction of Surface Steps: Effect of
Atomic Scale Roughness," Physical Review Letters, Vol. 88:18, 2002, art. no. 186102.
Kukta, R., Peralta, A., and Kouris, D., "Surface Steps: from Atomistics to Continuum,"
ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 69, 2002, pp. 443-450.
Kouris, D., Peralta, A., and Sieradzki, K., "Elastic Interaction of Defects on Crystal
Surfaces," ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol. 121, 1999, pp.
129-135.
Peralta, A., Kouris, D., Knap, J., and Sieradzki, K., "Eigenstrains and the Elastic Field of
an Adatom, "Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 46:9, 1998, pp. 15571579.
Qin, S., Kouris, D., Peralta, A., and Hirose, Y., "Micromechanical Analysis of Surface
Defects, " Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, Vol. 1, 1996, pp. 369 - 391.
Lubarda, V. and Kouris, D., "Stress Fields due to Dislocation Arrays at Interfaces, "
Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 23, No. 3, 1996, pp. 191 - 204.
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Names of graduate students appear in boldface.
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