 Costas Stavrinidis
NAFEMS Chairman
Dr Stavrinidis graduated in Aeronautical Engineering (Bachelor and
Master of Science) from Imperial College, University of London and
obtained Doctorates in Structural Dynamics from University of
Stuttgart, Germany and University of London, England.
He worked in industry with Lloyds Register of Shipping and
Kongsberg, and subsequently joined ESA in 1976 where he has been
successively in charge of Structures Section, and Structures and
Mechanisms Division.
In 1997, he became head of the Mechanical Engineering Department
which covers the classical space disciplines Structures,
Mechanisms, Optoelectronics, Microgravity and Life Sciences
Instrumentation, Automation and Robotics, Thermal Control and Life
Support, Propulsion and Aerothermodynamics, and Test Facilities for
verification of space vehicles and subsystems.
Dr Stavrinidis was elected Chairman of NAFEMS in 2004.
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