Contact Dr Michail Diakostefanis
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754609
- Email: m.diakostefanis@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Gas Turbines & Propulsion
- Instrumentation, Sensors and Measurement Science
- Systems Engineering
Background
Michael Diakostefanis joined Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é as a Research Fellow in 2014. He has a degree (BSc) in Aeronautical Engineering, followed by an MSc in Thermal Power at Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é in 2009. In 2014 he completed his PhD in Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é, after conducting a research in remote operation and performance monitoring of aero gas turbines through the internet. Prior to joining Cranfield, Dr Diakostefanis had many years of experience in maintenance planning and performance monitoring of both, military and civil aero gas turbines.
Current activities
Dr Diakostefanis is a Lecturer in Gas Turbine Systems Engineering and Testing. He is leading and supporting various Academic and Industrial experimental research projects. He currently lectures an optional module in programming in the Centre of Propulsion and Thermal Power Engineering, and also lectures a unit of the module 'Digital Maths and Programming' at Milton Keynes University (MKU).
His research activities span across various areas of propulsion and aviation. He is leading the High Speed Research Compressor (HSRC) test facility, in which the performance of compressors and other turbomachinery or rotating components is experimentally studied. One of his main research topics focuses on gas turbine performance and health monitoring, along with data acquisition and preparation for gas turbine diagnostics. He has also conducted research in experimental survey of intake flow aerodynamics.
More recently he was involved in aircraft cargo compartment fire suppression research for alternative environmental friendly suppression agents. He also represents Cranfield in the Revision Task Group of the Minimum Performance Standard (MPS) for Halon Replacement in Aircraft Cargo Compartment Fire Suppression systems, organised by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).