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Chemical and Biomedical Engineer. 25+ yrs experience in Research. Love to solve tech problems.

Profile Summary

Research experience in process systems, complex fluid, dispersed phase systems, drug delivery, dry powder inhalers, biomedical devices, digital health, movement analytics. Ongoing research is in movement analytics for rehab and early diagnostics of dementia. Old school programmer (Fortran, Unix) keeping up to date with Matlab and Python. Prefer technology development challenges but can do much more.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Chemical Engineering
• ☆ Biomedical Engineering
• ☆ Computer Simulation/Computational Modeling
• ☆ Mathematical Models
• ☆ Non-Alzheimer's Dementia
• ☆ Alzheimer's Disease
• ☆ Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Newswriting

Research Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Algorithm Design-Non ML, Data Visualization

Work Experience

CEO

ErgoSensePro

April 2017 - Present

Principal Research Scientist

CERTH, Thessaloniki, Greece

November 1994 - Present

Education

PostDoc

MIT

February 1992 - September 1992

PhD Chemical Engineering

Purdue University

September 1985 - January 1992

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Aleck Alexopoulos, Costas Kiparissides (2018). A Computational Model for the Analysis of Spreading of Viscoelastic Droplets over Flat Surfaces . Fluids.

Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2018). A computational model for the analysis of spreading of viscoelastic droplets over flat surfaces . Fluids. 3. (4).

Bourganis, V., Kammona, O., Alexopoulos, A., Kiparissides, C.(2018). Recent advances in carrier mediated nose-to-brain delivery of pharmaceutics . European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. 128. p. 337-362.

Milenkovic, J., Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2017). Optimization of a DPI Inhaler: A Computational Approach . Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 106. (3). p. 850-858.

Karakosta, P., Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2015). Computational model of particle deposition in the nasal cavity under steady and dynamic flow . Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. 18. (5). p. 514-526.

Milenkovic, J., Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2014). Deposition and fine particle production during dynamic flow in a dry powder inhaler: A CFD approach . International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 461. (1-2). p. 129-136.

Pladis, P., Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2014). Mathematical modeling and simulation of vinylidene fluoride emulsion polymerization . Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 53. (18). p. 7352-7364.

Milenkovic, J., Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2013). Flow and particle deposition in the Turbuhaler: A CFD simulation . International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 448. (1). p. 205-213.

Alexopoulos, A.H., Pladis, P., Kiparissides, C.(2013). Nonhomogeneous mixing population balance model for the prediction of particle size distribution in large scale emulsion polymerization reactors . Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 52. (35). p. 12285-12296.

Kammona, O., Alexopoulos, A.H., Karakosta, P., Kotti, K., Karageorgiou, V., Kiparissides, C.(2011). Nanocarrier aided nasal vaccination: An experimental and computational approach . Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 50. (2). p. 590-601.

Kechagia, Z., Kammona, O., Pladis, P., Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2011). A Kinetic Investigation of Removal of Residual Monomers From Polymer Latexes Via Post-polymerization and Nitrogen Stripping Methods . Macromolecular Reaction Engineering. 5. (9-10). p. 479-489.

Alexopoulos, A.H., Roussos, A., Kiparissides, C.(2009). Part V: Dynamic evolution of the multivariate particle size distribution undergoing combined particle growth and aggregation . Chemical Engineering Science. 64. (14). p. 3260-3269.

Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2007). On the prediction of internal particle morphology in suspension polymerization of vinyl chloride. Part I:. The effect of primary particle size distribution . Chemical Engineering Science. 62. (15). p. 3970-3983.

Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2007). Solution of the bivariate dynamic population balance equation in batch particulate systems: Combined aggregation and breakage . Chemical Engineering Science. 62. (18-20). p. 5048-5053.

Roussos, A.I., Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2006). Dynamic evolution of PSD in continuous flow processes: A comparative study of fixed and moving grid numerical techniques . Chemical Engineering Science. 61. (1). p. 124-134.

Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.A.(2005). Part II: Dynamic evolution of the particle size distribution in particulate processes undergoing simultaneous particle nucleation, growth and aggregation . Chemical Engineering Science. 60. (15). p. 4157-4169.

Roussos, A.I., Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2005). Part III: Dynamic evolution of the particle size distribution in batch and continuous particulate processes: A Galerkin on finite elements approach . Chemical Engineering Science. 60. (24). p. 6998-7010.

Alexopoulos, A.H., Roussos, A.I., Kiparissides, C.(2004). Part I: Dynamic evolution of the particle size distribution in particulate processes undergoing combined particle growth and aggregation . Chemical Engineering Science. 59. (24). p. 5751-5769.

(2004). Population balance modeling of particulate polymerization processes . Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 43. (23). p. 7290-7302.

Alexopoulos, A.H., Maggioris, D., Kiparissides, C.(2002). CFD analysis of turbulence non-homogeneity in mixing vessels a two-compartment model . Chemical Engineering Science. 57. (10). p. 1735-1752.

Lazaridis, N., Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2001). Semi-batch emulsion copolymerization of vinyl acetate and butyl acrylate using oligomeric nonionic surfactants . Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 202. (12). p. 2614-2622.

Maggioris, D., Goulas, A., Alexopoulos, A.H., Maggioris, D., Goulas, A., Alexopoulos, A.H., Chatzi, E.G., Kiparissides, C.(2000). Prediction of particle size distribution in suspension polymerization reactors: Effect of turbulence nonhomogeneity . Chemical Engineering Science. 55. (20). p. 4611-4627.

Lazaridis, N., Alexopoulos, A.H., Chatzi, E.G., Kiparissides, C.(1999). Steric stabilization in emulsion polymerization using oligomeric nonionic surfactants . Chemical Engineering Science. 54. (15-16). p. 3251-3261.

Maggioris, D., Goulas, A., Alexopoulos, A.H., Chatzi, E.G., Kiparissides, C.(1998). Use of CFD in prediction of particle size distribution in suspension polymer reactors . Computers and Chemical Engineering. 22. (SUPPL.1).

BOOK CHAPTER

(2018). A Process System Approach to Nose-to-Brain Delivery of Biopharmaceutics . Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 43. p. 1661-1666.

(2013). An integrated computational model of powder release, dispersion, breakage, and deposition in a dry powder inhaler . Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 32. p. 139-144.

CONFERENCE PAPER

Kiparissides, C., Pladis, P., Alexopoulos, A.(2013). A comprehensive mathematical model of vinylidene fluoride emulsion polymerization in a semi-batch reactor . Pharmaceutical Discovery, Development and Manufacturing Forum 2013 - Core Programming Area at the 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting: Global Challenges for Engineering a Sustainable Future. p. 2.

Milenkovic, J., Alexopoulos, A.H., Milenkovic, J., Milenkovic, J., Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2012). Flow and particle deposition in the turbuhaler DPI: A CFD simulation . BIODEVICES 2012 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices. p. 5-13.

Milenkovic, J., Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2012). Airflow and particle deposition in a dry powder inhaler: A CFD simulation . SIMULTECH 2012 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications. p. 250-259.

Alexopoulos, A., Kiparissides, C.(2011). (243d) A computational model of dynamic flow in the respiratory system . Systems Biology - Topical Conference at the 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting. p. 24-26.

Alexopoulos, A., Kiparissides, C.(2005). On the numerical solution of Bi-variate population balance equations under the combined action of nucleation, growth and aggregation mechanisms . AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings. p. 7082-7083.

BOOK

Papadimitriou, D., Alexopoulos, A.H., Gerasimidis, T., Kiparissides, C.(2011). Computational Investigation of Vascular Surgical Interventions on Popliteal Artery Aneurysms . Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 29. p. 1515-1519.

(2010). Particle transfer and deposition using an integrated CFD model of the respiratory system . Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 28. (C). p. 211-216.

Pladis, P., Alexopoulos, A.H., Bousquet, J., Kiparissides, C.(2005). Modelling of vinylidene fluoride emulsion polymerization . Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 20. (C). p. 319-324.

Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2005). Solution of the Bi-variate dynamic population balance equation in batch particulate systems . Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 20. (C). p. 433-438.

Roussos, A.I., Alexopoulos, A.H., Roussos, A.I., Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2004). Prediction of the particle size distribution in continuous flow particulate processes . Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 18. (C). p. 787-792.

Alexopoulos, A.H., Kiparissides, C.(2000). Solution of population balance equations for prediction of particle size distribution in emulsion polymerization: comparison and evaluation of different numerical methods . Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 8. (C). p. 43-48.