Nicolas Triantafyllidis
Professor Emeritus
Primary Website
https://www.polytechnique.edu/annuaire/fr/users/nicolas.triantafyllidis
Education
Brown University
PhD Engineering
MS Applied Math
MS Engineering
National Technical University of Greece
Diploma Civil Engineering
Teaching
- Structural Mechanics I (AE 314)
- Aircraft and Spacecraft Sturctures (AE 315)
- Structural Mechanics II (AE 414)
- Theory of Plates and Shells (AE 416)
- Introduction to Finite Elements(AE 510)
- Advanced Finite Elements(AE 511)
- Nonlinear Continuum Solid Mechanics(AE 514)
- Mechanics of Composite and Microstructured Media (AE 515)
- Introduction to Structural Stability (AE 518)
- Plasticity Theory -with Prof. W. Yang (AE 519)
- Advanced Theory of Plates and Shells with Prof. R. Peek (AE 614)
- Advanced Elastic & Plastic Stabiltiy (AE 618)
Research Interests
Professional Service
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- American Society of Mechanical Engineering
- American Society of Civil Engineering
- American Academy of Mechanics
- Society of Engineering Science
Biography
POSITIONS HELD AT MICHIGAN
- Professor of Aerospace Engineering
- Assistant Professor (October 1980)
- Specializations and Research Interests
- Continuum mechanics. Micromechanics. Structural mechanics. Structural stability. Manufacturing process modeling,
- Numerical methods (f.e.m.), Geomechanics, Magneto-Electro-Mechanical coupling problems in solid.
Awards
- Fellowship of the C.N.R.S. (French NSF) Awarded to foreign scientists to pursue research in France (2003)
- Southwest Mechanics Lecture Series Speaker (2001)
- Appointed Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics (2000)
- Elected to the Board of Governors of the SES (Society of Engineering Science) (1999)
- Research Fellowship Award, Ecole Polytechnique of France (1998)
- Excellence in Research Award, Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Michigan (1997)
- Fellowship of the CNRS (French NSF) awarded to foreign scientists to pursue research in French Institutions (1987-1988)
- Elected Fellow of the ASME (1996)
