Information

Membership Number: FCA3528

Membership Type: Fellowship

Division: Engineering and Applied Sciences

Corresponding Email: soteris.kalogirou@cut.ac.cy

Homepage(s): https://www.cut.ac.cy/faculties/fet/mem/staff/dep/soteris.kalogirou/?languageId=1 

Present and Previous Positions

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology

Elected Chairman of the Department (2017-2020)

Elected Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology (2020-2022)

Elected Vice-Rector on Economics, Personnel and Development (Term ended December 2023)

Fields of Scholarship and Research Interests

Research Interests 

Solar thermal collectors (flat-plate, integrated and concentrating), thermosiphonic and forced circulation solar hot water systems, hybrid photovoltaic/thermal systems, computational simulation and optimization of solar systems, seawater desalination with the use of renewable energy, use of artificial intelligence systems for the performance prediction of energy and renewable energy systems, energy conservation, absorption chillers, geothermal systems and thermal performance of buildings.

For more than 35 years, Professor Soteris Kalogirou is actively involved in research in the area of solar energy and particularly in flat plate and concentrating collectors, solar water heating, solar steam generating systems, desalination, photovoltaics, geothermal energy and absorption cooling. 

Honors, Awards and Other Membership

Professional Qualifications

• Member, Scientific Technical Chamber of Cyprus (ETEK) — A133041

• European Engineer (Eur Ing), European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI)

• Chartered Engineer (CEng), Engineering Council

• Member, ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers)

• Member, ISES (International Solar Energy Society)

Fellowships and Academy Memberships

• Fellow, European Academy of Sciences — FEurAsc

• Founding Member, Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts

• Member, Academia Europaea

• Fellow, International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance — AIIA

• Fellow, Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association — AAIA

Leadership and Editorial Roles

• President, Nemitsas Foundation

• Editor-in-Chief, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

• Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Renewable Energy

• Honorary Editor, Energy: The International Journal

Editorial Board Memberships (Selected)

• Applied Energy

• Progress in Energy and Combustion Science

• Energy Conversion and Management (including X-journal)

• Energy and Buildings

• Sustainable Cities and Society

• International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies

• Frontiers in Energy (FIE)

• Energies

• Smart Energy

• Entropy

• Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems

• Energy Storage and Saving (ENSS) — Honorary Member

• (and other journals as listed)

Selected Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UNOpofUAAAAJ&hl=en 

Other Information

CORE-Letter1.pdf