Kyriakos Kourousis

Dr Kyriakos I. Kourousis is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Limerick (UL). He also serves as the Director of Postgraduate Research & Education in the Faculty of Science & Engineering. He was previously the Programme Director for UL's postgraduate and undergraduate programmes in airworthiness.

His research expertise is in the areas of metal plasticity of conventional and additively manufactured (3D printed) metals, working on modelling and characterisation of their mechanical behaviour under complex loading. He also conducts research in airworthiness management and engineering, with a focus on aviation safety regulations and standardisation. Associate Professor Kourousis leads the following research groups in the School of Engineering:

• Metal Plasticity & Additive Manufacturing Group
• Safety Themes Group

Prof. Kourousis has 25+ years of experience in the fields of aircraft maintenance, airworthiness, quality control and assurance, engineering and technical/logistics support of aircraft and aeronautical equipment, as an Aeronautical Engineer Officer (Major ret.) of the Hellenic Air Force (HAF). He was formerly the manager of the Mirage 2000/-5 airframe/systems airworthiness, quality control and assurance programme, as well as the fleet fatigue monitoring/structural integrity programme, at HAF Support Command. He has also served as aircraft maintenance officer and quality control and assurance officer for Mirage 2000 aircraft at 114 Combat Wing (Tanagra air base).

He is a registered Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the UK Engineering Council. Associate Professor Kourousis is a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society's (RAeS) Airworthiness & Maintenance Specialist Group, where he has previously held the position of Chair, and a member of the Structures & Materials Specialist Group.

Prof. Kourousis is an Associate Editor in the Aeronautical Journal, published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of RAeS and the Aviation journal. He also serves as a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Structural Integrity, published by Emerald in partnership with the European Aeronautics Science Network, and of the Advisory Board of the Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives journal, published by Elsevier.

Research students' supervision

Ongoing

PhD:

1. Ali Lawal, Cyclic plasticity modelling and low cycle fatigue prediction of corroded aerospace aluminium
2. Anirudh Kasha, Characterization of material extrusion steel 316L: Experimental investigation and microstructure evolution
3. Goodness Okoh, Prediction of the plastic yielding of additively manufactured steel 316L: Development and validation of a physics-informed mathematical model
4. Adrian Hechelmann, Embedding sustainability into Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) frameworks, methods and applications

Master's by Research:

1. Abdul Khan, Human-centred automation in airline Maintenance Control Centres: Enhancing safety, workflow and decision-making
2. Adam Delaney, Maintenance resource allocation in airline operations: Addressing human factors and logistics inefficiencies

Completed

Six (6) PhD and five (5) Master's supervisions completed; details provided in the Supervised Work section

Current

• ME6191 Airworthiness & Spaceworthiness
• ME4022 Aircraft & Spacecraft Systems
• ME6192 Plasticity of Conventional & 3D Printed Metals

Past

• ME5112 Airworthiness Management
• ME5032 Aircraft Systems Engineering