HELLENIC MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY, HMU
The Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU) with ~400 qualified academic and technical staff and >14.500 students has a history of >40 years and offers high quality undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Engineering Sciences, Health, Agriculture and Food, Economics and Management and Environment. HMU will participate through the “Composites, Structures & Electronic Devices – 3D Printing Laboratory” (CSD-3D Lab) established by Prof. Lazaros Tzounis in 2021 as part of the Mechanical Engineering dept., HMU, Greece. CSD-3D Lab’s mission is to conduct research in five (5) scientific and technological pillars: (i) Additive Manufacturing, (ii) CAD/ CAM/ CAE systems and reverse engineering, (iii) Materials Engineering, (iv) Polymer processing and (v) Applied Physics, with a high-level research infrastructure in the field of digital & precision manufacturing, e.g. 3D printing, composite processing, polymer processing, printed electronics (strain gauges, Thermoelectric Generator- TEG devices, sensors), etc. HMU/ CSD-3D Lab has huge experience in EU, national & industrially funded projects, while the Lab director has >15 yrs experience in EU projects. CSD-3D Lab has attracted ~1.5M€ funding from competitive research programs and private collaborations.
About the partnership
- Polymer processing, i.e. single- and twin -screw extrusion processes of circular, recycled-based biodegradable granules for packaging and supermarket bag applications
- Compounding of recycled biodegradable plastic materials with “fresh” polymers as blends with controlled morphology, or with low-cost nanoparticles to induce melt-crystallisation and act as nucleating agents in the new blends
- Mechanical testing, DSC/ TGA and morphological testing of the new compoundss
- Production of final optimum granules / compounds formulations at 60-70 Kgr range to be fed to the industrial-scale extruders for film blowing processes
- Coordinator and responsible of the project’s Pilot: “Biobased materials and Packaging flow implementation”
Meet the Team
Lazaros Tzounis
PhD, Prof. (Assoc.) at the Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU), Mechanical Engineering dept. Head of the “Composites, Structures & Electronic Devices - 3D Printing Laboratory” (CSD-3D Lab)
Dr. Tzounis Lazaros is an Assoc. Professor at HMU, Mechanical Engineering Department, and head of the “CSD-3D” Lab. His main scientific interests involve i) processing, fabrication & synthesis of novel Polymeric materials filled with Carbon allotropes (CNTs, graphene, fullerenes, etc.), ii) Novel thermoelectrics and printed TEGs, as well as printed flexible PV technologies, iii) 2D additive manufacturing (AM) processes towards printed electronics and 3D printing of multi-functional polymer/ plastic materials, and iv) Manufacturing of advanced fiber reinforced polymer composites with smart functionalities (actuation, sensing, energy harvesting). Professor Lazaros Tzounis has >100 scientific publications (>6,000 according to google scholar) and participated in >100 conferences with invited talks, posters and oral presentations.
Myron Krassas
PhD, Post-doc researcher at the Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU), Mechanical Engineering dept., Researcher at the “Composites, Structures & Electronic Devices - 3D Printing Laboratory” (CSD-3D Lab)
Dr. Myron Krassas is a Physicist, currently a research associate at the “CSD-3D” Lab. His main scientific interests involve i) composite and nanocomposite materials, ii) optical, electrical and morphological characterisation of nanocomposite polymeric materials e.g. with AFM, Hall-effect measurements, profilometry, I-V characterisation, etc., iii) thin film fabrication and iv) additive manufacturing /2D & 3D printing techniques.
Emmanouil Porfyrakis
PhD researcher at the Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU), Mechanical Engineering dept., Researcher at the “Composites, Structures & Electronic Devices - 3D Printing Laboratory” (CSD-3D Lab)
Mr. MSc. Emmanouil Porfyrakis is a Mechanical Engineer, currently, researcher and PhD student at the “CSD-3D” Lab. His main scientific interests involve i) 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing technologies of novel, circular and multi-functional polymeric materials, advanced CAD/CAM/CAE systems, and iii) Mechanical testing of novel materials and structures.
Funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Actions programme under grant agreement No 101095303, under topic HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-38 – Hubs for circularity for industrialised urban peripheral areas (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HADEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
