Rate My Professor Dimitris Nikitopoulos

Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos is the Alexis and Marguerite Voorhies Professor of Mechanical Engineering and holder of the Richard J. and Katherine J. Juneau Distinguished Professorship at Louisiana State University. He serves as Chair of the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Director of the LSU National Center for Advanced Manufacturing, and Strategic Area Lead for Manufacturing and Materials in the College of Engineering. Nikitopoulos earned his Ph.D. in Engineering from Brown University in 1986, an Sc.M. in Engineering from Brown University in 1982, and a Diploma (Sc.B.) in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the Metsoveion National Technical University of Athens in 1980. Throughout his career at LSU, he has held leadership positions in department administration and advanced manufacturing initiatives, contributing to the development of facilities and programs in mechanical engineering.

His research specializations encompass experimental and numerical fluid dynamics and transport phenomena, including multiphase flows, multiscale phenomena, microfluidics, and Bio-MEMS applications. Key publications include "Highly Efficient Circulating Tumor Cell Isolation from Whole Blood and Label-Free Enumeration Using Polymer-Based Microfluidics with an Integrated Conductivity Sensor" (Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008), "Rapid PCR in a Continuous Flow Device" (Lab on a Chip, 2004), "Bio-MEMS: Technologies and Applications" (CRC Press, 2006), "Electrophoretic Transport of Single DNA Nucleotides through Nanoslits: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study" (Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2015), "Liquid–Liquid Segmented Flows in Polycarbonate Microchannels with Cross-Sectional Expansions" (International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2014), "On Steady and Pulsed Low-Blowing-Ratio Transverse Jets" (Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2013), and "Study of Unforced and Modulated Inclined Film-Cooling Jets Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition" (ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 2013). With over 3,500 citations on Google Scholar, his contributions have advanced fields such as microfluidics for biomedical applications and turbulent flows. Nikitopoulos's endowed professorships recognize his academic excellence and impact in mechanical engineering.