Rate My Professor Savvas Tassou

Professor Savvas A. Tassou serves as Professor - Energy in the College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences at Brunel University London. He earned a BSc with First Class Honours in Mechanical Engineering, a PhD in Mechanical Engineering with a thesis titled 'An Investigation of the Criteria to Give Optimum Performance from a Variable Capacity Heat Pump', and an MBA. His professional qualifications include Chartered Engineer (CEng), corporate membership of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (MIMechE), membership of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR), and Fellowship of the Institute of Refrigeration (FInstR).

Tassou's career at Brunel University London began in 1986 as Lecturer in Thermodynamics and Building Services Engineering, advancing to Senior Lecturer, Reader, and Professor. He held the position of Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 2001 to 2004 and Head of the School of Engineering and Design from 2004 to 2014. Since 2014, he has directed the Institute of Energy Futures and the Centre for Sustainable Energy Use in Food Chains. Prior roles include Research Assistant and Lecturer in thermofluids and energy at the University of Westminster from 1978 to 1986. His research focuses on environmental control systems for buildings including refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat pumps; modelling and control of HVAC and refrigeration equipment; food refrigeration; tri-generation and renewable energy systems; heat transfer and exchangers; and wastewater filtration. He leads projects such as Park Royal Net Zero, Bio-CO2 for biomass power generation, OPTEMIN for industrial energy management, and SolarSaver for food drying in developing countries, funded by EPSRC, Innovate UK, DEFRA, and others. Notable publications include 'Waste heat recovery technologies and applications' (2018), 'A review of emerging technologies for food refrigeration applications' (2010), 'Transient analysis and control of a heat to power conversion unit based on a simple regenerative supercritical CO2 Joule-Brayton cycle' (2021), and 'Inventory control assessment for small scale sCO2 heat to power conversion systems' (2022). His work garners over 18,000 citations, influencing sustainable energy and refrigeration advancements.