Michalas Loukas

RANK:	Assistant Professor
SECTOR:	Electronics and Information Technology Systems Sector
LABORATORY:	Micro & Nano Technology Laboratory
EXPERTISE:	Nanoelectronic Technology and Devices

CONTACT DETAILS

ADDRESS:	University Campus Kimmeria, Building Β, Office 1.03
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TELEPHONE:	+30 25410 79556
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SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

• AI for nanotechnology
• RF MEMS
• Memristors
• Thin film semiconductor devices
• Sustainability aspects in nanotechnology
• Science outreach

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

• Material Science
• Sensors
• Special topics in Microelectronics

POSTGRADUATE COURSES

SHORT CV

Loukas Michalas received his Ph.D. in Physics (2009) from the University of Athens, Greece. Since May 2024 he is an Assistant Professor at the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Democritus University of Thrace. Previously Loukas was a postdoctoral researcher at the IESL-FORTH (2020-2024), Heraklion, Greece, at the University of Southampton (2016-2019), UK, at the IMM-CNR (2014-2016), Rome, Italy and at the University of Athens (2011-2014), Greece. Over the years Loukas also collaborated via short secondment placements (1-2 months) as visiting researcher with the Keysight Labs (2015), Linz, Austria, with the IEMN-CNRS (2015), Lille, France, with RF Microtech (2021), Perugia, Italy and with Imperial College London (2022), UK. In parallel to other scientific activities Loukas also enjoys being involved in science outreach and public engagement events.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• AIMS5.0: Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing leading to sustainability and Industry 5.0 (HORIZON-KDT-JU-2022-1-IA, GR. No. 101112089, Period: 2023 – 2026), Principal Investigator
• PRIME: Predictive reliability for high power RF MEMS (H2020-MSCA IF-2020, GR. No. 101032925, Period: 2021 – 2023), Marie-Sklodowska Curie Individual Fellow

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• L. Michalas, K. Konstantinidis, P. Farinelli, D. P. Mandic and G. Konstantinidis, “RF MEMS Switch Design Methodology by Electromagnetic Simulations and Machine Learning” Proceedings of European Microwave Week published by IEEE, Volume: 52nd European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Milan, Italy, Page: pp. 369-372, Year: 2022, DOI: doi.org/10.23919/EuMC54642.2022.9924321
• L. Michalas, S. Stathopoulos, A. Khiat, T. Prodromakis “An electrical characterization methodology for identifying the switching mechanism in TiO2 memristive stacks” Scientific Reports, Volume: 9, Page: 8168, Year: 2019, DOI:doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44607-3
• L. Michalas, S. Stathopoulos, A. Khiat, T. Prodrormakis “Conduction mechanisms at distinct resistive levels of Pt/TiO2-x/Pt memristors” Applied Physics Letters, Volume: 113, Page: 143503, Year: 2018, DOI: doi.org/10.1063/1.5040936
• L. Michalas, A. Khiat, S. Stathopoulos, T. Prodromakis “Electrical characteristics of interfacial barriers at Metal – TiO2 contacts” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Volume: 51, Page: 425101, Year: 2018, DOI: doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aadbd2
• L. Michalas, F. Wang, C. Brillard, N. Chevalier, J.M Hartmann, R. Marcelli, D. Theron “Modeling and de-embedding the interferometric scanning microwave microscopy by means of dopant profile calibration” Applied Physics Letters, Volume: 107, Page: 223102, Year: 2015, DOI: doi.org/10.1063/1.4936761
• L. Michalas, M. Koutsoureli, G. Papaioannou “Probing contactless injection dielectric charging in RF MEMS capacitive switches” IET Electronics Letters, Volume: 50, No. 10, Page: pp. 766 – 768, Year: 2014, DOI: doi.org/10.1049/el.2014.0591