Papanikolaou Nikolaos

RANK:	Professor
SECTOR:	Power Systems Sector
LABORATORY:	Electrical Machines Laboratory
EXPERTISE:	Power Electronics

CONTACT DETAILS

ADDRESS:	University Campus Kimmeria, Building B, Office 0.12
E-MAIL:
TELEPHONE:	+30 25410 79739 & 79921
PERSONAL WEBSITE:	https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=kAVyjjkAAAAJ&hl=el
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SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

Power Electronic Conversion Topologies
Power Electronics Applications at All-Electric Transportations, Energy Saving, Renewable Energy Sources Exploitation, and Power Quality Improvement

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

Fundamentals of Power Electronics
Power Electronics and Applications I
Power Electronics and Applications II
Special Applications of Power Electronics

POSTGRADUATE COURSES

Advanced Courses of Power Electronics

SHORT CV

Prof. Nick Papanikolaou (SM, IEEE, 2010) received the Dipl. Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Patras, Patras, Greece, in 1998 and 2002, respectively. Prior to his Academic Career, he worked in the Hellenic Transmission System Operator, as well as in the Electric Transportation Company of Athens. On 2013 he joined the Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Xanthi, Greece, where he is currently a Professor at the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department (ECE-DUTH) in the field of Power Electronics and their applications to renewable energy, distributed generation, electric transportations, and power quality improvement. He has led several research projects in his field, in close cooperation with the Hellenic Industry as well as with EU & China Research Institutions and Companies. He is the founder of PEL@DUTH research group at DUTH, which is currently one of the top power electronics research groups in South East Europe. In addition, he is an evaluator of various EU-funded projects, as well as a Visiting Professor and a member of several PhD committees in various Universities abroad.

Prof. Papanikolaou is an Editorial and Guest Editorial Board member of various scientific journals in his field (published by Elsevier, Springer, CPSS and MDPI). He is a Senior Member, IEEE, and he is included in the Stanford list of top 2% scientists (Electrical & Electronic Engineering field). He has published more than 120 research papers in his field and guided 5 PhD theses.

Prof. Papanikolaou was a Member of the IEEE European Public Policy Group Working Group on Energy (2024). He also served as the Vice President and the Director of the MSc & PhD Programs of the ECE-DUTH department.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

INDUSTRIAL PROJECT (Funding Industry: DASTERI S.A.): Smart waste bin for advanced waste management (16/10/2019 – 31/07/2021); Head of the Democritus University of Thrace research undertaking group, engaged with the development of a smart waste bin for advanced waste management.
HELLENIC INNOVATION RESEARCH ACTION: Development of a smart solar cell; i-Cell (01/12/2018 – 30/11/2021); Head of the Democritus University of Thrace research undertaking group, engaged with the development of the smart micro-inverter that will be incorporated in smart solar cell module.
NATIONAL RESEARCH FUNDS: Advanced power electronic solutions for the development of an innovative protection methodology for next generation active distribution systems – DGRES-Pro (15/03/2018 – 30/06/2019); Head of the research undertaking group, engaged with the development and validation of an innovative protection scheme for next generation active distribution networks, based on wide band gap power electronic devices.
ERIGRID TRANSNATIONAL ACCESS (H2020): Experimental investigation on the performance characteristics of anti-islanding techniques in the prospect of high PV penetration level – Multi-Island (23/10/2017 – 17/11/2017); Head of the research undertaking group, engaged with the experimental investigation on the performance characteristics of commercial anti-islanding techniques in the prospect of high PV penetration level at TECNALIA S.A. laboratories.
CLEAN SKY JOINT UNDERTAKING: Thermoelectric cooling using innovative multistage active control modules – THERMICOOL (01/06/2014-31/05/2016); Head of the DUTH research group, engaged with the design and prototyping of the power electronic converters that are controlling the thermoelectric cooling process in aircraft electronic devices.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Baros, D. Voglitsis, N. Papanikolaou, A. Kyritsis, N. Rigogiannis, “Wireless Power Transfer for Distributed Energy Sources Exploitation in DC Microgrids”, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2019, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 2039-2049.
Voglitsis, F. Valsamas, N. Rigogiannis, N. Papanikolaou, “On harmonic injection anti-islanding techniques under the operation of multiple DER-inverters”, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 2018, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 455-467.
Valsamas, D. Voglitsis, N. Rigogiannis, N. Papanikolaou, A. Kyritsis, “Comparative study of active anti-islanding schemes compatible to MICs in the prospect of high penetration levels and weak grid conditions”, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Special Issue on New Trends in the Planning of Distribution Network with High Penetration of Renewables and Flexible Loads, 2018, Vol. 12, No. 20, pp. 4589-4596.
Voglitsis, N. Papanikolaou, A. Kyritsis, “Active Cross-Correlation Anti-Islanding Scheme for PV Module Integrated Converters in the Prospect of High Penetration Levels and Weak Grid Conditions”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2018, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 2258-2274.
Karatzaferis, E. Tatakis, and N. Papanikolaou, “Investigation of energy savings on industrial motor drives using bidirectional converters”, IEEE Access, 2017, No 5, pp. 17952-17961.