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1 CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL DETAILS Name: John Prospathopoulos Home address: Mikras Asias 44, Ano Glyfada, PC: Year of birth: 1971 Marital status: Not married Military Service: Completed (11/07/2001) Identity card details: AH , AT Glyfada Telephone: (work), (home) Mobile: STUDIES 1988: Graduation from 2 nd high school of Kallithea (grade of certificate 18.9) and introduction to the School of Mechanical Engineering through Panhellenic examinations (order of merit 20 th ) : Studies in the School of Mechanical Engineering. 1994: Diploma of Mechanical Engineer of NTUA with the grade of 7.42 ('Very Good') : Development of doctoral thesis at NTUA with subject: "Propagation of Acoustic Fluctuations in the Atmospheric Environment and Application to the Prediction of Noise from Wind Turbines" : Military service. 2002: Doctoral degree (PhD) of Mechanical Engineer of NTUA. FIELDS OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST Main topics of scientific research: 1. Numerical solution of axisymmetric and three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations in turbulent flow fields, using the finite-volumes method. 2. Simulation of the propagation of acoustic waves in the atmosphere. 3. Evaluation of noise levels around isolated wind turbines and wind parks. 4. Selection of the optimum locations in terms of wind potential for wind turbine siting. 5. Numerical solution of three-dimensional Helmholtz equation using the boundary element method. 6 Calculation of wind speed in stratified flow fields. 7. Aerodynamics and aeroacoustic simulation of helicopter rotors and aircrafts. 8. Simulation of wind turbine wakes for the prediction of power production in wind farms. The above are included in the following wider scientific fields: 1. Computational Fluid Mechanics. 2. Acoustics 3. Atmospheric flows. 4. Wind energy. 1

2 5. Aerodynamics of moving bodies. 6. Numerical methods. RESEARCH SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY 1. PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROGRAMMES 1995 to date: Participation in the following research programmes, funded by the European Commission and worked out in the School of Mechanical Engineering of NTUA: Α. SITING: Improving Techniques for Statistical and Physical Modelling of Wind Resources in Complex Terrain, DG-XII, JOULE-II programme, Β. COMTER_ID: Investigation of Design Aspects and Design Options for Wind Turbines Operating in Complex Terrain Environments, DG-XII, JOULE-III programme, Γ. NOISEPARK: Investigation of Noise Emission from Wind Parks and their Impact to the Design of Parks, DG-XII, JOULE-III programme, Δ. ROTOW: Investigation of the Aerodynamic Interaction Between Wind Turbine Rotor Blades and the Tower and its impact on Wind Turbine Design, DGXII, JOULE- III programme, Ε. MUST: Multiple Stall Levels, DGXII, JOULE III programme, ΣΤ. VEWTC: Verification of European Wind Turbine Design Codes, DGXII, JOULE-IV programme, Ζ. VISCEL: Viscous and aeroelastic effects on wind turbine blades, DGXII, JOULE-IV programme, Η. 5MW: 5MW Wind Energy Converter for Off-Shore Applications, DGXII, JOULE- IV programme, Θ. MEXICO: Model Rotor Experiments under Controlled Conditions, DGXII, EESD programme, I. HELINOVI: Helicopter Noise and Vibration, DGXII, GROWTH programme, ΙΑ. ADYN: Advanced European Tiltrotor Dynamic and Noise, DGXII, GROWTH programme, ΙΒ. TILTAERO: Tiltrotor Interactional Aerodynamics, DGXII, GROWTH programme, /2/2007 to date: Participation in the Integrated Package of the 6 th FP UPWIND: Integrated Wind Turbine Design, and specifically in Work Package 8 "Study of Wind Turbine Wakes", on behalf of the Centre of Renewable Energy Sources and Saving. 1/10/2009 to date: Participation in the Marie-Curie project "Wind Resource Assessment Audit and Standardization" of the 7 th FP and specifically in Work Package 2 "Micro-scale numerical simulation", on behalf of the Centre of Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (supervision of PhD student). 2. SCIENTIFIC WORKS Α. Theses i) Prospathopoulos, I.M., "Acoustic Emissions from Axisymmetric Jets - Numerical Solution of the Three-Dimensional Helmholtz Equation"(in Greek), Diploma thesis, 2

3 ii) School of Mechanical Engineering of NTUA, 1994, Supervisor: Spyros Voutsinas. Grade of thesis: 9.5. Prospathopoulos, I.M., "Propagation of Acoustic Fluctuations in the Atmospheric Environment and Application to the Prediction of Noise from Wind Turbines" (In Greek). Doctoral thesis, School of Mechanical Engineering of NTUA, Threemember counseling committee: Socrates Tsaggaris (Professor in School of Mech. Engineering of NTUA), Spyros Voutsinas, Arthouros Zervos (Αssoc. Professors in School of Mechanical Engineering of NTUA). Β. Papers in scientific journals i) Prospathopoulos, J.M., Voutsinas, S.G., 2005, Noise Propagation Issues in Wind Energy Applications, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, vol.127, pp ii) Prospathopoulos, John, Voutsinas, Spyros G., 2006, Implementation Issues in 3D Wind Flow Predictions Over Complex Terrain, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, vol.128, pp iii) Prospathopoulos, John M., Voutsinas, Spyros G., 2006, Application of a Ray Theory Model to the Prediction of Noise Emissions from Isolated Wind Turbines and Wind Parks, Wind Energy, vol. 10, pp iv) Prospathopoulos, John M., Voutsinas, Spyros G., 2007, Determination of Equivalent Sound Speed Profiles for Ray Tracing in Near-Ground Sound Propagation, Journal of Acoustical Society of America, vol.122(3), pp v) Prospathopoulos, J.M., Politis, E.S., Rados, K., and Chaviaropoulos, P.K., 2011, Evaluation of the Effects of Turbulence Model Enhancements on Wind Turbine Wake Predictions, Journal of Wind Energy, vol.14(2), pp vi) Politis, E.S., Prospathopoulos, J.M., Cabezon, D., Hansen, K.S, and Chaviaropoulos, P.K., Barthelmie, R.J., 2011, "Modeling wake effects in large wind farms in complex terrain: the problem, the methods and the issues", Journal of Wind Energy, to be published, DOI: /we.481 C. Papers in Proceedings of Conferences i) Bergeles, G., Glekas, I., Prospathopoulos, I., Voutsinas, S., Statistical and Physical Modelling of Wind Resources in Complex Terrain: Assessment of the Applicability of a 3D Navier-Stokes Code, (1996), in Proceedings of EUWEC 96, Göteborg, Sweden. ii) Belibassakis, K.A., Prospathopoulos, I.M., Voutsinas, S.G., Numerical Modelling of Noise propagation in the Atmospheric Environment and Application to Wind Turbine Installations, (1997), in Proceedings of EUWEC 97, Dublin, Ireland. iii) Prospathopoulos, I.M., Belibassakis, K.A., Voutsinas, S.G., Numerical Modelling of Propagation of Noise Emitted from Wind Parks, (1999), in Proceedings of EUWEC 99, Nice, France. iv) Prospathopoulos, J., Voutsinas, S.G., Theofiloyiannakos, D., Noise Issues in Planning Wind Energy Applications, (2004), in Proceedings of The Science of making Torque from Wind, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. v) Voutsinas, S.G., Visingardi, A., Jianping, Y., Gilles, A., Falchero, D., Dummel, A., Pidd, M., Prospathopoulos, J., (2005), Aerodynamic Interference in full helicopter configurations and assessment of noise emission: pre-test modeling activities for the Helinovi experimental campaign, 31 st European Rotorcraft forum, Florence, Italy, September 13-15, vi) Prospathopoulos, J., Voutsinas, S.G., (2006), Application of a Ray Theory Model to the Prediction of Noise Emissions from Isolated Wind Turbines and Wind Parks, EWEC 06, Athens, Greece, February 27- March 2. vii) Yin, J., Dummel, A., Falchero, D., Pidd, M., Prospathopoulos, J., Visingardi, A., Voutsinas, S.G., (2006), Analysis of Tail Rotor Noise Reduction Benefits Using 3

4 Helinovi Aeroacoustic Main/Tail Rotor Test and Post-Test Prediction Results, 32d European Rotorcraft Forum, September 2006, Maastricht, The Netherlands. viii) Pidd, M., Dummel, A., Falchero, D., Genito, M., Prospathopoulos, J., Visingardi, A., Voutsinas, S.G., Yin, J., (2006), Validation of Aeroacoustic Predictions Using the Helinovi Database, 32d European Rotorcraft Forum, September 2006, Maastricht, The Netherlands. ix) Visingardi, A., Dummel, A., Falchero, D., Pidd, M., Prospathopoulos, J., Voutsinas, S.G., Jianping, Y., (2006), Aerodynamic Interference in full helicopter configurations: Validation using the Helinovi database, 32 nd European Rotorcraft forum, Maastricht, the Netherlands, September 12-14, x) Barthelmie, R.J., Rathmann, O., Fradsen, S.T., Hansen, K., Politis, E., Prospathopoulos, J, Rados, K., Cabezon, D., Schlez,.W., Philips, J., Neubert, A., Schepers, J.G.,van der Pijl, S.P., (2007), Modelling and measurements of wakes in large wind farms, Journal of Physics Conference Series, vol. 75: doi: / /75/1/ xi) Barthelmie, R.J., Schepers, J.G.,van der Pijl, S.P., Rathmann, O., Fradsen, S.T., Cabezon, D., Politis, E., Prospathopoulos, Rados, K., J., Hansen, K., Schlez,.W., Philips, J., Neubert, A., (2007), Flow and wakes in complex terrain and offshore: Model development and verification in Upwind, EWEC 07, Milan, Italy, May xii) Barthelmie, R.J., Fradsen, S.T., Rathmann, O., Politis, E., Prospathopoulos, J, Rados, K., Cabezon, D., Schlez,.W., Hansen, K., van der Pijl, S.P., Schepers, J.G., (2008), Flow and wakes in large wind farms in complex terrain and offshore, xiii) Proceedings of the EWEC 08, Scientific Track, Brussels, Belgium, March 31 April 3. Prospathopoulos, J., Politis, E.S., Chaviaropoulos, P.K., (2008), Modeling wind turbine wakes in complex terrain", Proceedings of the EWEC 08, Scientific Track, Brussels, Belgium, March 31 April 3. xiv) Barthelmie, R. J., Politis, Ε. S., Prospathopoulos, J.M., Frandsen, S.T., Rathmann, O., Hansen, K., van der Pijl, S., Schepers, G., Rados, K., Cabezón, D., Schlez, W., Phillips, J., and Neubert, A., Power Losses due to Wakes in Large Wind Farms, World Renewable Energy Congress X, Glasgow, 19-25/7/2008 xv) Rados, K., Prospathopoulos, J., Stefanatos, N.Ch., Politis, E.S., Chaviaropoulos, P.K., Zervos, A., (2009), CFD modeling issues of wind turbine wakes under stable atmospheric conditions, EWEC 09, Marseille, France, March xvi) Prospathopoulos, J.M., Politis, E.S., Chaviaropoulos, P.K, Rados, K.G., (2009), Enhanced CFD modeling of Wind Turbine Wakes", Euromech Colloquium 508, Madrid, Spain, October xvii) Prospathopoulos, J.M., Politis, E.S., Chaviaropoulos, P.K, Rados, K.G., Schepers, J. G., Cabezon, D., Hansen, K.S., Barthelmie, R.J., (2010), "CFD Modeling of Wind Farms in Flat and Complex Terrain", EWEC 10, Warsaw, Poland, April xviii) Prospathopoulos, J.M., Cabezon, D., Politis, E.S., Chaviaropoulos, P.K, Rados, K.G., Schepers, J. G., Hansen, K.S., Barthelmie, R.J., (2010), "Simulation of Wind Farms in Flat and Complex Terrain using CFD", Torque 2010 Conference: The Science of Making Torque from Wind, Crete, Greece, June D. Reports of Research Projects i) John Glekas, John Prospathopoulos, Spyros Voutsinas: Efficient Estimation of Wind Potential for Sites in Complex Terrain: Assessment of the Applicability of a 3D Navier Stokes Code, Final Report of the research team of NTUA for the SITING project under JOULE-II programme, contract number JOU2-CT , ii) Co-author of the Final Report for the NOISEPARK project, coordinated from the research team of NTUA under JOULE-III programme, contract number JOR3-CT , PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES 4

5 Participation in the following conferences: Α. European Union Wind Energy Conference EUWEC 96, held in Göteborg of Sweden, March Β. Torque The Science of making Torque from Wind, held in Delft University of Technology, in the Netherlands, April C. Torque The Science of making Torque from Wind, held in Foundation for Research and Technology, in Crete, Greece, June PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1. General 1995 to date: Collaboration with the School of Mechanical Engineering of NTUA in the above-mentioned research projects, as a mechanical engineer under contract work. The main topics of activity were the numerical simulation of the atmospheric flow field, the solution of three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations, the evaluation of wind potential over complex terrain, as well as the problem of propagation of sound waves in the atmosphere. To address the problem of sound propagation, a new software was developed, whilst to resolve the atmospheric flow field, the existing software tools were modified and investigated. The period , systematic work was performed on Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic simulation of moving bodies (helicopter-aircraft rotors) using vortex methods and integral relationships 1/2/2007 to date: Collaboration with the Centre of Renewable Energy Sources and Saving, under the afore-mentioned research projects of the 6 th and 7 th FP, as well as under private agreements related to the wind turbine siting at various regions of Greece. 1/9/2008 to date: Network and computer administrator of the Laboratory of Aerodynamics of the School of Mechanical Engineering of NTUA. 2. Experience in computer systems and software - Development of extensive computer codes in FORTRAN language, through long-term experience in numerical modeling of atmospheric flow and acoustic problems. - Excellent familiarity with computer systems DOS, Windows, Linux and UNIX. - Significant experience in several well-known software packages and Internet programs (MSOffice, LaTeX, Corel Draw, Acrobat Professional, Visio Professional, Tecplot, Surfer, Mathematica, X-Win, X-Manager, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, WYSIWYG Web Builder, etc.). 3. Languages English in very good level (Proficiency of Cambridge, diploma June 1996) Greek (native). 4. Participation in professional associations- organizations - Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece. 5

6 - Member of the Panhellenic Association of Mechanical-Electrical Engineers. 5. Other interests Karate, latin dances, running, gym 6