Professor John Vlachopoulos

Professor John Vlachopoulos was born in Greece  in 1942. He graduated from engineering studies at the National Technical University of Athens; got his M.Sc. at Washington University, USA., one year later he defended his  Ph.D. dissertation.

He continued his academic career at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering, at Mc Master University, Hamilton, Canada,  since 1978 employed as a full professor. He set up a renowned research centre – Centre for Advanced Polymer Processing and Design (CAPPA-D).

Professor Vlachopoulos is an author of over 250 fundamental work  in rheology and plastic processing (modeling of processing – extrusion moulding, reactive moulding, calendaring, heat forming, rotational forming, foil moulding)  modeling of effects in material flow (Barus effect, fountain effect, coalescence), modeling of polymer flow  in extrusion heads, rheology and wood-based composites processing, biodegradable materials.

Professor Vlachopoulos’s research on modeling of processing contributed to  launching  numerous computer programmes  facilitating  processing designing: POLYCAD 2-D, EXTRUCAD, NEXTRUCAD, FLATCAD, SPIRALCAD, PROFILECAD, LAYERCAD, T-FORMCAD, CALENDERCAD, RHEOMWD, XTRU-XPERT., The above programmes,  licensed by POLYDYNAMICS INC – the company established and run  by professor Vlachopolous, are widely used in global  industry in more than 500 enterprises, in 27 countries.

Professor Vlachopoulos was a president of the Polymer Processing Society; he received many superb  awards;: Society of Rheology  (Canada, 2007); Distinguished Peter Benham Lecturer (Ireland, 2000)  or Fred E. Schwab Award for Outstanding Achievements in Education (SPE, USA, 2001). His lectures and seminar are delivered  in 6 languages  and are highly popular in the world.

Professor Vlachopoulos will visit Warsaw University of Technology in April 2011.