Evangelos Koutras, PhD

Experience

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  Aristotle Racing Team (ART)

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2018

  Mentored all (4) members of suspension subgroup | Organizer and recruiter of the new team • Leader of suspension subgroup | Specialized in vehicle dynamics | Developed team’s first vehicle dynamics model• Vehicle dynamics and suspension kinematics simulation & analysis (MSC Adams, IPG Kinematics, IPG CarMaker)• Organizer of team’s design report | Best design report award (FSAE Italy 2017)• Organizer of track testing | Track tuning | Test data analysis

  • Advisor & Recruiter

    Sept 2017 - Aug 2018

  • Vehicle Dynamics & Simulations Engineer

    Jun 2016 - Aug 2017
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  Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

  Oct 2019 - Apr 2024

  PhD Researcher

  • PhD dissertation: Effective direct integration in multibody dynamics: Applications in co-simulation of mechanical systems and vehicle-soft soil terrain interaction• Deep dive in applied mathematics and related methods (computational methods, numerical analysis, linear algebra, root-finding algorithms, time integration, solution of non-linear equations, ODE and DAE solvers)• C++, Python and MATLAB code implementation• Numerical integration in multibody dynamic systems | Examination of different formulations and integration algorithms | Benchmark and full-scale models | Full-scale 3D vehicle modelling• Co-simulation of arbitrary multibody or structural dynamics components | Examination of different coupling condition schemes | Benchmark models | Full-scale 3D Vehicle-Bridge Interaction (VBI) application• Swift and memory-efficient soft soil tire and track model, enabling off-road simulations | Model was integrated in Altair MotionSolve | Full-scale and real-life engineering applications Show less

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  Altair

  Nov 2019 - Nov 2023

  Software developer (contractor, AUTH)

  • Developed a high-performance and memory-efficient soft soil tire and track model in C++/Fortran, enabling off-road simulations• Model was integrated in commercial multibody dynamics (MBD) solver Altair MotionSolve | First code release: v. 2022 | Code updates until v. 2023.1• Extensive testing of the developed tire model in various simulation scenarios• Examination of the resulting tire-vehicle interaction through numerous real-life vehicle models• Debugged and tested the model’s code, developed unit tests and created the documentation files Show less

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  Hellenic Aerospace Industry S.A. (EAB)

  Apr 2022 - Sept 2023

  Modeling and Simulation Engineer (contractor, AUTH)

  • Structural design of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) | Structural and aeroelastic analyses• Co-simulation using the MpCCI coupler | Fluid model – Ansys Fluent | Structural model – MSC NASTRAN