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PDFMembers of AQERT are faculty, researchers and students of Texas A&M University at Qatar. Team leader and coordinator is Dr Konstantinos Kakosimos.
Dr. Konstantinos Kakosimos received his PhD on the simulation of toxic gases dispersion from the Chemical Engineering Dept. of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2009. He worked as Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Assistant in the same university, as visiting Research Assistant in the National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University Denmark and also as a Design Engineer and Environmental Consultant for a number of private firms (Hellenic Petroleum, Titan Cement Company SA, Hellenic Gold, HYETOS GP etc). In October 2012 he has been appointed Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering in Texas A&M University at Qatar and he is also affiliated with the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center extension in Qatar. He has co-authored 3 books (among which “Fires, explosions, and toxic gas dispersions: Effects calculation and risk analysis” published by CRC Press) and more than 17 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Kakosimos main research activities are focused on fluid dynamics, transport and fate of pollutants and hazardous materials, air quality, risk analysis and effects estimation, emergency response modelling, solar thermo and chemical processes.
Concerning the field of Air Quality Modelling, Assessment and Control, he has a wide experience on application and research studies and teaching. His main research activities are focused on the development of numerical models for the assessment of Air Quality in urban scale. In addition, he served as an Air quality and Environmental Consultant for a number of private firms (Hellenic Petroleum, Titan Cement Company SA, Hellenic Gold, HYETOS GP etc). He also participated in the Ministry of Environment’s Environmental Impact Assessment Committee for the State of Qatar.