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Nikos Bozikis

@nikosbozikis

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Combustion acoustics researcher and CFD engineer specializing in hydrogen flows.

Switzerland

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What I'm looking for

I seek R&D or engineering roles focused on combustion, CFD, and flow acoustics where I can apply experimental and computational skills to efficient, real-world solutions.

I am a combustion acoustics researcher and CFD engineer with experience in hydrogen and methane combustion modeling, experimental flow acoustics, and numerical simulation.

I have studied at ETH Zürich and KTH, and produced research on cavity flow whistling and efficient DNS modeling for eccentric Taylor–Couette–Poiseuille flows.

In industry, I applied STAR-CCM+ to simulate combustion in SGT800 gas turbines, optimized meshing and solver strategies to reduce computational cost, and compared flame characteristics across fuel mixtures.

I combine deep theoretical knowledge with hands-on experimental setup and data processing, and I am passionate about flow modeling, practical problem solving, and producing computationally efficient solutions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Master Thesis R&D Engineer

Siemens Energy

Jan 2022 - Jun 2022 (5 months)

Conducted CFD simulations of hydrogen and methane combustion in SGT800 gas turbines using STAR-CCM+, optimized meshing and solvers to produce valid results at lower computational cost and characterize flame behavior across fuel mixtures.

Star CCM+CFDs Mesh Data Analysis

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Powdermill Navigation

Sep 2019 - Jul 2020 (10 months)

Designed and implemented a cloud-based archiving system for ship certificates and operating documents, improving retrieval speed and record management efficiency.

Document Management Process Design Automation Linux Microsoft Office

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

ETH Zürich

Doctor of Philosophy, Combustion Acoustics

2024 - 2025

Activities and societies: Research and publication on whistling of turbulent cavity flows (preprint DOI provided).

Doctoral research in combustion acoustics focusing on flow acoustics, combustion dynamics, hydrogen combustion, cavity flow acoustics, and flow stability; program discontinued.

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Master of Science, Engineering Mechanics

2020 - 2022

Activities and societies: Coursework in analytical and computational fluid dynamics; research implementing an efficient spectral DNS algorithm.

Completed Master of Science in Engineering Mechanics with coursework in CFD, flow acoustics, compressible flow, stability and turbulence, and a research project developing a spectral DNS model for eccentric Taylor–Couette–Poiseuille flow.

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Bachelor of Science, Physics

2014 - 2019

Activities and societies: Undergraduate research defining an expression for 2D free decaying confined turbulence explaining inverse energy cascade.

Bachelor of Science in Physics covering classical and quantum mechanics, fluid dynamics, statistical mechanics, relativity, and related mathematical coursework; conducted research on 2D confined turbulence using braid theory.