Prof. Lefteri H. Tsoukalas

Programme: MSc in Energy systems
Modules: Introduction to Energy Technology Systems, Nuclear Energy

Prof. E. H. Tsoukalas received a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1989 and has served as Professor and Former Head of the School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana).

Dr. Tsoukalas has nearly 25 years of experience in developing smart energy techniques and over 200 research publications in the area including a book titled “Fuzzy and Neural Approaches in Engineering,” (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997).

He has served in advisory and consulting positions for the Ministry of Education, Ontario Canada; the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria; the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium; the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR) of the Government of Singapore; and the US Department of Energy. He is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society and the 2009 recipient of the Humboldt Prize.