Nikolas Makasis ([email protected])
Research Engineer, Postdoctoral Fellow B204A/9, Level 2, Engineering Block B, Parkville, VIC, 3010 Infrastructure Engineering Department, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne |
Research interests
Education
Publications
Journal Papers
Conference Papers
In preparation or submitted
Employment
Theses
Awards and Scholarships
Other Certificates
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- Numerical modelling of complex problems
- Renewable energy technologies - shallow geothermal systems & energy geo-structures
- Applying statistical methods & machine learning techniques to real world problems
- Learning analytics and education
Education
- PhD Student (Infrastructure Engineering, Geotechnical Group), The University of Melbourne, Australia (2014 – 2018)
- MSc (Computing Science), Imperial College London, United Kingdom (2013 – 2014)
- Year abroad (Civil & Environmental Engineering), The University of Melbourne, Australia (2012-2013)
- MEng (Civil & Environmental Engineering), Imperial College London, United Kingdom (2009 – 2013)
Publications
Journal Papers
- Makasis N. and Narsilio G.A. (2020) Energy diaphragm wall thermal design: the effects of pipe configuration and spacing, Renewable Energy, 154 (July), 476-487 (link)
- Makasis N., Narsilio G.A., Bidarmaghz A., Johnston I.W. and Zhong Y. (2020) The importance of boundary conditions on the modelling of soldier pile retaining walls as energy geo-structures, Computers and Geotechnics, 120 (April). (link)
- Makasis N., Narsilio G.A. and Bidarmaghz A. (2018) A robust prediction model approach to energy geo-structure design, Computers and Geotechnics, 104 (December), 140-151. (link)
- Makasis N., Narsilio G.A., Bidarmaghz A. and Johnston I.W. (2018) Carrier fluid temperature data in vertical ground heat exchangers with a varying pipe separation. Data in Brief, 18 (June), 1466-1470. (link)
- Makasis N., Narsilio G.A., Bidarmaghz A. and Johnston I.W. (2018) Ground-source heat pump systems: the effect of variable pipe separation in ground heat exchangers, Computers and Geotechnics, 100 (August), 97-109. (link)
- Makasis N., Narsilio G.A. and Bidarmaghz A. (2018) A machine learning approach to energy pile design, Computers and Geotechnics. 97 (May) 189–203. doi:10.1016/j.compgeo.2018.01.011 (link)
- Bidarmaghz A., Makasis N., Narsilio G.A., Francisca F., and Carro Perez M. (2016) Geothermal Energy in Loess, Environmental Geotechnics, 4 (August), pp. 225-236 (link)
Conference Papers
- Makasis, N., Narsilio, G.A. (2020). A case study on the application of energy tunnels in Sydney, Australia., 16th International Conference of the Intenratinal Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, 1-4 July, Torino, Italy
- Makasis, N., Narsilio, G.A. (2019). Utilising soldier pile retaining walls as energy geo-structures., 16th Pan-american Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Nov. 17-20, Cancun, Mexico.
- Makasis, N., Narsilio, G.A., Bidarmaghz, A., (2019). An investigation on the thermal performance of energy diaphragm retaining walls in underground train stations., 16th Pan-american Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Cancun, Mexico. accepted
- Makasis, N., Narsilio, G.A., Bidarmaghz, A. (2018) The application of retaining walls and slabs as energy structures in underground train stations, In: Ferrari A., Laloui L. (eds) Energy Geotechnics, Springer, SEG 2018, Sep. 25-28, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Makasis, N., Narsilio, G.A., Bidarmaghz, A. (2017) Optimising the design of energy piles using Machine Learning, 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Sep. 17-22, Seoul, South Korea
- Makasis, N., Narsilio, G.A., Bidarmaghz, A., Johnston, I.W. (2016) Effects of ground heat exchanger variable pipe separation in ground-source heat pumps, 1st International Conference on Energy Geotechnics ICEGT 2016, Aug. 29-31, pp. 155-161, Kiel, Germany
- Narsilio, G.A., Francisca, F., Ferrero, H., Bidarmaghz, A., Serrano, C., Carpo Perez, M., Makasis, N., Delacoste, E. (2015) Geothermal Energy in Loess: A Detailed Numerical Case Study for Cordoba, Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Nov. 15-18, Buenos Aires, Argentina doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-603-3-704. (link, download)
(ranked as top-ten paper).
In preparation or submitted
- Makasis N., Narsilio G.A. (2019) Investigating the thermal performance of energy soldier pile walls, in preparation
Employment
- Project Engineer, Research Assistant (Finite Element Modelling – Energy retaining walls), University of Melbourne, 2018-2018
- Project Engineer, Research Assistant (Finite Element Modelling – Shallow Geothermal energy systems), University of Melbourne, 2015-2016
- Academic Tutor & Supervisor, University of Melbourne, 2014-present
- CVEN90044: Engineering Site Characterisation
- CVEN30010: System Modelling and Design
- CVEN90050: Geotechnical Engineering
- COMP90041: Programming and Software Development
- COMP90038: Algorithms and Complexity
- CVEN90047: Infrastructure Engineering Research Project
- ENGR90033: Internship
Theses
- Makasis, N., Further understanding ground-source heat pump system design using finite element methods and machine learning techniques, PhD Thesis, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Supervisors: A/Prof. Guillermo Narsilio, Dr. Asal Bidarmaghz, Prof. Ian Johnston - Makasis, N. (2014). A.N.D: an online Assistant for Natural Deduction (MSc thesis in Computing Science, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom).
Supervisors: Dr Fariba Sadri - Makasis, N. (2013). There isn't an App for that (yet): Retaining wall pre-design tool for Android (MEng thesis in Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia – Awarded as best masters research project).
Supervisors: A/Prof. Guillermo Narsilio
Awards and Scholarships
- Geotechnical Group Travel Scholarship, The University of Melbourne (2018)
- Shortlisted for the Australian Geomechanics Society VIC Jack Morgan Award (2017)
- Australian Geomechanics Society VIC Graduate Night 2017 Presenter (2017)
- Melbourne International Research Scholarships (MIRS), University of Melbourne (2014).
- Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship (MIFRS), University of Melbourne (2014).
- Departmental Scholarship for MSc in Computing Science, Imperial College London (2013).
- ABS Consulting Award (Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering), ABS Consulting - Imperial College London (2013).
- Certificate of Excellence in recognition for best Master of Engineering research project in Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne (2013)
- Engineering Dean's List Top 10% of Year, Imperial College London (2013,2011,2010)
Other Certificates
- Academic Mentor Training, The University of Melbourne (2017)
- Translating Research at Melbourne (TRaM), Accelerate commercial insight for researchers, The University of Melbourne (2017)
- Melbourne Teaching Certificate for Graduate Researchers, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne (2017)
- Tutor Development Program, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne (2017)
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