
Dr Athanasios Toumpis
Senior Lecturer
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Area of Expertise
- Friction stir welding (FSW)
- Steel metallurgy
- Microscopy
- Mechanical testing
- Fatigue testing
- Thermal / Thermo-mechanical analysis
- Failure analysis
Prize And Awards
- Global Engagement Fund
- Recipient
- 14/2/2024
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Publications
- A techno-economic evaluation of friction stir welding of DH36 steel
- Toumpis Athanasios, Galloway Alexander, Cater Stephen R, Molter Lars
- 10th Friction Stir Welding Symposium, 10FSWS (2014)
- Assessing the very high cycle fatigue behaviour and frequency effect of structural steel welds
- England Andrew, Gorash Yevgen, Toumpis Athanasios
- Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures Vol 48, pp. 1529-1541 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.14569
- Comparative fatigue analysis of structural steels considering welding and surface effects
- Gorash Yevgen, Comlekci Tugrul, Walker Carl, Toumpis Athanasios, Kelly James, England Andrew, Milne Lewis
- Strain Vol 61 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/str.70003
- Design and development of a bespoke rotary friction welding machine in exploration of joining dissimilar materials for nuclear applications
- Dellepiane Michail, Da-Silva Laurie, Toumpis Athanasios
- Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing Vol 9 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp9010027
- Exploring the boundaries of refill friction stir spot welding : influence of short welding times on joint performance
- Draper Jonathan, Fritsche Sebastian, Garrick Andrew, Amancio-Filho Sergio T, Toumpis Athanasios, Galloway Alexander
- Welding in the World Vol 68, pp. 1801-1813 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-024-01721-9
- The effect of weld heat input on the microstructure and mechanical properties of wire arc additively manufactured 15-5PH stainless steel
- Sword J Iain, Galloway Alexander, Toumpis Athanasios
- The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology Vol 132, pp. 5305-5314 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-024-13674-w
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Teaching
ME960 Applied Metallurgy
ME931 Industrial Metallurgy
BE906 Biomaterials and Biocompatibility – Bioceramics
16565 Engineering Composites – Metal Matrix Composites
ME403 Engineering Materials Selection
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Professional Activities
- The 77th Annual Assembly of International Institute of Welding (IIW) and International Conference on Welding and Joining
- Participant
- 7/7/2024
- 9th International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue
- Participant
- 26/6/2024
- Sebastian Fritsche
- Host
- 3/4/2024
- Graz University of Technology
- Visiting researcher
- 5/3/2024
- First Joint International Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Organiser
- 28/11/2023
- First Joint International Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Chair
- 28/11/2023
Projects
- Development of a novel friction stir additive manufacturing technology
- Toumpis, Athanasios (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2026
- JARSS REA 3184 - Investigation of friction stir welded steel joints on giga-cycle running machines
- Toumpis, Athanasios (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2027
- University of Strathclyde Diamond Jubilee Research Studentship
- Toumpis, Athanasios (Principal Investigator) Galloway, Alexander (Co-investigator) Sakkir, Azhar Mohammed Pillai (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2027
- ESCO buckets weld performance investigation (Azhar M P Sakkir)
- Toumpis, Athanasios (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2027
- International Strategic Partner Research Studentship - Investigation of dissimilar material refill friction stir spot welding
- Toumpis, Athanasios (Principal Investigator) Galloway, Alexander (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2027
- JARSS REA 3184 - Investigation of friction stir welded steel joints on giga-cycle running machines
- Toumpis, Athanasios (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2027
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Contact
Dr
Athanasios
Toumpis
Senior Lecturer
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Email: athanasios.toumpis@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 574 5075