Dr. Nickolas Vlahopoulos

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Biography

Nickolas Vlahopoulos is a Professor in the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering program at the University of Michigan. His expertise lies in computational methods, structural acoustics, and multi-discipline ship design, particularly focusing on uncertainty in design decision-making and blast event simulations. He has developed optimization algorithms for complex system designs and has published extensively on topics such as finite element methods and energy finite element analysis. Vlahopoulos has chaired numerous Ph.D. committees and has received various awards including the NA&ME Outstanding Graduate Student Award. He teaches graduate-level courses including Marine Structures, Foundations of Ship Design, and Marine Hydrodynamics, and he is actively involved in research concerning vibrational analysis and optimization in engineering contexts.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Michigan

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:84
GRE General
Verbal
Required:155
Verbal Percentile
Required:50
Quantitative
Required:168
Quantitative Percentile
Required:50
Analytical Writing
Required:3.6
Writing Percentile
Required:50
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree in engineering, physics, or mathematics Calculus Physics
Application Checklist
  • Rackham Graduate School Application
  • Official Transcripts
  • 3 Letters of Recommendation
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Personal Statement
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science