64th Engine Systems Symposium photographPresenting at the symposium
Chair · Cranfield University · 2026

64th Engine Systems Symposium

Chair

47 students · 5 directors

EUROAVIA partner

The Role

Convening the symposium

As Chair, I led the organisation coordinating 5 directors and 47 international students for the technical programme, and secured an external collaboration with EUROAVIA.

Engine Systems Symposium, official logo
01Engine Systems Symposium, official logo
Review Paper

Micro gas-turbines for aviation

Authored “Micro Gas-Turbine Engines for Aviation Propulsion: A Review of Technologies, Challenges, and Future Directions”, surveying the state of the art for compact propulsion systems.

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64th Engine Systems Symposium photograph
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Conference Partnerships

EUROAVIA Collaboration

The symposium hosted the President of EUROAVIA, Mr Pedro Moreira, and the Secretary of EUROAVIA, Mr Luigi Amirabile.

They presented after the conference address, highlighting the necessity of academy and industry collaboration in aerospace.

64th Engine Systems Symposium photograph
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64th Engine Systems Symposium photograph
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Outcome

A delivered symposium

The 64th edition ran to schedule with 47 students, 5 faculty directors, and a review paper delivered to the committee.

64th
Edition of the Cranfield symposium
47
International students
3
Post Doctoral Researchers Guests
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Conference website

A Dedicated Conference Website

For the online companion of our Conference, I created a website as a hub of information and registration for our attendees. I built and hosted the site.

Visit the conference website →
Leadership

Commencement and Closing Addresses

My favourite part of the opening address:

“We meet here today to celebrate together our science and engineering discipline that propels and powers our world. This year, the students of the Thermal Power and Propulsion September 2025 cohort are keeping the fire of the historical Engine Systems Symposium burning by conducting their own research on their selected topics for the 64th Edition of this event. This year’s conference is notably diverse, with close to 50 students from all around the world presenting topics from stationary to aero propulsion and power engines and many other auxiliary systems. […]”

Konstantinos Kyriakos, Chair of the 64th Engine Systems Symposium

During the speech at the conference closing
13During the speech at the conference closing
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