Regular biography
Anastasia Vasileiou is a Senior Lecturer in Advanced Nuclear Manufacturing at The University of Manchester, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Her research focuses on nuclear manufacturing, with contributions to areas such as residual stress prediction, electron beam welding, and neutronics heating modeling. She has collaborated on various projects, including the Mechanics Group, and has participated in international conferences and invited talks. Vasileiou has also engaged in teaching and learning enhancement initiatives within the department.
Scholar-generated biography
Anastasia N. Vasileiou is a Senior Lecturer at The University of Manchester, specializing in welding processes and their effects on material properties. Her research focuses on the microstructural and residual stress evolution in steel weldments, particularly in multi-pass welding and advanced welding techniques such as electron beam and laser welding. She investigates the impact of dilution, transformation plasticity, and thermal cycles on the mechanical behavior of welded components. Her work also addresses the characterization and modeling of tempering during welding and the prediction of residual stresses using surrogate models and artificial neural networks. Her research is crucial for the development of reliable welding processes in nuclear and structural applications.