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Symposium in the Memory of Alkivides Ch. Payatakes
To honor the memory of Alkiviades Ch. Payatakes (1945-2009), Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Director of the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences of FORTH (1999-2006), and Chairman of FORTH from 2006 until his premature loss, on the 29th November 2009 and on the occasion of the first anniversary of his death, a Symposium was organized by FORTH/ICE-HT and the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras on December 17, 2010. The Symposium included scientific talks by his colleagues, his students and his friends in the areas of Particulate systems; Multiphase flows in porous media; and Transport phenomena in porous media and biological processes, as well as, memorial talks. Participants of the Symposium received an album, entitled “Alkiviades Ch. Payatakes: His life and his work, 1945 – 2009” (in Greek) written by his students. During the Symposium the building of FORTH/ICE-HT which was completed when he was Director of the Institute was named “A. C. Payatakes Building”.