Petros Savva

Special Teaching Staff
Department of Environmental Science and Technology
Cyprus University of Technology
Cyprus

Biography

Dr. Petros G. Savva is currently working as a special teaching staff at the Department of Environmental Science and Technology of the Cyprus University of Technology. He teaches the undergraduate courses: Tools of Environmental Management (EST 201), Chemistry II (EST 106), Climate Change (EST 404) and Chemistry I and II laboratories (EST 101.E and EST 106.E). He also teaches the postgraduate lessons Systems and Tools of Sustainable Development (EST 502) and Air Pollution and Climate Change (EST 532). He obtained his BSc in Chemistry from the University of Cyprus, MSc from the University of Patras and PhD from the University of Cyprus.

Research Intrest

His research interests are in Environmental Catalysis (NOx, CO, HC and SOx de-pollution) from stationary and mobile sources, Carbon Nanotubes synthesis, Benzene Hydrogenation in Gasoline, and hydrogen production and use as an energy carrier. He has received several honorary awards and distinctions at a national and international level. Dr. Savva has 15 refereed scientific publications in international journals, more than 30 refereed conference presentations and has 4 European and International patents.

List of Publications
PG Savva, CN Costa, AG Charalambides (2013) Environmental, Economical and Marketing Aspects of the Operation of a Waste-to-Energy Plant in the Kotsiatis Landfill in Cyprus. Waste and Biomass Valorization 4: 259-269.
CN Costa, PG Savva, JLG Fierro, AM Efstathiou (2007) Industrial H 2-SCR of NO on a novel Pt/MgO–CeO 2 catalyst. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 75: 147-156.
CN Costa, PG Savva, C Andronikou, PS Lambrou, K Polychronopoulou, et al. (2002) An investigation of the NO/H2/O2 (lean de-NOx) reaction on a highly active and selective Pt/La0. 7Sr0. 2Ce0. 1FeO3 catalyst at low temperatures. Journal of Catalysis 209: 456-471.