National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos"
The National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" (Greek: Εθνικό Κέντρο Έρευνας Φυσικών Επιστημών "Δημόκριτος") is a research center in Greece, employing over 1,000 researchers, engineers, technicians and administrative personnel. It focuses on several fields of natural sciences and engineering and hosts laboratory facilities.
The facilities cover approximately 150 acres of land at Aghia Paraskevi, a suburb ten kilometers from the center of Athens, on the northern side of Hymettus mountain. The buildings cover an area of approximately 35.000 m2 (8.6 acres).
The Centre started its operation in 1959 as an independent division of the public sector under the name Nuclear Research Center “Demokritos”, named in honour of the Greek philosopher Democritus. In 1985 it was renamed and given self-governing jurisdiction under the auspices of the General Secretariat of Research and Technology. The original objective of the newly created center was the advancement of nuclear research and technology for peaceful purposes. Today, its activities cover several fields of science and engineering.
The NCSR is a self-administered governmental legal entity, under the supervision of the General Secretariat of Research and Technology of the Ministry of Education.
Contents
Research Institutes
The research activities of the centre are conducted in eight administratively independent institutes:
- Institute of Biology
- Institute of Materials Science (IMS)
- Institute of Microelectronics
- Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications (IIT)
- Institute of Nuclear Technology - Radiation Protection (INT-RP)
- Institute of Nuclear Physics
- Institute of Radioisotopes & Radiodiagnostic Products
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
The INT-RP at Demokritos operates Greece's only nuclear reactor, a 5 MW research reactor.
The Environmental Research Laboratory (EREL)
The EREL is part of the Institute of Nuclear Technology - Radiation Protection (INT-RP) and it is one of the largest scientific research teams in Greece dealing with environmental research. The staff consists of 13 Ph.D. and 5 M.Sc. scientists, 4 Ph.D. students, 1 technician and 1 administrative assistant.
The research and development activities of the EREL include:
- Weather Forecasting
- Urban air quality
- Emissions inventories
- Air quality measurement, analysis and predictions
- Air pollutant dispersion modelling[1][2] over terrain of high complexity on local, urban and regional scales.
- Transport in porous media and characterization of porous materials
- Soil remediation
The DETRACT atmospheric dispersion modeling system
The DETRACT atmospheric dispersion modelling system, developed by the EREL, is an integrated set of modules for modelling air pollution dispersion over highly complex terrain.
The Media Networks Laboratory
The Laboratory is a part of the “Digital Communications” research programme of the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, NCSR “Demokritos”. It is located in the premises of NCSR in Athens, Greece and employs high-qualified research personnel, specialised in networking and multimedia technologies. The laboratory has been active for more than a decade in a number of national and European research projects, following the reputation of the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunication in the global research communities. In this context, it maintains close collaboration with Greek and international partners, both industrial and academic. The research achievements of the laboratory are reflected in a considerable number of publications in journals and conferences.
The lab pioneered in 2001 by developing the first digital television platform to support fully interactive services in Greece (and one of the first ones in Europe).
Photos
-
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος Εργαστήριο Ιοντικού επιταχυντή 10.jpg
Ion Accelerator Tandem
-
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος Εργαστήριο Ιοντικού επιταχυντή 2.jpg
Ion Accelerator Tandem
-
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος Ιοντικός επιταχυντής Tandem.jpeg
Ion Accelerator Tandem
-
Laboratory of Ion Accelerator
-
Institute of nuclear and particle physics 00048 REP SDR-62 (0659).jpg
Laboratory of Ion Accelerator
-
Institute of nuclear and particle physics 00048 REP SDR-85 (0727).jpg
Laboratory pf Ion Accelerator
-
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος εργαστήριο Ιοντικού επιταχυντή Tandem 4.jpeg
Control panel of Ion Accelerator Tandem
-
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος εργαστήριο Ιοντικού επιταχυντή Tandem.jpeg
Laboratory of Ion Accelerator Tandem
-
Van de Graf Electrostatic Accellerator (NCSR Demokritos).jpg
Van de Graf Electrostatic Accellerator
-
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος Εργαστήριο Παθοβιολογίας 1.jpg
Pathobiology Laboratory-precision weighing instrument
-
00048 REP SDR-8 (0560).jpg
Pathobiology Laboratory-precision weighing instrument
-
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος Εργαστήριο NMR.jpeg
Pathobiology Laboratory
-
Εργαστήριο NMR - ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος.jpeg
Pathobiology Laboratory
-
Εργαστήριο NMR-ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος.jpeg
Pathobiology Laboratory
-
00048 REP SDR cell culture-41 (0595).jpg
Lab of pathobiology cells and extracellular matrix-Efferent cell culture
-
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος Εργαστήριο Παθοβιολογίας κυττάρων και εξωκυττάριου χώρου 3.jpg
Lab of pathobiology cells and extracellular matrix
-
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος Εργαστήριο Παθοβιολογίας κυττάρων και εξωκυττάριου χώρου 5.jpg
Lab of pathobiology cells and extracellular matrix
-
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος Εργαστήριο Παθοβιολογίας κυττάρων και εξωκυττάριου χώρου 4.jpg
Lab of pathobiology cells and extracellular matrix
-
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος Εργαστήριο Συνεστιακό Μικροσκόπιο 2.jpg
Laboratory of Confocal Microscope
-
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος Εργαστήριο Συνεστιακό Μικροσκόπιο 1.jpg
Laboratory of Confocal Microscope
-
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος Εργαστήριο Μοριακής Διαγνωστικής 5.jpg
Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics
-
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος Εργαστήριο Μοριακής Διαγνωστικής 1.jpg
Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics
-
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος Εργαστήριο Μοριακής Διαγνωστικής 3.jpg
Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics
See also
- Atmospheric dispersion modelling
- List of atmospheric dispersion models
- Czech Hydrometeorological Institute
- Finnish Meteorological Institute
- List of nuclear reactors
- List of research institutes in Greece
- Met Office, the UK meteorological service
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- NERI, the National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark
- NILU, the Norwegian Institute for Air Research
- UK Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling Liaison Committee
- UK Dispersion Modelling Bureau
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. www.crcpress.com
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. www.air-dispersion.com
External links
- NCSR Demokritos website (in Greek and English)
- Website of the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications (IIT)
- Environmental Research Laboratory official website
- Website of the Media Networks Laboratory
- Website devoted to the DETRACT dispersion modeling system
- Website devoted to the DIPCOT dispersion model
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles containing Greek-language text
- Greece articles missing geocoordinate data
- Scientific organizations established in 1959
- 1959 establishments in Greece
- Research institutes in Attica
- Nuclear technology in Greece
- Nuclear research institutes
- Multidisciplinary research institutes
- Atmospheric dispersion modeling
- Agia Paraskevi
