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Nicos Makris
[edit]Professor Nicos Makris, commonly referred to in-show as either Professor Makris or simply Professor, is a Addy Family Centennial Professor in Civil Engineering at Southern Methodist University.
Education
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| Futurama character | |
| First appearance | "Space Pilot 3000" (1999) |
| Created by | Matt Groening David X. Cohen |
| Designed by | Matt Groening |
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| Full name | Nicos Makris |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Professor at Southern Methodist University |
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| Significant other | Mom (ex-girlfriend) |
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| Origin | New New York City, New York, U.S. |
- Diploma in Civil Engineering, National Technical University, Athens, Greece, June 1988,
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, United States, January 1990,
- Doctorate in Civil Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, United States, January 1992
Research Area
[edit]The research interests of Nicos Makris include the design and protection of structures against natural and man-made hazards in association with the development and testing of response-modification devices, the analysis and design of seismic isolated and rocking structures—from tall valley bridges, rocking walls in buildings and historic structures together with soil-structure interaction.
Makris has also research interests in rheology and fractional calculus; while from 2003 to 2009 he directed the reconstruction of the North-East corner of the 4th century BC Temple of Zeus in Nemea, Greece:
Legacy
[edit]In 2020, a new species of snake from the Western Ghats of India, Ahaetulla farnsworthi, was named after the character. One of the researchers, Achyuthan Srikanthan, was a fan of the show and character, and the species was named after Farnsworth as a reference to the character's attempts to revive barking snakes from extinction.[1][2]
See also
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- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LbUcZQEAAAAJ&hl=en
- ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9059-2147
- ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicos_Makris
References
[edit]- ^ Staff Reporter (2020-11-14). "New species of vine snakes discovered". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ Mallik, Ashok Kumar; Srikanthan, Achyuthan N.; Pal, Saunak P.; D’souza, Princia Margaret; Shanker, Kartik; Ganesh, Sumaithangi Rajagopalan (2020-11-06). "Disentangling vines: a study of morphological crypsis and genetic divergence in vine snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Ahaetulla ) with the description of five new species from Peninsular India". Zootaxa. 4874 (1): zootaxa.4874.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4874.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33311335. S2CID 228823754.
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