He then completed graduate study in engineering science at Brown University, obtaining a master's degree in 1979 and a doctorate in 1980.
After two years in the role, Michaelides became associate dean for graduate studies and research within Tulane's School of Engineering.
Between 2002 and 2007, Michaelides served as director of the South-Central Center of the National Institute for Global Environmental Change.
Upon leaving Tulane and UNT, Michaelides was named Robert F. McDermott Chair in Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio and concurrently held the founding directorship of the Center on Simulation, Visualization and Real Time Computing.
[1][2] The American Society of Mechanical Engineers awarded Michaelides the Edwin F. Church Medal in 2021.