Work experience

• Associate Professor, Engineering and Maths

  American University of Athens, Greece

  2022.10-Current

  (3 years)

  Teaching engineering and math courses for the American University of Athens (Southeastern), Greece, following the British and American System of Education. (www.aua.edu) College Algebra and Trigonometry, Calculus, Mechanics of Materials. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Professional member of the Technical Chamber of Greece, TEE. Journal peer reviewer of Aerospace Science and Technology, Elsevier. Alumni Member, School of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, NTUA. Alumni Member, Civil Engineering Department, National Technical University of Athens, NTUA.
• Mechanical Engineering Tutor

  Waikato Institute of Technology, New Zealand

  2018.12-2023.01

  (4 years)

  Teaching engineering courses for the ME department of Jinhua Polytechnic in Zhejiang, China. Fluid Mechanics and Strength of Materials 1 and 2, Advanced Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, Engineering Management. Monitoring undergraduates, designing, and grading tests and final exams. Following professional development sessions, experience gained for online and distance education delivery classes.
• Aerospace Structures I, Teaching Assistant

  Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

  2016.09-2017.05

  (9 months)

  Aircraft loads and analysis, landing gear and wing design, elasticity theory, finite element analysis, fundamental concepts of aerospace structural design. Mentor undergraduates on several projects and assist on FEA software training.
• Structural Laboratory Instructor

  Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

  2015.09-2016.05

  (9 months)

  Honeycomb compression, aluminum rod torsion, steel and composite tensile test, NDT, vibration, use of strain gages, rocket thrust. Hands-on practice to carry out experiments, lab safety procedures, seminars on formal report writing and presentation.
• Head of the Concrete Cutting Department

  H. Kokkinos Technical Company

  2005.03-2012.04

  (7 years)

  Design of innovative structural projects based on customer needs. Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills, supervision of 4 multinational technical teams. Successful customer support from design stage to execution, fast resolving issues and clearly communicating complex topics to diverse audiences, stakeholders, engineers and sub-contractors.
• Senior on-site Engineer

  D-S Engineers - Technical Company

  2003.02-2005.01

  (2 years)

  Successful execution of $1.7 million construction project. Strong leadership skills, supervision of on-site technical teams and safety procedures. Effective schedule planning, liaison with sub-contractors, analytical thinking, strong sense of responsibility.

Projects

• optimization analysis of variable stiffness composites - optimization framework design.

  Research

  2017.09-2018.09

  (a year)

  Optimization of composites
• Aeroelastic, computational, structural, damage analysis of PRSEUS application (NASA-Boeing design)

  Research

  2014.09-2015.03

  (7 months)

  PRSEUS

Educational experience

• National Technical University of Athens

  Applied Mechanics

  2011.09-2012.11

  (a year)

  Msc
• National Technical University of Athens

  Civil Engineering

  1995.09-2002.01

  (6 years)

  5 years

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