| EDUCATION |
Degree expected in December
2004 |
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M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering –
Robotics and Automation
Ambulatory Robotics Laboratory
McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
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September 1998 -
April 2002 |
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B. Eng. in Mechanical Engineering
McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
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| AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS |
| 2002 |
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Hellenic Scholarship Foundation Award |
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June 2003 -
June 2004 |
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Precarn Scholarship |
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| WORK RELATED TO ROBOTICS |
| COURSES |
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CONTROL: Control Systems, Control Engineering, Linear Systems and Nonlinear Control Systems
ELECTRICAL: Applied Electronics and Instrumentation and Electric Machinery.
MECHANICAL: Introduction to Robotics, Mechatronic Design and Microprocessors for Mechanical Systems |
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| PROJECTS |
- AQUA Project: 3D simulation of six-legged underwater robot and design of thrust measuring setup
- OVERHEAD TRACTOR (Design I): Remotely controlled system to move trolleys (from which castings are suspended) on the overhead rail system of a foundry.
- PROBE TRAVERSER (Design II): Positioning system of a probe measuring the boundary layer profile of the flow over an airfoil in a wind tunnel.
- BOILER GASKET ASSEMBLY LINE (Mechanical Engineering Project)
- SIMULATION OF A PLANAR HOPPING ROBOT (Mechatronic Design)
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| COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE |
| APPLICATIONS |
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Matlab, SolidWorks and Labview |
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| LANGUAGES |
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C and Fortran |
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| PERSONAL SKILLS |
| TEAMWORK |
- Have worked with an estimated 30 groups on school projects.
- Worked with people of a different culture and mother tongue, in Finland.
- Volunteered for a first-aid team of 30 in CÉGEP and worked with 50 other lifeguards at the Aquatic Association of DDO.
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| INTER-PERSONAL |
- Interacted with engineers, managers, millwrights and electricians at Norbord Industries Inc., and engineers at Fastems.
- Dealt with children and their parents when I worked in the swimming pools; distribute meals to elderly people and keep them company every week.
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| INITIATIVE |
- Carried projects through with minimal directions and supervision at Norbord Industries Inc.
- Started a multilingual database of words used in technical documents at Fastems.
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| ORGANIZATIONAL |
- Supervised at the SP Villa swimming pool
- Was the team leader of various school projects
- Managed our Mechanical Engineering project’s budget of 10,000$
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| LANGUAGES |
- Speak, read and write ENGLISH and FRENCH fluently
- Speak, read and write GREEK and SPANISH well
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| COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION |
| Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation (Heart and Stroke Foundation), Instructors (Red Cross) and National Lifeguard (LS) |
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| EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE |
Summer 2001
Controls Team,
Fastems,
Tampere, Finland
Fastems is the leading
supplier of factory
automation systems in
Europe and employs 250
people. |
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| ENGINEERING STUDENT |
- Translated technical documents in French
- Corrected and completed the French user interface of the control software
- Wrote user interface instructions
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Fall 2000
Mechanical
Engineering
Department
McGill University,
Montreal,
Canada |
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| TEACHING ASSISTANT for
DYNAMICS OF MECHANISMS |
- Answered students’ questions regarding course material
- Corrected homework assignments
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Summer 2000
Maintenance
Department
Norbord Industries Inc.,
Cochrane,
Canada
Norbord Industries
Inc., a division of
Nexfor Inc., produces
high quality panel
boards used mainly in
the furniture-
manufacturing sector.
The plant in Cochrane
employs over 200
people. |
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| ENGINEERING STUDENT |
- Assisted in the equipment documentation
- Continued the implementation of the computerized maintenance management system
- Helped plan the maintenance shutdown of the plant
- Processed equipment readings data
- Created the mechanical drawings needed by the maintenance department
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June 1998 –
April 2000
Aquatic
Association of
DDO, Montreal,
Canada |
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LIFEGUARD and SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR |
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Summer 1999
S.P. Villa Pool,
Montreal, Canada |
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LIFEGUARD and SUPERVISOR |
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Summer 1998
S.P. Villa Pool,
Montreal, Canada |
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LIFEGUARD |
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| EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES |
| VOLUNTEERING |
- Member of the first-aid team of Collège Bois-de-Boulogne
- Santropol Roulant (meals on wheels) cook and meal distributor
- Welcome Hall Mission volunteer
- Co-organizer of the McGill Engineering Competition Debate
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| ACTIVITIES |
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McGill Triathlon Team |
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| HOBBIES |
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Painting, reading and writing |