Apostolos A. Apostolakis M.Eng, PhDc

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Apostolakis Apostolos received his M.Eng Dipl. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Degree from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Technical University of Crete. As a part of his Diploma Thesis, he was member of Microelectronics group of Electronics Laboratory (Assistant Prof. Matthias Bucher). Currently, he is PhD Candidate at University of West Attica at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and member of microSENSES lab (Prof. Kaltsas Grigoris).

Research Engineer & PhD Candidate.

As a part of his Diploma Thesis, his research focused on:

  • ✓ Study of CMOS commercial process design kits PDKs used in both industry and research environments schematic and layout circuit topologies for various circuitry products.
  • ✓ Design-oriented transistor parameter extraction for design and circuit simulation of ICs.
  • ✓ Design of basic analog unit circuits such as OTAs (Operational Transconductance Amplifer) used in circuits such as: electronics for sensors, analog filters, RF frontends, microprocessors etc.

His PhD research project aims at:

  • ✓ Develop printed electronic devices through inkjet technology.
  • ✓ Study of different types of inks both commercial and experimental.
  • ✓ Study of basic electrical, thermal and general physical properties in order to fully determine the behavior of inks in multilayer printed structures.
  • ✓ Develop devices of printed sensors (temperature, humidity, deformation, chemical sensors) on flexible substrates (paper, PET, Kapton etc).
  • ✓ Study of graphene as a material suitable for the manufacture of flexible electronics.
  • ✓ Design, study and fabricate fully printed graphene-based field-effect transistors devices (GFETs).
  • ✓ Design of a tool focused on materials used to build semiconductors which could correctly assess the response of the specific devices (Process/ Physical Design Kit/ PDK).

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Basic informations about Education and Professional Experience

Summary

Apostolakis Apostolos

M.Eng Electrical and Computer Engineer, PhD Candidate at microSENSES Laboratory at the domain of Flexible Inkjet-Printed electronic devices

Education

PhD Candidate

2020 - Present

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, School of Engineering, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece

Doctoral Thesis: ”Flexible Inkjet-Printed electronic devices – Application to Graphene-Based Field-Effect Transistors (GFETs)” Supervisor: Prof. Grigoris Kaltsas (Head of the laboratory)

Integrated Bachelor and Master Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering

2012 - 2020

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece (5-years, 300 ECTS)

Overall GPA: 7.15/10 (Very Good) over 51 courses

Diploma Thesis: “Design of Low Power Operational Transconductance Amplifiers (OTAS) in Two Generations of Bulk CMOS Supervisor: Associate Prof. Matthias Bucher

GPA: 10/10 (Excellent)

High School Diploma

2010 - 2012

Private High School Othisi, Stamata, Greece

Overall GPA: 19.1/20 (Excellent)

Professional Experience

Teaching Assistant

2021 - Present

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, School of Engineering, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece (Remunerative scholarship)

  • Courses: Computer Systems Architecture (Assembly 8086 with emu8086)

Research Engineer

2020 - Present

microSENSES laboratory, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece

Currently, he is PhD Candidate at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the School of Engineering of the University of West Attica and member of microSENSES lab advised by Prof. Kaltsas Grigoris. His research project aims at:

  • Develop printed electronic devices through inkjet technology.
  • Study of different types of inks both commercial and experimental.
  • Study of basic electrical, thermal and general physical properties in order to fully determine the behavior of inks in multilayer printed structures.
  • Develop devices of printed sensors (temperature, humidity, deformation, chemical sensors) on flexible substrates (paper, PET, Kapton etc).
  • Study of graphene as a material suitable for the manufacture of flexible electronics.
  • Design, study and fabricate fully printed graphene-based field-effect transistors devices (GFETs).
  • Design of a tool focused on materials used to build semiconductors which could correctly assess the response of the specific devices (Process/ Physical Design Kit/ PDK).

Research Engineer

2021 - 2023

Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Development of a custom integrated control system based on portable electrochemical biosensors (high speed, high sensitive and portable) for a variety of applications.

Lecturer at Bachelor (Computer Science Level 4 & 5) and Master (Computer Science Level 7)

2021 - 2022

Wrexham Glyndwr University/ IST College, South Wales, United Kingdom/ Athens, Greece

  • Courses (BSc (Hons) Computer Science): Managing Data (Level 4), Discrete Computational Methods (Level 4), User Experience Design (UXD) (Level 5), Databases and Web-based Information Systems (Level 5)
  • Courses (MSc Computing): Database Systems and Data Analytics (Level 7)

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Instructor

2020 - 2021

Public Institute of Vocational Training, Aigina, Greece

  • Courses: Object-Oriented Programming Language (C++) (Lab), PHP Programming Language (Lab), Structure and function of computing units (Theory), Spread Sheets (Lab)

Academic, Administrative & IT Support

2020

Korelko Group of Companies, Athens, Greece

  • Courses: Databases, Internet Applications Development Tools, Networks Systems,Analogue and Digital Electronics (Theory and Lab) (Supervisor of Domain Informatics and New Technologies)

Research study (Thesis)

2018 - 2019

Microelectronics group, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece

As a part of his Diploma Thesis, he was member of Microelectronics group of Electronics Laboratory, and he completed his Diploma Thesis supervised by Associate Prof. Matthias Bucher. His research focused on:

  • Study of CMOS commercial process design kits PDKs used in both industry and research environments schematic and layout circuit topologies for various circuitry products.
  • Design-oriented transistor parameter extraction for design and circuit simulation of ICs.
  • Design of basic analog unit circuits such as OTAs (Operational Transconductance Amplifer) used in circuits such as: electronics for sensors, analog filters, RF front-ends, microprocessors etc.
  • URL: http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/A071FC9A-AF48-4784-86E8-7AB053BAAC24

Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) Developer

2016

IBM Hellas (Summer Internship), Athens, Greece

  • There was a BI-Data Warehouse project for a telecommunication company. The main tasks I was assigned to do, were: Development of mappings, load plans and load scenarios as well as to debug various defects in the source code.

Skills

Software & Technical Skills

Matlab 90%
C/ Java 85%
PostgresSQL/ OracleSQL 75%
HTML/ CSS/ Javascript 70%
VHDL 75%
Assembly Mips/ 8086 65%

Languages

Language Skills

Level %

Greek - Native Language

100%

Level %

English - Certificate of Proficiency in English

90%

Level %

French - Diplôme d' Études en Langue Française B2

75%

Publications

Selected publications to International Journals and Conferences

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  • Journals
  • Conferences

Papers Submitted in Scientific Journals:

[1] Apostolakis, A., Barmpakos, D., Pilatis, A., Patsis, G., Pagonis, D.-N., Belessi, V., Kaltsas, G., (2022). Resistivity study of inkjet-printed structures and electrical interfacing on flexible substrates. Micro Nano Eng. 15, 100129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mne.2022.100129.

[1] Apostolakis, A., Barmpakos, D., Pilatis, A., Belessi, V., Pagonis, D.-N., Jaber, F., Aidinis, K., Kaltsas, G., (2023). Study of Single and Multipass f–rGO Inkjet-Printed Structures with Various Concentrations: Electrical and Thermal Evaluation. Sensors, 23, 2058. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23042058.

Papers Submitted in Scientific Conferences:

[1] Dimitris Barmpakos, Apostolos Apostolakis, Aggelos Pilatis, George Patsis, Grigoris Kaltsas (2021). Electrical interfacing between inkjet-printed structures and patterned copper tracks on flexible substrate. Micro & Nano Engineering (MNE), 20-23 Sep. 2021, Turin, Italy.

[2] Apostolos Apostolakis, Aggelos Pilatis, Dimitris Barmpakos, Vassiliki Belessi, Dimitrios-Nikolaos Pagonis, Grigoris Kaltsas (2022). Effect of f-rGO ink concentration on single and multiple pass inkjet–printed structures – Resistance and temperature dependence study. Micro & Nano Engineering (MNE-EUROSENSORS), 19-23 Sep. 2022, Leuven, Belgium.

[3] Apostolos Apostolakis, Dimitris Barmpakos, Aggelos Pilatis, Dimitrios-Nikolaos Pagonis, Grigoris Kaltsas (2022). Flexible microheaters utilizing a combination of screen printing and inkjet printing technologies. Micro Nano 9th International Conference, 4-5 Nov. 2022, Xanthi, Greece.

[4] Dimitris Barmpakos, Apostolos Apostolakis, Aggelos Pilatis, Dimitrios-Nikolaos Pagonis, Grigoris Kaltsas (2023). A Printed Optical Flow Sensor, Utilizing Thermochromic Ink. 16th International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics (ISFOE23), 3-6 Jul. 2023, Thessaloniki, Greece.

[5] Aggelos Pilatis, Skendaj Frisela, Mesiri Marilia, De la Cruz Guillermo, Dimitris Barmpakos, Apostolos Apostolakis, Dimitrios-Nikolaos Pagonis, Grigoris Kaltsas (2023). Optical temperature sensing utilizing thermochromic inks – A fully printed approach. 16th International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics (ISFOE23), 3-6 Jul. 2023, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Contact

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Location:

University of West Attica - Campus 2, Athens, Greece, 12244

Call:

+30 6976876272/ +30 6948704648