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Graduate studies at the PhD level

On December 11, 2013 I defended my PhD work at Virginia Tech. The title of my dissertation is "Experimental Investigation of Turbulent Flows at Smooth and Rough Wall-Cylinder Junctions".

During the past years I have been appointed several teaching assistant positions for undergraduate and graduate-level courses (Fluid Mechanics, Water Resources Engineering, Environmental Hydrology, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, and River Mechanics-Sediment Transport). My research was motivated by hydraulically-induced erosion around bridge foundations. Despite the applied nature of this subject, a fundamental approach was strategically decided from the very beginning of the research project. Emphasis has been placed on the physics governing the phenomenon, in an effort to identify cause-and-effect relationships.

Graduate studies at the Masters level

I hold a MSc degree in "Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development" from the Civil Engineering Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. I attended the full-time curriculum comprising 4 compulsory and 6 elective courses. My thesis was on flood risk analysis and was supervised by the late Professor Vasileios Dermissis.

Undergraduate studies

I received the Diploma in Civil Engineering from the Civil Engineering Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (5 years curriculum). After the completion of the 48 required basic-level courses, I concentrated on Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering. I took 16 additional elective courses and eventually put together my undergraduate thesis under the supervision of Professor Vasileios Dermissis.

Foreign languages

English:	Proficient user, Certificate of Proficiency in English, University of Cambridge– Certificate of Proficiency in English, University of Michigan- Authorization to teach by the Greek Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs.
German:	Independent user, Zertifikat.
French:	Basic user
Spanish:	Work in progress...