My career as civil
engineering consultant began ten years ago, when I started working as a CAD
draftsman. In April 2007, I graduated from the Technological Educational
Institute of Piraeus, with a BEng. in Civil/Structural Engineering with a 2-1 grade, having
attended a 4-year course whose content also touched architectural and building
science aspects. In August 2008, I was licensed as a Civil Engineering
Technologist.
My objective from the
beginning of my carrier till now is to learn as much as I can about the field
of the design and construction of private residences, expanding my knowledge in
all related fields, with the aim of having a familiarity with all of its
aspects.
I have taken part in
hundreds of surveying projects with various roles (calculations, data
processing, GPS surveying, draftsman, positioning of land properties on maps),
since during the past years there was a big deal of demand for such projects.
The market demand for such projects occurred in the municipality in which the
consultancy I have been working for has its offices, for many reasons
(completion of the national cadastre, changes in forestry maps, corrections
submission to the Greek cadastre etc.). I also have consulting experience in
various other types of architectural, building science and civil engineering
projects. My experience in these types of projects allows me to undertake
projects of similar nature fully by myself (structural analysis of buildings,
retrofitting of buildings, energy assessment of buildings, passive fire
protection of buildings, building surveying, BIM and CAD modeling) or with the help of other professionals
(architectural design of buildings, design of water and wastewater building
installations).
In September 2009, I was
enrolled in the 3rd year of the MEng. course in Civil and Structural
Engineering of the University of Bradford, from which I graduated in July 2011
with an upper 2-1 degree. After my graduation since June 2012, I am licensed as
a Civil and Structural Engineer with IGreekE.
In October 2012 till
January 2013, I completed successfully 3 courses regarding the energy
assessment of buildings, boilers and air conditioning systems and this led to
my charteredship as an energy auditor, in October 2013.
After extensive study of
the educational material of the courses and personal research, I obtained
significant knowledge about many energy installations of buildings
(photovoltaics, heating systems, air condition systems, trombe walls, solar
greenhouses etc.).
During my career I have
attended more than 20 seminars in my field or related fields and they have
helped me in believing that through little supervision and cooperation with
more experienced colleagues, I can solve any practical problem that could occur
in my field or related fields.
From September 2013 till now, my main occupation is a
Ph.D. researcher in a course that started in December 2012. The course so far
has expanded my programming skills in Matlab (mastered the ability to construct
optimization algorithms, FEM modeling, FEM applications in optimization), as
well as it has offered me valuable knowledge in using engineering optimization
tools (genetic algorithms, PSO, neural networks, simulated annealing, fuzzy
analysis, Monte Carlo methods, combinatorial optimization, multiple linear
regression). My research focused on proposing a methodology for the structural
and energy performance optimization of steel and reinforced concrete buildings
including life cycle cost analysis considerations. In March 2014 and in June
2014, I published parts of my research in two different engineering
optimization conferences (OPT-i 2014,
EngOpt 2014). In October 2014 I was invited to write a chapter in the
journal “Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization: Volume 1 - Dedicated to
the memory of Professor M.G. Karlaftis”, that will be published by Springer.The publications presented ways to optimize many different
building components (insulation profiles, windows type and area, HVAC
equipment, PV array sizing, steel beams and columns, RC beams and columns,
frame bay length optimization) for a life cycle of 10 to 30 years.
