Personal Data
Name | Traianos V. Yioultsis |
Date of Birth | 22 May 1969 |
Place of Birth | Yiannitsa (Pella prefecture), Central Macedonia, Greece |
Affiliation | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Div. of Telecommunications, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece |
Position | Professor |
Phone | +30-2310995930 |
Fax | +30-2310996312 |
traianos(at)auth.gr |
Academic Degrees
- PhD degree – Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, AUTH, Greece with highest honours (awarded: 7/5/1998).
- Diploma of Electrical Engineering (5 year degree), AUTH, Greece, with highest honours: 9.52/10 – 1st in a class of approximately 200 students (awarded: 15/7/1992).
- High school diploma (Thessaloniki) with a grade of 19.9/20. Admission to the Dept. of ECE, AUTH (after national exams).
Academic Employment
- Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, AUTH, Greece, (promoted: 23/11/2006).
- Lecturer, Dept. of ECE, AUTH, Greece (8/10/2002 – 23/11/2006).
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Computational Electromagnetics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (1/7/2001 – 31/9/2002).
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of ECE, AUTH (1/10/1999 – 31/6/2001).
- PhD Student, Dept. of ECE, AUTH (1/5/1993 – 7/5/1998).
Awards – Distinctions
- Best poster paper award, among more than 400 papers at CEFC 2000, Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation, Milwaukee, USA (June 2000).
- Invited member of the panel session “Edge elements” at the 1997 COMPUMAG Conference (Rio de Janeiro) among O. Biro, A. Bossavit, Z. Cendes, K. Fujiwara, G. Mur and J. Webb.
- Annual awards for excellence as a student, by the Greek Scholarship Foundation (1987 – 1992).
- Awards for excellence by the Technical Chamber of Greece (1991, 1992).
- Several invited lectures.
Teaching Experience
- October 2002 – Today (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki): Teaching of 5 undergraduate courses (Microwaves I – 7th semester, Wireless Communications I – 7th semester, Advanced Antennas – 8th semester, Wireless Communications II – 8th semester, Microwaves II – 9th semester and 2 graduate courses (Finite Element and Difference Methods, Microwave Measurements).
- August 2001 – September 2002 (University of Illinois): Participation in teaching of 2 courses (ECE 350 – Lines, Fields and Waves, ECE 420 – Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics).
- October 1993 – September 1997 (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki): Participation in teaching of 4 courses (Electromagnetic Fields and Waves I-IV).
Books
- Microwave Systems, Aristotle University Press (in Greek).
- Advanced Antennas & Synthesis of Antennas, Aristotle University Press (in Greek).
Laboratory Experience
- Fabrication and measurement of planar microwave circuits and antennas
- Establishment of systematic protocols for EM field measurements
Theses Supervision
I supervise 4 graduate students, working towards their PhD degrees. I have also supervised more than 50 Diploma Theses (equivalent to Master Theses) over the last 5 years.
Research Experience – Qualifications
- October 2002 – Today (AUTH):
- Analysis, design and fabrication of antennas and microwave planar integrated circuits with computational techniques and optimization (nonlinear optimization, genetic algorithms, etc.)
- Wave propagation for urban and indoor communications
- Experience in measurements of microwave circuits and electromagnetic field measurements
- Application of optimization techniques to inverse problems in biomedical engineering (mainly for the inverse electrocardiographic problem)
- August 2001 – September 2002 (University of Illinois):
- Computational modeling of EM waves and induction effects in on-chip interconnects
- Reduced order modeling of high speed electronics via Gaussian spectral rules
- September 1999 – June 2001 (AUTH):
- Experimental and computational study of the effects of EM radiation to animals and humans
- Computational analysis of antennas and microwave circuits
- May 1993 – May 1998 (AUTH):
- Development of advanced finite element techniques for high frequency electromagnetics
- Study and optimization of mobile communication antennas
Research Projects
I have participated as a co-investigator in several projects, 3 as PhD student, 2 as postdoctoral re-searcher in Greece, 2 as research fellow at the University of Illinois, USA and 6 as Faculty member:
- “Study and optimization of antennas for mobile communications”, Greek Telecommunications Organization, 1993-1994 (60,000 €).
- “Establishment of a testing center for EMC appications and measurements in Northern Greece”, Greek Ministry of Labour, European Social Fund, 1994 (30,000 €).
- “Development of advanced techniques and software for the EM analysis of complex biomedical and communication applications”, PENED (*), GSRT(×), 1996-1998 (25,000 €).
- “Experimental study of electromagnetic radiation effects on rats and computational simulation in humans”, PENED (*), GSRT(×), 2000-2001 (120,000 €).
- “Measurements of EM field level in the city of Serres, Greece and study of antenna park relocation”, Municipality of Serres, 2001-2002 (40,300 €).
- “BestFit: Optimum Interconnect Modeling for Rapid Transient Simulation of Large Distributed Networks”, Semiconductor Research Corp., IBM, Univ. of Illinois, 2001-2003 (200,000 $).
- “Modeling of propagation in on-chip interconnects via Finite Element techniques”, Semiconductor Research Corporation, TI, Univ. of Illinois, 2001-2003 (150,000 $).
- “Development of advanced computational methods for the solution of direct and inverse electromagnetic problems. Design and electromagnetic compatibility of microwave devices”, EPEAEK (**), Greek Ministry of Education – TEI of Serres, Greece, 2004-2006 (51,585 €)
- “Measurement and evaluation of low and high frequency EM emissions in Crete”, EPEAEK II Greek Ministry of Education – TEI of Crete, Greece), 2005-2007 (86,200 €)
- “Design & Implementation of Innovative Microwave and Optical Communication Circuits”, PENED (*), GSRT(×), 2005-2008 (132,790 €).
- “EM Absorption in Microwave Frequencies: Simulation, Synthesis and Characterization of Materials”, PENED (*), GSRT(×), 2005-2008 (72,350 €).
- “Mapping of the Electrical Myocardial Activity and Solution of the Inverse Bioelectromagnetic Problem”, EPEAEK, (**) Dept. of Medicine, Dept, of ECE, AUTH, 2005-2007 (90,000 €).
- “Measurements of Electromagnetic and Acoustic Power Density”, continuously rolling project (est. 40,000 €).
(*) Research Personnel Support Programme
(**) Operational Programme for Education and Initial Vocational Training
(×) Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology