Technological Education Institute (TEI) of Piraeus

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Presentation by Maria Rangoussi, Dean, Faculty
of Engineering ( mariar_at_teipir.gr ) SENS-ERA
Project Kick-off Meeting Georgian
Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia, 27-28
Feb. 2012
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TEI of Piraeus Zooming in
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TEI of Piraeus in Athens, Greece
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TEI of PiraeusOverview
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TEI of PiraeusCampus Views
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TEI of PiraeusGeneral Information

• TEI-Piraeus is located in Athens-Egaleo, in the
  historic district of Elaionas (the Olivier of
  Athens). It is claimed by archaeologists that
  this was the location of the Academy of Plato in
  ancient Athens.
• TEI-Piraeus was established in 1983.
• Students are accepted to study in TEI-Piraeus
  through national ranking examinations after
  having completed secondary education.
• TEI-Piraeus offers both theoretical and practical
  education in undergraduate (BA / BSc) and
  graduate (MSc) level.
• Research is a major activity enhanced by our
  interaction with the productive forces of the
  society and the economy.

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TEI of Piraeus - Facts and Figures

• Two (2) Faculties, ten (10) enrolling
  Departments, two (2) non-enrolling Departments
  (Maths and Physics/Chemistry), two (2) supporting
  Centers for Languages and Sports.
• Total enrollment around 15,000 students, Academic
  Staff of 150 tenured professors and approx. 250
  full-time adjunct professors. Administrative
  Staff of 250, including lab technicians.
• Own premises on Athens-Egaleo campus (nine major
  buildings), with Academic and Digital Library,
  Computing Center, Sports facilities, Students
  dinning facilities no student dorms facilities.
  
• Currently Running
• An ERASMUS International Relations Office,
• A Liaison Office offering Career and Student
• Counseling Services,
• A Placement Office,
• An IEEE Student Branch, an IET Branch,
• and many more

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TEI of PiraeusAcademic Structure

• TEI PIRAEUS ADMINISTRATION
• Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Management
  Finance
• Departments Departments
• Automation engineering Accounting
• Electrical engineering Business Administration
• Electronics engineering Tourism Management
• Computer engineering
• Civil engineering Supporting units
• Mechanical engineering Center for Foreign
  Languages
• Textiles engineering Center Physical
  Education Sports

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TEI of PiraeusDepartment of Electronics Eng.

• Established in 1948 in an early form the
  eldest among TEI-Piraeus departments.
• Undergraduate curriculum is 4 years full-time
  (BSc level), while Graduate curricula are 2 years
  full-time (MSc level).
• Enrollment of about 160 new students per year
  total enrollment of about 1000 students.
• Current academic staff of 25 tenured professors
  and about 25 adjunct professors.
• Major fields of interest Telecommunications,
  Computer Systems Data Networks, Analogue and
  Digital Systems, Embedded Systems, Digital Signal
  Processing, Audio Video Technology, Advanced
  Materials for Electronics Apps, Electromagnetism,
  Antennae Propagation, etc.

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TEI of PiraeusDepartment of Electronics Eng.

• Undergraduate curriculum of about 40 subjects
  (75 of them include mandatory laboratory hours).
  
• Regularly updated to keep up with new science and
  technology facts (1998, 2003, 2008, )
• Undergraduate studies are interlaced with the
  electronics industry and services sector. The
  students are obliged to a six months placement
  for practical training before graduation.
• Active role in two graduate courses
• MSc in Networking and Data Communication (in
  collaboration with Kingston University, London,
  UK,
• MSc in ICT for Education, in collaboration with
  National Kapodistrian University of Athens,
  Greece.
• All academic staff members are active in building
  international relations through staff and student
  exchange and mobility programs, (ERASMUS, TEMPUS,
  LEONARDO, COST, etc.)

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TEI of PiraeusDepartment of Electronics Eng.

• Quality in Education
• As of 2008, full observation of national and
  european education quality assurance procedures
  set by
• ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance
  in Higher Education)
• HQAA (Hellenic Quality Assurance Agency for
  Higher Education)
• The Diploma Supplement is issued in greek and in
  english, for all our graduates.
• Undergraduate and graduate curricula have been
  restructured according to the European Credit
  Transfer System (ECTS) to support student
  mobility.

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TEI of PiraeusDepartment of Electronics Eng.

• Research Policy aiming towards
• Major and classic areas of electronics
  (electronic devices and systems, measurements and
  E/M radiation, industrial electronics,
  telecommunications and computer networks mobile
  / satellite / wireless / optical, audio and video
  processing and broadcasting systems, multimedia
  networking),
• Emerging areas of contemporary research interest,
  which constitute fields of cross-disciplinary
  cooperation, such as organic electronics,
  wearable electronics, multifunctional materials
  and electronics, electronics for the environment
  and for renewable energy sources, etc.,
• The research topic of ICT for Education, which is
  a field of interest across disciplines.

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TEI of PiraeusDepartment of Electronics Eng.

• Research Focus
• Technology push
• Research and Development activities mainly
  driven by the interests of academic staff
  members.
• Technology pull
• Research and Development activities mainly upon
  requests from companies and organizations.
• Research programs
• Active role in RD projects on national and
  international level (FP7, COST, TEMPUS, LEONARDO,
  etc).
• Cooperation with EU Universities, Research
  Institutes and companies.
• Effort put in developing cooperation schemes with
  private sector production units and organizations
  for innovative products and services.

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TEI of Piraeus, Dept. of Electronics Eng.

• Research Activities
• MicroElectronics / OptoElectronics / Organic
  Electronics
• Advanced Materials for Electronics Apps.
• Digital Design, VLSI and Embedded Systems
• Analog Electronics and RF Design
• Audio and Video Engineering / Broadcasting
• Computer Networks and Mobile Apps.
• Antennae, Radio, Telecommunications and RADAR
• Sensors and Wireless Sensor Networks
• Multimedia Communications
• Intelligent Control and Smart Systems
• Renewable Energy Sources and Electric Power Grids

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TEI of PiraeusDepartment of Electronics Eng.

• Resources for Research
• Human Resources
• Academic staff of 22 professors with a proven
  record of industrial / applied experience in
  research and development, assisted by a group of
  approximately 25 researchers at various levels of
  experience, MSc students plus a number of lab
  technicians.
• Infrastructure
• Own, modern facilities (year 2007 buildings)
  basic core of 20 well equipped laboratories
  conference hall and meeting rooms in campus
  wired and wireless Internet access
  teleconferencing e-learning facilities.

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TEI of PiraeusDepartment of Electronics Eng.

• Technologies Employed
• FPAA (Field Programmable Analog Arrays)
• SMD discrete and integrated components
• DSP Analog Devices and Texas Instruments
• Open source embedded SW design
• Experience in
• Analog and Mixed-Mode Circuit / Systems
  Simulation
• DSP Algorithm Simulation
• PCB Design for prototypes
• Rapid Prototyping

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TEI of PiraeusDepartment of Electronics Eng.

• Design Tools
• ICAP4/WINDOWS (Spice)
• Matlab
• Simulink
• Super Filter / Filter Master Active, Passive
• Other specialized tools

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TEI of Piraeus Dept. of Electronics Eng.

• Completed RD Projects (2000-2008)
• Flexible wireless network for process automation
  and control, tender National Center for
  Scientific Research Demokritos (1999 - 2000).
• Digital System for Automatic Surveillance of TV
  and radio content, Greek Ministry of Development
  MDM S.A., Greece, framework PABE99,
  (1999-2000).
• Electrically conductive fabrics, E.U./European
  Social Fund, Operational Programme EPEAEK-II,
  call Archimedes-I (1/2004 12/2006).
• Tele-controlled intelligent robot in a mixed
  reality environment, E.U./European Social Fund,
  Operational Program EPEAEK-II, call
  Pythagoras-II (1/2005 12/2006).
• Noise pollution suppression in work/public
  environments using a digital active noise control
  system, E.U./European Social Fund, Operational
  Program EPEAEK-II, call Archimedes-II-Environme
  nt (1/2005 8/2008).
• Development of novel technologies for the
  spectrum control of Organic Light Emitting Diodes
  and applications in advanced optoelectronic
  devices, E.U./European Social Fund, Operational
  Program EPEAEK-II, call Archimedes-II-Technolog
  y (1/2005 8/2008).
• VEMUS (Virtual European Music School),
  FP6-IST-4-027952 (10/2005 10/2008).

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TEI of Piraeus Dept. of Electronics Eng.

• E.U./European Social Fund, O.P. Education and
  Life-Long Learning (EDULLL), research call
  Archimedes-III
• MULTI-ERM Multifunctional Fabric Structures
  with Conductive Polymers and Incorporated
  Electro-rheological Materials,
• ESOUNDMAPS A distributed microelectronic system
  for environmental monitoring with emphasis on
  sound mapping,
• RF-PSS RF powered smart wireless sensor
  system,
• OSPWSN Development of an Open-Source Platform
  for Education and Research on Wireless Sensors
  Networks,
• NHyOPV Novel and highly efficient Hybrid
  organic photovoltaic cells (HyOPVs),
• NHyOLED Novel low power consumption Hybrid
  OLEDs with improved operational characteristics.
• E.U./European Social Fund, O.P. Education and
  Life-Long Learning (EDULLL), research call
  Thales
• ALMI Advanced RF Localization systems for
  Multipath propagation Indoor environments,
• DAPHNE Novel Technologies for High Resolution
  Multichannel Digital Audio Processing,
  Enhancement, Amplification and Direct Emission,
• URANUS Ultra-Fast True Random Number Generators
  With Applications To Cryptography,
• ANEMOS Analytical and Numerical
  Electromagnetism with Applications in Photonics
  and Nano-devices,
• PHOTOPOLIS Polymeric photonic systems for
  application in information technologies.
• E.U./European Social Fund, O.P.Education and
  Life-Long Learning (EDULLL), research call
  Aristeia (Excellence)
• FIF-EQ Fracture induced fields investigation
  of earthquake precursors in the laboratory and
  validation by field observations,
• RF-CLOWN Smart RF Framework for Cross-Layer
  Optimization in Wireless Networks.

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TEI of Piraeus Dept. of Electronics Eng.

• Current RD Projects
• Flexible Galileo/GPS Textile Antennas, European
  Space Agency (2011),
• PIMACTex Applications of textile products based
  on smart materials on the monitoring, display and
  control of physiological parameters, OPCE ??
  Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship, call
  COOPERATION 2009 .
• SoundSignage Intelligent system for
  stereoscopic audiovisual public information ,
  OPCE ??, call COOPERATION 2010 SMEs .
• SENS-ERA Strengthening sensor research links
  between the Georgian Technical University and the
  European Research Area, FP7-INCO-2011-6.1, ERA
  WIDE.
• SAVELEC Safe control of non cooperative
  vehicles through electromagnetic means,
  FP7-SEC-2011.1.4-2.

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TEI of Piraeus Dept. of Electronics Eng.

• Partners in proposals submitted in 2011 (under
  evaluation)
• Textile Antennas for Body Area Sensor Network
  and RFIDs for a Health Monitoring and Prevention
  System, OPCE ?? call COOPERATION 2011 - SMEs .
• SENSING Development of sensorized composite
  structures for continuous structural monitoring
  of vehicles during operation, OPCE ?? call
  COOPERATION 2011 SMEs (with HAI corp., NKUA,
  NTUA, etc.)
• BRITE GreenHouse Energy autonomous smart
  greenhouse , OPCE ?? call COOPERATION 2011 -
  SMEs (with FORTH/ICE-HT, TEI-Patras, NAGREF,
  etc)
• GAMETEX, FP7-NMP-2012.4.0-1-SME-6 (with
  TekInst / Dept. Textiles, DK)
• IRENE, FP7-SECURITY-2012-1, Topic
  SEC-2012.3.1-1, "Increasing trustworthiness of
  vessel reporting systems (with NTUA/Marine Eng.,
  etc.)
• SURFING, FP7-TRANSPORT-2012-RTD-1, Topic SST
  2012.5.2-5, "E-guided vessels the 'autonomous'
  ship (with NTUA/Marine Eng., etc.)
• MESMERIZE, FP7 - SEC-2012-1 / IP.
• COBE, FP7-ICT-2011-C, Future and Emerging
  Technologies, ICT-2011.9.3 "FET Young Explorers
  (under preparation).

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TEI of PiraeusDepartment of Electronics Eng.
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