Vasileios Vakalopoulos Brookline, MA 02446, USA
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Curriculum Vitae Skype: vasilis.vakalo
Professional Experience
Mechanical Engineer
02/2011– Goldenport Shipmanagement Ltd., Athens, Greece, Responsible for the
11/2013 data entry of the specifications, spare parts and maintenance plan of eleven
new buildings in the company’s database.
Additional Specific Responsibilities:
On board installation of servers, installation and configuration of vessels’ com-
puter networks.
Crew training and troubleshooting.
Database maintenance/update and implementation by the crews, supervision of
maintenance plan updating, spare parts and supplies ordering in close coordina-
tion with the technical manager, fleet managers, superintended engineers and
Spare/Logistics Department of the company in order to integrate the system in
the company’s standard procedures and work flow.
Supervising Engineer
02/2010– Manolas-Heetas & Co, Kerkyra, Greece, Supervising Mechanical/Electrical
04/2010 Engineer in the project “Renovation of the Bungalows Complex Capo di Corfu",
There was a complete remodelling of the whole complex, expansion of the
main building, upgrade of the main power supply with installation of new
power lines and of a 20 KVA generator, installation of new HVAC system,
boiler/hot water system and complete renovation of the bungalows.
Safety Engineer
09/2009– Attiko Metro, Athens, Greece, Safety Engineer and Supervising Engineer in
12/2009 the project "Depot of Eleonas - Instalation of Fire Resistant Coatings and Dry
Ceilings in the Buildings of the Depot", This was part of the new facilities
of "Attiko Metro" and train parking lot. (Athens subway system).
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Education
2008–2010 MSc. in Automation Systems, Inter-Departmental Postgraduate Studies,
Section Mechanical Design and Automatic Control, National Technical Uni-
versity of Athens, NTUA.
GPA 7.83/10
1999–2008 Engineering Diploma, Section Mechanical Design and Automatic Control,
School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens,
NTUA.
GPA 6.29/10
Master Thesis
Title Classification Methods of Dynamic Data Measurements of Fault Bearings
Supervisors Professor Antoniadis Ioannis
Description This Thesis investigated supervised classification methods like Support Vector
Machines and Self Organizing Maps and unsupervised clustering methods like
K Means. There were two main sets of data. The simulated data of fault
bearings and data acquired from a test rig with actual fault bearings. One
set consisted of simulated data that were used for training and the other set
was consisted of acquired data being classified.
Diploma Thesis
Title Solution of 3D Acoustic Problems with Dual Reciprocity Boundary Elements
Method
Supervisors Professor Provatidis Christoforos
Description The Boundary Element Method (BEM) is a numerical computational method
for solving linear partial differential equations, with application in many
scientific problems and engineering. This thesis investigated the effectiveness
of BEM in 3D Acoustic Problems.
Miscellaneous
11/2006– Hellenic Navy, Athens, Greece, Fulfilment of mandatory military duty.
11/2007 Assistant Engineer in the Unit of Diving - Hyperbaric Medicine of the Hellenic
Navy Hospital
12/2005 Volunteer in Cerebral Palsy Greece, Athens, Greece, Assistant in the
distribution and delivery of holiday cards and gifts in the Department of Cards
and Gifts..
8/2004 Volunteer in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, Stew-
art in the buses of Cerebral Palsy Greece, for the transportation of athletes,
referees and judges from their accommodations to the stadiums and back.
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Computer skills
Operating Microsoft Windows, Linux (Ubuntu), Mac OS
Systems
Software Microsoft Office, Danaos Technical, Danaos Supplies, Matlab, Mathematica,
Platforms & Python, ROS, Labview, SQL, Fortran, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, LTEX
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Programming
Good knowledge of hardware and network issues, data recovery
Awards
1999 Scholarship from State Scholarship Foundation (IKY), Greece.
Languages
English Fluent Proficiency in English from the University of Michigan
Spanish Intermediate DELE Nivel Inicial
Greek Mother tongue
Additional Information
Society Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (T.C.G. 2009), Member of
Memberships Hellenic Association of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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