EDUCATION | EXPERIENCE | PUBLICATIONS | SKILLS | ACTIVITIES | REFERENCES

EDUCATION :

Ph.D. in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Expected May 1999,
Preliminary examination completed Octomber 1998,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA .

M.S. in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, October 1998
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA .
GPA : 3.8

Dipl. Ing. Degree for Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, December 1994,
University of Stuttgart, Stuutgart, GERMANY.
AVERAGE : "gut" (good) (Scale : very good, good, satisfactory, sufficient).

'Pre diploma' in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, December 1994,
University of Stuttgart, Stuutgart, GERMANY.
AVERAGE : 'befriedigent' (satisfactory) (Scale : very good, good, satisfactory, sufficient).

EXPERIENCE :

Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) :

• Fall 1996 - present : Investigating concepts of aircraft agility using the mathematical model to describe aircraft motion which I developed in my thesis. Also, use of the optimization software XGESOP to find measures of integral agility. Results of this research were presented in the 1997 AIAA Flight Mechanics Conference in New Orleans. The paper was included in the proceedings under the number AIAA-97-358.
• Spring 1997 - present : Modify an existing airfoil optimization software which combines the Euler flow solver ErICA and the optimization algorithm TRICE. I'm currently working on increasing the accuracy using cubic interpolation instead of linear, when calculating the linearized state and adjoint equations for the flow.

Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) :

• Spring 1997 : Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Instrumentation and Laboratory (AOE3054). Responsibilities included organizing the class, supervising the experiments, enforcing safety rules, answering questions and grading laboratory reports.
• Fall 1998 : AOE 4004. Grading homework problems.

Thesis :

• Thesis I : 'A turbo/ram jet engine with hydrogen turbine and heat exchanger'. Institute for Aviation Propulsion, University of Stuttgat, January 1994. (German : 'Kombinationstriebwerk mit Wasserstoffturbine and Waermetauscher' Institut fuer Luftfahrtantriebe, Universitaet Stuttgart, Januar 1994).

• Thesis II : 'A new dynamic model to assess aircraft agility'. Institute for Flight Mechanics and Control, University of Stuttgart, December 1994. (Institut fuer Flugmechanic und Flugregelung, Universitaet Stuttgart, December 1994). Thesis was carried out at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in VA, USA.
  

Internships :

September 1990 - February 1991 : eighteen week internship with 'DORNIER GmbH' (now DASA) in Munich. During this time I was involved in several projects.

Construction :
I was responsible of the repair of an old DO-28 aircraft from the Nigerian airlines. The completion of the repairs let to the order of a new DO-328 from the Nigerian Airlines. I developed the constructions plans. I was responsible for the approval of the construction plans from the Dynamic Group and for the inspection of the work done in the aircraft.

Quality Control :
I was responsible for the quality control of delivered "pre bags". This are used in the production of composite parts in the wing of the AIRBUS aircraft and in the rotor blades of a BELL helicopter. The quality control included the chemical analysis of the pre bags and also the investigation of the material strength properties. I also was involved in the quality control of a special qlue used in the web-composite parts.

Assemblage :
I worked in the assemblage of the flaps of the AIRBUS family and in the assemblage of the DO-328. I worked in the assemblage of the hydraulic system and some electronic parts. I also worked in the assemblage of the fuselage of that same aircraft.

Project Management :
I was involved with the work planing and coordination process.

July 1989 - August 1989 : One month internship with MERCEDES BENZ AG.
I was granted permission to observe several production processes for metal proccessing and quality assurance.

August 1989 - September 1989 : One month internship with SCHOPF GmbH.
I learned the basic skills needed for metal processing.

Military Service :

September 1995 - March 1996 : I served as an assistant officer in a Combat Operation Center (COC). Responsibilities included :

• Coordinate interception of enemy aircraft in the early phase of take off.
• Coordinate rescue missions.
• Executing Emergency scenarios.
• Updating war scenarios.
• Testing, reviewing and evaluating of a new computer on-line system that will replace in the future communications by phone.

Summer Jobs :

I was several times employed by MERCEDES BENZ AG where I work in different departments.

PUBLICATIONS :

• 'A new mathematical model to assess aircraft agility'. Iossif Mugtussidis and E. M. Cliff, AIAA Flight Mechanics conference, New Orleans, 1997. Paper number : AIAA-97-3584.

SKILS :

I have exelent organizational and communicating abilities. When I am working with a group I usually take the leading position and develop initiatives. People like to work with me because of my competence and easy going. I am also very good in public relations.

Languages :
Trilingual in greek, german and english. Book knowledge in french.

Computer Languages :
FORTRAN, PASCAL, BASIC.

Computer Software :
MATLAB, MATHEMATICA, XGESOP (optimization Software), WORD, COREL DRAW, etc.

Operating Systems :
UNIX, WINDOWS.

ACTIVITIES :

Student member of the AIAA.
Current president of the Hellenic Association of Virginia Tech. Goals are to promote and support political and cultural issues concerning Greece and the greek communities outside Greece.
Active member of the Greek Orthodox Church of Esslingen in Germany.

REFERENCES :

Available upon request.