Vaia Zacharaki

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Education

 2016 – Current: Phd Candidate, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Phd Dissertation Title: “Impact of Demand Side Management Systems on the Reliability and Safety of Electric Power Systems Operation”. Supervisor: Professor Dialynas Evangelos.

2012 – Current: Master Program in Business Administration (MBA), School of Social Sciences, Hellenic Open University, Greece.

2005 – 2007: Master of Science (MSc) in Engineering: “Digital Communication Systems and Technology”, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. Master Thesis in the field of Communication Systems and Wireless Networks: “Design of a ZigBee Magnetic Sensor Node” at Qamcom Technology AB, Gothenburg, Sweden. Supervisor: Professor Erik G. Ström.

1999 – 2004: Δίπλωμα Diploma of Electrical and Computer Engineering (5-year degree), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece (Grade: 7.67 out of 10). Diploma Thesis in the field of Wireless Communication: “Optimization of Clustering Algorithm in Mobile Unstructured Networks (ad hoc networks) using Genetic Algorithmic Approach”. Supervisor: Associate Professor Pavlidou F-N.

Professional Career

04/2014 – Current: Technical Consultant Engineer – Freelancer
Consulting Services in Electrical and Computer Engineering

11/2016 – Current: Electrical and Computer Engineer
Participation in the Project “Operation Support of Research Laboratories: -Energy Saving and Smart Networks –Solar Air Conditioning”, under the funding of the Education and Research Committee of the Technological Education Institution of Western Macedonia (TEIWM).Technological Education Institution of Western Macedonia (TEIWM), Kozani, Greece.

04/2015 – 01/2016: Electrical and Computer Engineer
Project “Protection of the environment through the promotion of biomass for substitution of fossil fuels in heating and power generation”, under the IPA Cross-Border Program “Greece – the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2007-2013”. Technological Education Institution of Western Macedonia (TEIWM), Kozani, Greece.

04/2014 – 11/2014 & 06/2013 – 12/2013: Electrical and Computer Engineer
Project “Promotion of Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Protection of the Environment”, under the IPA Cross-Border Program “Greece – the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2007-2013”. Technological Education Institution of Western Macedonia (TEIWM), Kozani, Greece.

10/2007 – 01/2010: Electrical Engineer – Service and System Support Engineer – Member of the OSS “Operations System Support” team
Ericsson Hellas S.A., Athens, Greece
• Providing services to Ericsson’s customers (communications service providers) for monitoring, controlling, analyzing and managing their networks through OSS.
• Successfully troubleshooting customers’ OSS related problems issued though CSRs “Customer Service Requests”, as first Line Customer Support.
• Assigned in Projects regarding OSS upgrade to its latest release, performing the relevant acceptance tests after the successful project execution.
• Integrating Ericsson nodes and nodes from other vendors into the customers’ networks, with the necessary adaptations.

08/2004: Commentary Systems Operator
Athens Olympic Broadcasting (AOB), Athens 2004.

Teaching Experience

Laboratory Associate at the Technological Education Institution of Western Macedonia (TEIWM), Kozani, Greece:
02/2017 – Current & 02/2016 – 06/2016: Course “Technical Drawing – Laboratory”
10/2016 – 02/2017: Course “Renewable Energy Sources – Laboratory”
10/2015 – 02/2016: Course “High Voltage Technology – Laboratory”

Instructor at the Public Institute of Vocational Training (I.E.K.), Kozani, Greece:
10/2012 – 02/2013: Course “Informatics – Computer Use”
02/2012 – 06/2012: Course “Computer Use”

Instructor at the Institute of Vocational Training (I.E.K.) – Manpower Employment Organization (OAED), Kalamaki, Athens, Greece:
10/2011 – 01/2012: Courses “Computer Use” and “Software Engineering”

Seminars – Training

• Summer School: “Renewable Energy Use in Buildings and Energy Saving”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece, 03 – 24 July 2012.
• Certificate of Attendance: “Building Energy Audit – Building Energy Inspectors Educational Program”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece, 23 April – 17 May 2012.
• Certificate of Pedagogical and Teaching Proficiency, Annual Pedagogical Training Program (EPPAIK), School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), Athens, Greece (Grade: 9.5 out of 10), October 2010 – June 2011.
• “IP Advanced” Course (VoIP and Security), Athens, Greece, 29 – 31 January 2009.
• «IP Networking» Sessions in Ericsson Hellas, provided by Teledrom, Athens, Greece, 17 – 23 June 2008.
• «OSS-RC 5 CIF Platform Troubleshooting», Ericsson Hellas, Athens, Greece, May 2008.
• Certificate of Seminar Attendance: “GSM OSS-RC 3.1 System Administration”, Ericsson Education Center, Kista, Stockholm, Sweden, 05 – 09 November 2007.
• Course Completion Certificate: «Unix Essentials Featuring the Solaris 10 Operating System», Sun – ICTC, Athens, Greece, 29 October – 02 November 2007.
• Diploma of Seminar Attendance in Specialization: “Commentary Systems Operator”, Broadcast Training Program, Athens Olympic Broadcasting (AOB), Athens 2004, Greece, March 2004.
• Certificate of Seminar Series Attendance: “Computers Use and Programming, Subject units JAVA, VISUAL C++”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (36 Hours), March – June 2004.
• Certificate of Seminar Series Attendance: “Introduction to AUTOCAD Use”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (30 Hours), March – June 2003.

Languages
• Greek: Mother tongue
• English: Excellent Level – Certificate of Proficiency in English, The University of Michigan
• German: Good Level –Staatszertifikat über Sprachkenntnisse, B2
• French: Basic Level

Computer Skills
• Advanced Knowledge: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, C, FORTRAN, MATLAB, LaTex.
• Intermediate Knowledge: UNIX, Linux, Solaris and Sun OS operating systems, C++, JAVA, Simulink, Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Visio, AutoCAD, HTML, ASP.NET.
• Basic Knowledge: Pascal, SAP.

Publications
• M. A. Zehir, A. Batman, M. A. Sonmez, A. Font, D. Tsiamitros, D. Stimoniaris, V. Zacharaki, C. Orth, M. Bagriyanik, A. Ozdemir, E. Dialynas. "Mitigation of Negative Impacts of Distributed Generation on LV Distribution Networks through Microgrid Management Systems", 12th IEEE PES PowerTech Conference, Manchester, 18 – 22 June 2017. (Accepted for presentation)
• Dimitrios Stimoniaris, Dimitrios Tsiamitros, V. Zacharaki, F. Dialynas, T. Kottas, S. Maropoulos, M. Stefanovski, Z. Stepanovski, I. Milosovska, K. Micalevski, V. Karagiannis, T. Papotis, E. Dialynas. “Smart Energy Efficiency Interventions in Public Buildings”, Intelligent Transportation Systems & Smart Cities ITS Conference 2014, Conference & Cultural Centre, University of Patras, 19 – 22 November 2014.
• Dimitrios Stimoniaris, Dimitrios Tsiamitros, V. Zacharaki, F. Dialynas, T. Kottas, S. Maropoulos, M. Stefanovski, Z. Stepanovski, I. Milosovska, K. Micalevski, V. Karagiannis, T. Papotis, E. Dialynas. “Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings”, MedPower2014 Conference, Athens, 02 – 05 November 2014.
• Dimitrios Tsiamitros, Dimitrios Stimoniaris, T. Kottas, V. Zacharaki, and Evangelos Dialynas, Senior Member IEEE. "Control algorithm and infrastructure for smart grid topologies", International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources BEE RES, TEI of Western Macedonia, Kozani, 01 – 03 June 2014.
• Dimitrios Stimoniaris, Dimitrios Tsiamitros, V. Zacharaki, T. Kottas, S. Maropoulos, M. Stefanovski, Z. Stepanovski, I. Milosovska, N. Susevski, K. Micalevski, V. Karagiannis, K. Zarmakoupis. "Energy Audits in Public Buildings", International Conference on Buildings Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources BEE RES, TEI of Western Macedonia, Kozani, 01 – 03 June 2014.
• P. Serdaris, V. Zacharaki, S. Papanikolaou, A. Daios, G. Oreopoulos. "Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)", in Scientific Works, Volume LX "Food Science, Engineering, and Technologies – 2013, Plovdiv, 18 – 19 October 2013.