Here is a timeline of my activities on various levels in reverse chronological order. Only the most important of the older activities are listed. One may find more regarding other activities or these recorded incidents in my personal blog.
01 September 2019: Elected director of the Nuclear Engineering Department of the School of Mechanical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (one year term until August 31, 2020).
26 - 29 March 2019: Workshop on EC REM 2018 Radon-in-Water Proficiency Test & Training course on measurement of radon and radioactivity in water, JRC-Geel, Belgium.
October - November 2018: Instructor for the Regional Post-Graduate Course in Radiation Protection and the Safety of Radiation Sources, Joint IAEA Greek Atomic Energy Commission Post-Graduate Seminar, Athens, Greece (part held in the premises of the Nuclear Engineering Department of NTUA, which is collaborating with GAEC for the implementation of this seminar).
01 September 2018: Elected director of the Nuclear Engineering Department of the School of Mechanical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (one year term until August 31, 2019).
24 - 27 April 2018: First Coordination and Planning Meeting for Technical Cooperation Project RER1019, Hosted by: the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Headquarters, Vienna International Center, Vienna, Austria, Organized by: the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Project Number & Title: RER1019, Enhancing Standardized Radiation Technologies and Quality Control Procedures for Human Health, Safety, Cleaner Environment and Advanced Materials
05 February 2018: Appointed by the Greek Atomic Energy Commission as Project Counterpart for Greece (National Representative), in IAEA's European Technical Cooperation Regional Project RER1018 entitled "Enhancing Standardized Radiation Technologies and Quality Control Procedures for Human Health, Safety, Cleaner Environment and Advanced Materials" for the duration of two years 2018 and 2019.
05 - 09 December 2016: Regional Workshop on the QA/QC for the Measurement of Radon and on Radon Risk Communication, Hosted by: the Institute of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia, Organized by: the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Health Organization (WHO), Project Number & Title: RER/9/136, Reducing Public Exposure to Radon by Supporting the Implementation and Further Development of National Strategies
11 November 2016: Day conference: State-of-the-art Non-Destructive Testing and its contribution to construction and social safety, 9th National NDT Conference, Hellenic Society of Non-Destructive Testing, hosted by the National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens. Co-author of a paper presented in plenary.
12 - 26 September 2016: Lecturer and Instructor for the "3rd Training School on the Reuse of NORM in Building Materials" within NORM for Building materials network (NORM4BUILDING) of COST Action TU1301, Nuclear Engineering Department, National Technical University of Athens.
23 - 24 August 2016: Management Committee meeting & Working Group meetings for NORM for Building materials network (NORM4BUILDING) of COST Action TU1301, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby campus.
3 - 4 June 2016: 25th Hellenic Nuclear Physics Society Symposium, NCSR "Demokritos", Athens (participant with no contribution).
17 - 18 May 2016: Management Committee meeting & Working Group meetings for NORM for Building materials network (NORM4BUILDING) of COST Action TU1301, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary.
13 May 2016: 6th Bi-annual National Metrology Conference "Metrologia 2016". Co-author of a paper presented in plenary.
04 March 2016: Visit to University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Department of Materials Engineering (MTM), Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. Meeting with a responsible of the Sustainable Metals Processing and Recycling Unit Dr. Yannis Pontikes, Invited presentation: "Approximate comparison of the -x ray shielding properties of various materials mixtures of known composition using basic theory and simple computational tools".
02 - 03 March 2016: German CFD-Network International Meeting, Juelich Forschungs Zentrum, Aachen, Germany (technical visit)
29 February 2016: Visit to FH Aachen, Campus Juelich, Heinrich Mussman Str. 1, 52428 Juelich, Germany. Meeting with Professor Friedrich HOYLER, Director of the training center for radiation protection at the FH Aachen.
07 January 2016: Appointed by the Greek Atomic Energy Commission as Project Counterpart for Greece (National Representative), in IAEA's European Technical Cooperation Regional Project RER1017 entitled "Using Advanced Radiation Technologies for Materials Processing" for the duration of two years 2016 and 2017.
21 - 25 September 2015: Coordinator and head instructor for the 2nd (interim) Intensive Course on Industrial Radiography (IC-IRAD) held at the Industrial Radiography installations of the Nuclear Engineering Department of NTUA. The final report for this 1st course may be found here.
22 - 23 May 2015: 24th Hellenic Nuclear Physics Society Symposium, Physics Department, University of Ioannina (participant with no contribution).
October - November 2014: Instructor for the Regional Post-Graduate Course in Radiation Protection and the Safety of Radiation Sources, Joint IAEA Greek Atomic Energy Commission Post-Graduate Seminar, Athens, Greece (part held in the premises of the Nuclear Engineering Department of NTUA, which is collaborating with GAEC for the implementation of this seminar).
29 September - 03 October 2014: Coordinator and instructor for the 1st (to be held biannually)Intensive Course on Industrial Radiography (IC-IRAD) held at the Industrial Radiography installations of the Nuclear Engineering Department of NTUA. The final report for this 1st course may be found here.
22 - 26 September 2014: Joint ICTP/IAEA Workshop on Nuclear Reaction Data for Nuclear Power Applications, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy.
17 - 18 September 2014: Management Committee meeting & Working Group meetings for NORM for Building materials network (NORM4BUILDING) of COST Action TU1301, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
20 - 21 June 2014: 23rd Hellenic Nuclear Physics Society Symposium, Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (participant with no contribution).
16 - 17 June 2014: Management Committee meeting & Working Group meetings for NORM for Building materials network (NORM4BUILDING) of COST Action TU1301, Czech University of Technology (CVUT), Prague, Czech Republic.
09 May 2014: 5th Bi-annual National Metrology Conference "Metrologia 2014". Co-author of a paper presented in plenary.
April 2014: Approved substitute member of the Management Committee of COST Action TU1301 "NORM4BUILDING 2014", NORM for building materials (in case of absence of Associate Professor of the Nuclear Engineering Department of NTUA, ANAGNOSTAKIS Marios). Appointed member of Working Group 3 (WG3).
20 January 2014: Assistant to the Dean and the School of Mechanical Engineering for matters regarding public funding. Appointed by the General Assembly of the School (indefinite term until revoked).
05 - 07 June 2013: CHERNE 2013, 9th Workshop on European Collaboration for Higher Education and Research in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Protection, Organized by the Department of Fundamental Physics, University of Salamanca, Spain (participated as the representative of NED-NTUA)
27 May 2013: Assistant to the acting Dean and the School of Mechanical Engineering for matters regarding public funding. Appointed by the General Assembly of the School (indefinite term until revoked).
27 May 2013: Assistant to the Director of the Nuclear Engineering Department for matters regarding funding (indefinite term until revoked).
31 January 2013: Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering Department, NTUA (date of contract agreement; fixed term: 3 years)
19 - 20 October 2012: Seminar on radiation protection in industrial radiography, Greek Atomic Energy Commission, hosted by the National Technical University of Athens, Greece (two invited presentations)
25 - 29 June 2012: NRSHOT 2012, Nuclear Reactor Simulation Hands-On Training, hosted by the Atomic Energy Research Institute (KFKI) in Budapest Hungary, jointly organized by (a) the Nuclear Research Group of San Piero a Grado (GRNSPG) of the University of Pisa, (b) the Atomic Energy Research Institute (KFKI) and (c) Innovative Systems Software (ISS) of USA, with instructors by GRNSPG, KFKI, NNEES k.s. (Slovakia) and the University of Illinois (I participated into the beginner's seminar: the basics of reactor thermal hydraulics and neutron kinetics codes)
28 - 30 May 2012: CHERNE 2012, 8th Workshop on European Collaboration for Higher Education and Research in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Protection, Organized by NED-NTUA, Athens, Greece (member of the local Organizing Committee)
26 March - 04 April 2012: Appointed responsible and guide for the 2012 educational journey of the 4th year students of the Mechanical Engineering School to Vienna, Munich and Milan. My relevant report to the School was submitted to the President on 05-07-2012, with reference number 3877 and it can be downloaded from here (in Greek). Visit a link containing photos at the website of the School of Mechanical Engineering of NTUA here (in Greek)
07 - 08 March 2012: CFD-Network International Meeting, Gesellshaft fuer Anlangen und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) GmbH, Garching, Muenchen, Germany (technical visit)
25 November 2011: CEO candidate for the National University of Athens following Open Call 24297 / October 10, 2011. Evaluation procedure for candidates was cancelled after an NTUA's Senate decision on February 24, 2012
14 - 18 November 2011: Joint ICTP/IAEA Workshop on Non-adiabatic Dynamics and Radiation Damage in Nuclear Materials, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy
October - November 2011: Instructor for the Regional Post-Graduate Course in Radiation Protection and the Safety of Radiation Sources, Joint IAEA Greek Atomic Energy Commission Post-Graduate Seminar, Athens, Greece (part held in the premises of the Nuclear Engineering Department of NTUA, which is collaborating with GAEC for the implementation of this seminar).
28 - 29 September 2011: Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education: The road-map and the perspectives, TEI of Larisa, Greece
27 June - 01 July 2011: Joint ICTP/IAEA Course on Science and Technology of Supercritical Water Cooled Reactors, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy
23 - 24 March 2011: CFD-Network International Meeting, Gesellshaft fuer Anlangen und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) GmbH, Garching, Muenchen, Germany (technical visit)
15 - 17 October 2010: The Contribution of Non-Destructive Testing for the Safety of Small and Big Works and Constructions, 7th National NDT Conference, Hellenic Society of Non-Destructive Testing, hosted by the National Technical University of Athens. Co-author of a paper presented as poster.
April 2010: Participation in OECD/NEA-VATTENFALL T-Junction Benchmark. Results were submitted along with a report by N.P. Petropoulos and Dr. K.G. Aivalis (download). Our CFD predictions, although qualitatively in the right direction, were not up to the accuracy of other participants, mainly due to poor convergence because of a limited time run.
2010: Appointed Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) for NEL-NTUA's Industrial Radiography Installation (indefinite term until revoked)
12 - 23 October 2009: Joint ICTP/IAEA Workshop on Nuclear Power Plant Simulators for Education, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy
October - November 2007: Instructor for the Regional Post-Graduate Course in Radiation Protection and the Safety of Radiation Sources, Joint IAEA Greek Atomic Energy Commission Post-Graduate Seminar, Athens, Greece (part held in the premises of the Nuclear Engineering Department of NTUA, which is collaborating with GAEC for the implementation of this seminar).
11 - 15 December 2006: IAEA International Conference on Lessons Learned from Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities and the Safe Termination of Nuclear Activities, Athens, Greece
19 September 2006: Lecturer, Nuclear Engineering Department, NTUA (date of contract agreement; fixed term: minimum 3 years, maximum 8 years)
October - November 2005: Instructor for the Regional Post-Graduate Course in Radiation Protection and the Safety of Radiation Sources, Joint IAEA Greek Atomic Energy Commission Post-Graduate Seminar, Athens, Greece (part held in the premises of the Nuclear Engineering Department of NTUA, which is collaborating with GAEC for the implementation of this seminar).
02 - 06 October 2005: 11th International Topical meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics (NURETH-11), Pope's Palace Conference Center, Avignon, France
1 July - 15 September 2004: Member of the on-call emergency response teams dealing with radiation protection incidents or accidents during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games (under the command of the Greek Atomic Energy Commission)
December 2003: Senior Assistant for the Editors (J.P. McLaughlin, S.E. Simopoulos, F. Steinhäusler and M.S. Baxter) of: RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT, A companion series to the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Volume 7: The Natural Radiation Environment VII (Conference Proceedings)
30 June - 02 July 2003: Promotion of the new Electrochemical Etching Facility and Applications to natural Radiation Studies in Western Balkan Countries, ECE Workshop, Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia (invited presentation)
07 April 2003: Post Doctoral Research Associate, Nuclear Engineering Department, NTUA (regular term)
07 April 2003: PhD Defense (see thesis text here -site and text in Greek, English summary available; download thesis text here -ditto)
24 February - 27 June 2003: Regional Post-Graduate Course in Radiation Protection and the Safety of Radiation Sources, Joint IAEA Greek Atomic Energy Commission Post-Graduate Seminar, Athens, Greece
20 - 24 May 2002: Seventh International Symposium on the Natural Radiation Environment (NRE-VII), Organized by NED-NTUA, Rhodes, Greece (member of the Scientific Secretariat and co-author of several plenary and poster papers)
12 December 2001: Research Associate, Nuclear Engineering Department, NTUA (regular term)
03 October 2000: La radioattivita nei Materiali Da Costruzione, Giornata di Studio, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Roma, Italy (two invited presentations)
07 July 2000 - 11 December 2001: Appointed Responsible for Handling the EU European Fund of Regional Development and the EU Social Fund Projects of NTUA within the Infrastructure of NTUA's Research Fund (head of a ten member scientific and accounting team)
30 April 1999: Member of the Executive Team for the Project: "Review and Audit of Educational and Administrative Services of NTUA" (end of term)
19 - 23 April 1999: Radon in the Living Environment, Workshop Organized by the EU funded Concerted Action ERRICCA, Organized by NED-NTUA and hosted by The Eugenides Foundation, Athens, Greece (member of the Scientific Secretariat)
31 December 1998: Research Assistant, Nuclear Engineering Department, NTUA (end of term)
09 - 10 November 1998: International Workshop on the Application of Extraction Chromatography in Radionuclide Measurement, EU Joint Research Center IRMM, Geel, Belgium
13 - 20 May 1998: Radon Metrology and Radon Remedial Actions Related Scientific Visit to SSI Institute (Sweden) and STUK Institute (Finland) in the framework of the EU funded ERRICCA Concerted Action (technical visit)
27 - 31 October 1997: Advanced Training Course on Sample Preparation for Alpha Spectroscopy, EU Joint Research Centre IRMM, Geel, Belgium
15 October 1997: Member of the Executive Team for the Project: "Review and Audit of Educational and Administrative Services of NTUA" (fixed term up to April 1999)
02 - 06 June 1997: European Conference on Protection Against Radon at Home and at Work, with, Workshop on Measurements and Metrology of Radon and its Decay Products, Czech Technical University, Prague - Pribram, Czech Republic
03 – 05 April 1997: 1st Southeastern-European Regional Radon Workshop, co-organized by the Greek Atomic Energy Commission and the National Technical University of Athens (two invited presentations)
December 1996: E. Giakoumakis, M.J. Anagnostakis and N.P. Petropoulos: Editors of the Proceedings of the 1st Mediterranean Congress on Radiation Protection, Athens, GREECE
11 - 12 November 1996: IAEA International Seminar on the Use of Isotope Techniques in Marine Environmental Studies, NRCPS "Demokritos", Athens, Greece
07 - 09 October 1996: Yugoslav Nuclear Society Conference, Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
05 - 09 June 1995: Sixth International Symposium on the Natural Radiation Environment (NRE-VI), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
27 November - 01 December 1994: Indoor Air - An Integrated Approach, International Workshop, Gold Coast, Australia
01 September 1994: Research Assistant, Nuclear Engineering Department, NTUA (fixed term)
23 February 1994: Presentation of NTUA's first Radon Chamber, Nuclear Engineering Department, NTUA, Athens
27 June - 02 July 1993: Indoor Radon Remedial Action (The Scientific basis and the Practical Implications), First International Workshop, Rimini, Italy