Curriculum Vitae
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Christos D. Nikolopoulos
+302110195189
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chris.d.nikolopoulos@gmail.com, cnikolo@mail.ntua.gr
Hellenic
13 Mar 1981
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April 2016 – June 2016
Senior EMC Engineer
PLATO-TAS-MAN-SOW-015, System Support To Optical Bench Harness And
Grounding Design
NIKOLAOS & MARINOS LIVANOS O.E. – EMTECH
44 Kifisias Ave. (Building C), 15125, Athens, Greece
SME
May 2015 – July 2015
Technical Consultant
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Technical Services - Consulting Services for Investigation the Causes of Failure to
Transmit Television Signal to Panhellenic Range Stations
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National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Special Account for Research Grants
(SARG) 6, Christou Lada street 10561 Athens
University
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January 2015 – June 2015
Technical Consultant
Technical consultant for updating FM radio frequency map and support to the relevant
international frequency coordination.
Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, Patission 42, Athens, Greece –
Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks
Research Institute – Public Sector
January 2015 – June 2015
Technical Consultant
Consulting Services to the Ministry. Infrastructure, Transports. & Networks for the
negotiation process with the Telecommunication wakes Countries and the Results of
Frequency Allocation of the Digital Terrestrial Broadcast.
Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, Patission 42, Athens, Greece –
Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks
Research Institute – Public Sector
June 2014 – July 2014
Senior EMC Engineer
EMC Measurement and Electromagnetic Interference between LTE and UMTS
signals in Power Supplies and Monitoring Boxes for LTE base stations.
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RAYCAP S.A.
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Private sector
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March 2013 - September 2015
Researcher & Developer
Coordinator of the research project entitled "Multichannel microwave radiometry for
internal body temperature measurement," funded in the frame of National Strategic
Reference Framework (NSRF 2007 -2013), Bilateral Collaboration in Research and
Technology between Greece and China. (Project MMR-IBTM: “Multi-channel
Microwave Radiometry for Internal Body Temperature Measurements”, GSRT code:
12CHN181).
Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, Patission 42, Athens, Greece
Research Institute
03 January 2011 – 20 December 2015
Software Testing – Debugging
Function test and interference with electronic tax mechanisms
National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering,
EMC Laboratory.
University
01 January 2010 – 20 December 2014
IT Administrator
WEB Server administration, WLDCL Site management & Development
National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering,
Wireless & Long Distance Laboratory - WLDCL. (wldcl.ece.ntua.gr)
University
11 April 2008 – 31 December 2010
Software Testing – Debugging
Coordinator of the research project entitled "Study of Compliance and Compatibility
Software treasury systems according to the specifications of the Ministry of Finance»
National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering,
EMC Laboratory.
University
Dates
11 April 2008 – 6 October 2009
Occupation or Position Held
Telecom Engineer - Researcher
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Coordinator of the research project entitled "Assignment of a study harmonization
television channels under Article 9 of Law 3548/2007»
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Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, Patission 42, Athens, Greece
Type of Business or Sector
Research Institute
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September 2005 – April 2007
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IT Freelancer on ICT projects
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Networking, Computer Support, Server implementation and maintenance
Evolution Projects (Internet and Software Application Consulting Services)
Information & Communication Technologies (ICT)
April 2004 – June 2004
RF Engineer
Responsible for the implementation of wireless networks and measurement SNR and
signal range wireless networks and data routing protocols (802.11a, g, b protocols,
BGP, OSPF, OLSR)
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OTE - General Topics in Technology Laboratories and Mobile Radio Communications
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A.
Teaching Experience
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Academic Years 2008 - 2014
Teaching Assistant, doctoral candidates
Introduction to antenna theory. Applications of electrically small antennas. Radiation
field of arbitrary antennas. Directivity, gain, radiation resistance, effective height. Image
theory, images of antennas. Antenna arrays. Radiation-pattern synthesis, basics of
array design. The reciprocity theorem in electromagnetic theory. General formulas for
the calculation of self- and mutual antenna impedance; application to dipole antennas.
Yagi-Uda arrays. Antennas as receivers. Identity theorems on transmit and receive.
National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
(NTUA/ ECE - Laboratory of Wireless and Long Distance Communication)
University
August 2011 – July 2012
Teaching Assistant
Physics and related science courses
E. Stogiannis M.S., A. Aspasias 76-78 Cholargos, Athens
Schools of Higher Secondary Education
Participation in working groups
Dates
Main Activities and Responsibilities
March 2016 – Present Day
 Advisory member in the Subgroup of the e-Invocing Committee –
Finance Ministry’s General Secretariat of Information Systems, Chandri 1 &
Thesalonikis, Τ.Κ. 18346, Athens
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January 2011 – Present Day
 Advisory member of the Approval and Suitability tax mechanism Committee Ministry of Finance - General Secretariat of Tax & CUSTOMS Affairs / Directorate
General for Taxation. Code books & Elements, Address 15th.
September 2012 – October 2012
 Member in the subgroup for security and application software of the monitoring
committee and technical support to the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness,
Infrastructure, Transport and Networks on the installation of integrated systems for
monitoring input - output at the Gas stations, base N.3784 / 2009 of JMD F21617/2012 and POL1009/12 (09/27/12 to 10/30/12)
June 2011 – August 2011
 Member in a Task Force Working in the Ministry of Finance, to provide the
necessary technical and institutional framework for the adaptation and revision of
existing standards of fiscal electronic devices (sending data security and data
encryption algorithms - F.I.M.). A.Y.O. D6A14420EX2011EMP/27-5-2011.
September 2010 – December 2010
 Member of the working group on evaluation update, specialization and revision of
technical specifications Tax electronic processes & systems and their
implementation to ensure fiscal data. Ministry of Finance - General Secretariat of
Tax & CUSTOMS Affairs / Directorate General for Taxation. Code books&
Elements, Address 15th. AVC: D6A 1119099 ON 13.9.2010
Education and Training
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Title of Qualification Awarded
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covered
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providing education and training
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Title of Qualification Awarded
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covered
March 2008 – October 2013
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Design, optimization, deployment and use of technologies of smart switched arrays and
new techniques for improving the characteristics of an antenna through disturbances
(corrugations/ fractals) and slots in its surface are examined, along with address signal
detection circuits of intelligent antennas.
National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
(NTUA/ ECE - Laboratory of Wireless and Long Distance Communication)
October 2007 – June 2011
M.Eng. in Electronics and Telecom Engineering
Digital & Analog Communications, computer systems, networking and communication
technologies, databases, computer and network security, systems programming,
algorithms, electronics, automation systems, broadband networks, satellite and mobile
communications, optical communications.
Study of strategic measurement scenarios of end to end QoS for large-scale 2G mobile
network
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providing education and training
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Dep. Physics & Informatics
October 1999 – August 2006
B.Sc. in Physics Science
Fundamentals of Physics, Probability & Statistics, Differential equations, Sequences &
Series, Electromagnetism & Electromagnetic Waves, Quantum Physics, Solid State
Physics, Energy & Entropy, Modern Computational and Numerical Technics, Nuclear &
Particle Physics
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Personal skills & Competences
Mother tongue
Hellenic
Other Languages
English
Proficiency Level
French
Good Level (C1, C2, C3, C4)
German
Social Skills and competences
Elementary Level
 Good communication skills and ability to work as part of a team in order to
achieve a common objective, gained through the participation in several
projects and Working Groups
 Ability to adapt to multicultural environments, gained though the participation
in several European projects and travelling abroad for professional meetings
and scientific conferences
Technical Skills and competences
Through the participation in small-, medium- and large-scale ICT projects
during the last 7 years:
 Programming: Java (J2SE, J2EE), C/C++, Web technologies (HTML,
CSS), Matlab, various other frameworks, ICS Telecoms
 Antenna Design: HFSS, SuperNEC
 Application Servers: Apache
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 Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows (desktop and server editions),
Linux, Mikrotik RouterOS
Publications and other Writings
Ph.D. Thesis
Publications in International Peer
Reviewed Journals
T.1
J.10
A. T. Baklezos, C. D. Nikolopoulos, C. N. Capsalis, “A Planar On-Body
Antenna System for Cancerous Tumor Detection through Microwave
Transmission Sensing,” Journal of Engineering,2016 (Accepted)
J.9
A. T. Baklezos, C. D. Nikolopoulos, A. Katsouris, G.Koutandos, C. N.
Capsalis, “Electromagnetic Emission Modeling in Case of Shielded Cabling
with Respect to the Ground Dielectric Properties,” IEEE Transactions on
Electromagnetic Compatibility,2016 (Accepted, maj.rev)
J.8
A. G. Katsouris, C. D. Nikolopoulos, A. T. Baklezos, C. N. Capsalis, “A
Novel Reconfigurable Antenna array with Controllable tuning and Beam
steering,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters ,Vol. 58, issue 8, pp.
1782-1786, 2016
J.7
A. T. Baklezos, C. D. Nikolopoulos, A. Katsouris, C. N. Capsalis, “Analysis
of Ultra-Wideband Elliptical Monopole with Modified Ground for Applications
in Radiometric Measurements,” International Journal on Communications
antenna and Propagation, IRECAP, vol.5, No 1, 2015
C. D. Nikolopoulos and C. N. Capsalis, “A new Hybrid MoM – induced EMF
method for analyzing multi element PIFA arrays” Microwaves, Antennas &
Propagation IET, vol. 9, Issue 7, pp. 657-663, 2015
J.6
J.5
J.4
J.3
J.2
J.1
Publications in peer reviewed
international conferences
(proceedings)
C.4.
C.3
C.2
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C. D. Nikolopoulos, “Smart Antenna Technologies and Applications”, Ph.D
Thesis, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering - N.T.U.A., 2013.
C. D. Nikolopoulos, A. T. Baklezos and C. N. Capsalis, " Auto
Reconfigurable Patch Antenna For Biomedical Single Channel MultiFrequency
Microwave
Radiometry
Applications",
Progress
In
Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 49, 19-29, 2014
C. D. Nikolopoulos and C. N. Capsalis, “A Novel Antenna System for Body
Temperature Change Detection Appropriate for Multi-channel Microwave
Radiometry”, Progress In Electromagnetic Research (PIER) M, vol. 33,
p.197-209, 2013
C. D. Nikolopoulos and C. N. Capsalis, “A small broadband switched-beam
cross
Pifa
for
mobile
WiMAX
applications”,
Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications- JEMWA, vol. 26, Issue
17-18, pp. 2418-2425, 2012
C. D. Nikolopoulos and C. N. Capsalis, “The Impact Of Corrugations In
Optimized Planar Inverted F Antennas (Pifa’s),” International Journal on
Communications antenna and Propagation, IRECAP vol2, no1., feb. 2012
T. D. Dimousios, C. D. Nikolopoulos, S. A. Mitilineos, C. N. Capsalis,
“Design And Development Of A New, Low- Profile And Low-Cost Spa-Pifa,
Suitable
for
Mobile
2.4ghz
Ism
Applications,”
Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications - JEMWA, volume 24,
no. 7, page 881-891, 2010.
A.D. Savva, S.A. Kostopoulos, P.A. Asvestas, C.D. Nikolopoulos, C.N.
Capsalis, and D.A. Cavouras, Breast Tumor Presence And Site Detection
Employing Passive Microwave Radiometry Imaging, 6th Panhellenic
Conference of Biomedical Engineering, Athens, 6-8 May, 2015.
S.A. Kostopoulos, A.D. Savva, P.A. Asvestas, C.D. Nikolopoulos, C.N.
Capsalis and D.A. Cavouras, “Early breast cancer detection method based
on a simulation study of single-channel passive microwave radiometry
imaging” 4th International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in
Physical Sciences, June 5-8, 2015, Mykonos, Greece
C. D. Nikolopoulos, K. D. Stravoskoufis and C. N. Capsalis, “A New Small
and Low-Cost Wideband Pifa with Corrugations Based On Digital
Dividend,” PIERS, Aug.2012.
Publications in book chapters
C.1
C. D. Nikolopoulos, C. I. Tsitouri, T. D. Dimousios and C. N. Capsalis, “A
Compact Single Feed, Low Cost Broadband Switched-Beam Antenna for
Mobile Wimax Applications,” PIERS, Marrakesh, Morocco, Mar. 20–23, 8588, 2011.
B.1
C. D. Nikolopoulos, A. T. Baklezos, C. N.
Capsalis, (2016).
Reconfigurable Antennas: Theory and Techniques – A Survey. In M. Matin
(Ed.), Wideband, Multiband, and Smart Reconfigurable Antennas for
Modern Wireless Communications (pp. 203-236). Hershey, PA: Information
Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-8645-8.ch007
 IEEE Antennas & Wireless Propagation Letters
 PIERS, Progress in Electromagnetics Research
 Taylor & Francis, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
Reviewer in international peer
reviewed journals
1.
Jie Ma, Hai-Bin Wang, Wei Chen, Zhong-Yang Wang, Rui-Hu Wen, Cheng
Wang, “Compact Octa-Band Pifa For Lte/Gsm/Umts/Wlan Operation In The
Mobile”.
2.
Ardavan Rahimian, “Design And Performance Of KU-Band Rotman Lens
Beamforming Network For Satellite Systems”
3.
Mojtaba Rajabalian, Bijan Gatabi Zakeri “Investigation On Performance Of
Rotman Lens For Ultra-Wideband Systems”
4.
Sheng-Ming Deng, Ching-Long Tsai, Jiun-Peng Gu, Kwong-Kau Tiong, KuoWei Liu, “Novel Design Of Lte Smart Mobile Antenna With Multiband Operation”
5.
Pradutt Kumar Bharti, Hari Shankar Singh, Gaurav Kumar Pandey, Manoj
Kumar Meshram*, and Babau R. Vishvakarma, “Wideband Printed Monopole
Antenna Integrated with Coupled Fed Shorting Strip for Slim Mobile Handsets”
6.
Xiao-Hui Wang, Hong-Xing Zheng, “Design Of Compact Tri-Band Printed
Antenna- With Nested Technique”
7.
Longrui Cai, His-Tseng Chou, Baiqiang You, “Effective Approach to Simplify the
Beam Forming Network of Phased Array Antennas Using Modulization
Techniques”
8.
P.V. Vinesh, C.M. Nijas, R. Anitha, R. Vivek , C.K. Anandan, P. Mohanan and
K. Vasudevan, "A Compact Capacitive Coupled Dual Band Planar Inverted F
Antenna"
9.
Z. Eskandari, A. Keshtkar, J. Ahmadi-Shokoh and L. Ghanbari, “A Novel Fractal
For Improving Efficiency And Its Application In Lte Mobile Antennas
10.
On the possibility of sensing an early stage fire in moving vehicles by microwave
radiometry, JEMWA
11.
P. Padilla, J.M. Fernández, J.L Padilla, J.F. Valenzuela-Valdés and M.A. LópezGordo, “Circularly-polarized broadband planar lightweight reflectarray with
eligible radiating pattern for satellite communications in Ku-Band”
12.
Milad Mehri and Nasser Masoumi, “Statistical Prediction of PCB Radiated
Emission using System Level Parameters”
Academic
Supervision of dissertations
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1.
Victoria Athanasopoulou, Undergraduate Student (Academic Years 2015 –
present), Wireless & Long Distance Communications Lab - School of Electrical
& Computer Engineering Title of dissertation: Development of passive antenna
systems for sensing temperature changes using radiometry in ISM band
2.
Alexandros Georgopoulos, Undergraduate Student (Academic Years 2015 –
2016), Wireless & Long Distance Communications Lab - School of Electrical &
Computer Engineering, Title of dissertation: High Power Microwave Antenna
Study and Design
3.
Christos Pappas, Undergraduate Student (Academic Years 2014 – 2015),
Wireless & Long Distance Communications Lab - School of Electrical &
Computer Engineering, Title of dissertation: Interference fourth generation
mobile services (LTE) in the ground digital TV.
Awards
4.
Adrianos Katsouris, Undergraduate Student (Academic Years 2012 – 2013),
Wireless & Long Distance Communications Lab - School of Electrical &
Computer Engineering, Title of dissertation: Rating radio coverage in wireless
sensor systems
5.
George Thoma, Undergraduate Student (Academic Years 2011 – 2012),
Wireless & Long Distance Communications Lab - School of Electrical &
Computer Engineering, Title of dissertation: Study and simulation of the antenna
factor in planar inverted F complex arrays (PIFAs).
6.
Marios Sazos, Undergraduate Student (Academic Years 2011 – 2012),
Wireless & Long Distance Communications Lab - School of Electrical &
Computer Engineering, Title of dissertation: Study and simulation of the
antenna factor in planar inverted F complex arrays (PIFAs).
7.
Constantinos Stravoskoufis, Undergraduate Student (Academic Years 2011 –
2012), Wireless & Long Distance Communications Lab - School of Electrical &
Computer Engineering, Title of dissertation: Study and simulation of the
phenomenon of aspects or slots on the behavior of PIFA antenna
characteristics and optimizations using genetic algorithms in the frequency of
the standard DVB-T
 Thomaidio Award Endowment for publication in international scientific peer
review journal in 2014, National Technical University of Athens
(Nikolopoulos, C. D., & Capsalis, C. N. (2014). Hybrid method of
moments–induced EMF method for analysing multi-element planar
inverted F antenna arrays. Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation,
IET, 9(7), 657-663.)
 Thomaidio Award Endowment for publication in international scientific peer
review journal in 2013, National Technical University of Athens (C. D.
Nikolopoulos and C. N. Capsalis, “A Novel Antenna System for Body
Temperature Change Detection Appropriate for Multi-channel Microwave
Radiometry”, Progress In Electromagnetic Research (PIER) M, vol. 33, p.197209, 2013)
 Thomaidio Award Endowment for publication in international scientific peer
review journal in 2012, National Technical University of Athens (C. D.
Nikolopoulos and C. N. Capsalis, “A small broadband switched-beam cross
Pifa
for
mobile
WiMAX
applications”,
Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications- JEMWA, vol. 26, Issue
17-18, pp. 2418-2425, 2012)
 Thomaidio Award Endowment for publication in international scientific peer
review conference in 2011, , National Technical University of Athens (C. D.
Nikolopoulos, C. I. Tsitouri, T. D. Dimousios and C. N. Capsalis, “A Compact
Single Feed, Low Cost Broadband Switched-Beam Antenna for Mobile Wimax
Applications,” PIERS, 85-88, 2011).
Seminars
 Seminar: Cutting Edge Technologies in educational practice, Contemporary
School S. Avgoulea-Linardatou and under the auspices of the Ministry of
Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs, 2012.
 Seminar-house training on the subject: Installation and operation of the quality
management system according to the international standard ISO 9001:2008,
general requirements above standard and special requirements for written
documentation concerning the quality management system techniques to
internal inspections, 2011.
 Longhorn Developer Preview (Microsoft Hellas)
 5th Annual Conference on Informatics and Telecommunications
 Workshops-Exhibitions (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th Seminar CISCO "Ciscoexpo",
InfoCom)
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