Curriculum Vitae of G. D Peppas
Name: Georgios D. Peppas
Telephone work: +30-2610996816
E-mail peppas@upatras.gr
peppas@ece.upatras.gr
Date of Birth 04 February 1987
Place of Birth Rustenburg, South Africa
Nationality Greek
EDUCATION
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Phd candidate : “Dielectric study of complex liquid and solid
nanoparticles dielectrics insulation”
University of Patras Greece, Electrical and Computer Engineering
From 10/2011 untill now
University of Patras, Greece
Diploma of Electrical and Computer Engineering
With degree 7,26/10
From 09/2004 to 05/2011
Diploma Thesis “MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF
BREAKDOWN PHENOMENA IN LIQUID DIELECTRICS” with an
excellent degree (10/10).
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Poros Troizhnias Public High School
Graduation with First Class honours and the degree
19,2/20
Attended from 09/2001 to 05/2004
Computer Knowledge and Experience
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Software packages: AutoCAD 2D/3D, Vector Fields Opera 2D/3D,
EMTP/ATP, Comsol Multiphysics suite, CST microwave studio, Matlab
Programming languages: C, C++, Fortran
Operating Systems: Windows, MacOS, OSX, Linux.
Wireless communication systems
WORK EXPERIENCE
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June 2011 - 30 March 2012 at OTE Hellenic telecommunications
organization (Deutsche Telekom group) in Patras, Greece department
as Internet Connection assistant and information technology (IT)
support.
November 2011 - until now Working as teaching assistant to my
supervisor Professor Dr. Eleytheria Pyrgioti on the Laboratory course
of “High Voltages and Measurements” in the department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering (Upatras).
November 2011 - until now Working as teaching assistant at the
department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Upatras) for the
laboratory course of AutoCad design of mechanical and electrical
design.
August 2011 - until now working as an associate on the dielectric
measurements on the program “Dielectric measurements services”
funded by external free-lancers with Scientific supervisor As. Prof. E.C
Pyrgioti.
January 2012 - until now working on the research project Thalis
“Defkalion”. The proposed project deals with analyzing and resolving
Power Quality (PQ) problems in electric energy systems of ships with
extensive
electrification.
Within
this
framework,
optimized
configurations of critical subsystems are studied in depth: shaft
generators, thrusters, pods, earthing grids and protection against
lightning.
January 2012 - July 2012 working as laboratory assistant at the
department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Upatras) for the
laboratory course of “Electrical machines II”.
September 2013 - February 2014 working as teaching assistance at
“TEI of Western Greece” for the course of “Technology of High
Voltage”.
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September 2014 - February 2015 working as teaching assistance at
“TEI of Western Greece” for the course of “Technology of High
Voltage”.
September 2015 - now working as teaching assistance at “TEI of
Western Greece” for the course of “Technology of High Voltage”.
Languages
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Greek (birth language)
English (excellent)
French (good)
Further interest and Experience
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Visits abroad with the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering of University of Patras:
1. KWO (Kraftwerke Oberhasli ) hydro-electric power company in the
Grimsel area in Switzerland.
2. Siemens power generators factory in Germany.
3. International technology group Andritz in Austria Graz.
4. Rohde & Schwarz GmbH at Memmingen in Germany.
Hobbies : Travelling, archery,
Invited Lecturer in IEEE sb Power & Energy Society of ECE, Upatras
with lecture on “High Voltage Applications” 12/2012.
Publications and Conferences
 PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES WITH FULL TEXT REVIEW
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V. P. Charalambakos, E. Pyrgioti, G. Peppas, G.Laskos and A.
Theocharis ,“MODELLING OF BREAKDOWN ANDPREBREAKDOWN
PHENOMENA IN LIQUID DIELECTRICS” Proc. of the 17th
International Symposium on High Voltage (ISH 2011), August 2011,
paper H-003, Hannover Germany.
Georgios D. Peppas, Ioannis A. Naxakis, Christos T. Vitsas,
Eleftheria, C. Pyrgioti, “Surge Arresters Models For Fast Transients”
31th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), Vienna,
Austria, 2012, paper 128.
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Ioannis A. Naxakis, Georgios D. Peppas, Eleftheria C. Pyrgioti,
“Dielectric Strength Measurements in Photovoltaic Modules” 31th
International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), Vienna,
Austria, 2012, paper 222
Georgios D. Peppas, Konstantinos I. Bekas, Ioannis A. Naxakis,
Eleftheria C. Pyrgioti, Vasilios P. Charalampakos, “Analysis of
Lightning Impacts in Greece” 31th International Conference on
Lightning Protection (ICLP), Vienna, Austria, 2012, paper 220
Georgios D. Peppas, Eleytheria C. Pyrgioti, Vassilios P.
Charalampakos, “Investigation of Statistical Breakdown in Mineral and
Natural Ester Oils under AC Voltage” , 18th International Symposium
on High Voltage Engineering (ISH 2013), Seoul, Korea 2013
Georgios D. Peppas, P. Koulis, P. Svarnas, E.C Pyrgioti, "Electrical
and optical-emission parallel study of natural ester liquids stressed by
impulse high voltage," Dielectric Liquids (ICDL), 2014 IEEE 18th
International Conference on , vol., no., pp.1,4, June 29 2014-July 3
2014
Georgios D. Peppas, V.P Charalampakos, E.C Pyrgiori, E.
Polydoropoulou, C. Paraskevas, D. Zagklis “Dielectric properties of
Natural ester Nanofluid with surface modified Fe 3O4 nanoparticles”,
IET, Medpower 2014 Athens
Georgios D. Peppas, D.A Zacharakis, V.P Charalampakos, E.C
Pyrgioti, "Lightning protection of Airport Traffic Control Towers
(ATCT)," International Conference of Lightning Protection (ICLP 2014) ,
vol., no., pp.468,473, 11-18 Oct. 2014
Georgios D. Peppas, M-P Papagiannis, S. Koulouridis, E.C Pyrgioti,
"Induced Voltage on a above-ground natural gas/oil pipeline due to
lightning strike on a Transmission line", International Conference of
Lightning Protection (ICLP 2014) , vol., no., pp.461,467, 11-18 Oct.
2014
Artemis Pountoureli, Georgios D. Peppas, E.C Pyrgioti, “An
Investigation of non conventional Grounding Installations”, The 19th
International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering, Pilsen, Czech
Republic, August, 23 – 28, 2015
Georgios D. peppas, V.P Charalampakos, E.C Pyrgioti, E.
Polydoropoulou, “Influence of surface modified Fe3O4 nanoparticles on
the dielectric properties of Natural ester based Nanofluid”, The 19th
International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering, Pilsen, Czech
Republic, August, 23 – 28, 2015
Honors & Awards
 Awarded with best presentation Diploma for the "Induced Voltage on
a above-ground natural gas/oil pipeline due to lightning strike on a
Transmission line" International Conference of Lightning Protection
(ICLP 2014) paper during the ICLP 2014 conference in Shanghai
China.
 Honors from High School of Poros Troizhnias during the school years
2001 - 2004 for graduating with the highest grade among my
classmates.
Reviewer in Journals
Jan 2014 – now : Reviewer of “Elsevier : Electrical Power System
Research”. (32 reviews)