Tsinarakis

George
Tsinarakis

Laboratory Teaching Staff

School of Production Engineering and Management,
Technical University of Crete, 73100 Chania, Crete, Greece

Dr George Tsinarakis received his Diploma in Production Engineering and Management in 2000, the M. Sc. Degree in 2002 and the Ph.D. Degree in 2007 from Technical University of Crete. Since 2009 he is serving as Laboratory Teaching Staff at Production Engineering and Management School of Technical University of Crete. In Technical University of Crete, he is teaching Theoretical and Laboratorial undergraduate courses (Simulation, Production Systems etc.), co-supervises undergraduate Thesis and has participated in European and Greek research projects. In the period 2002 – 2009 he has worked in Technological Educational Institute of Crete as adjunct teaching staff. From 2009 – now he also works as Master Thesis Supervisor at the Hellenic Open University, School of Science and Technology, Postgraduate Program: Engineering Project Management. Also from March 2017 he is teaching Operations and Production Management in the Postgraduate Program of Department of Financial and Management Engineering of University of the Aegean in Chios Island. He has published papers in peer-reviewed international journals, as well as International Conference proceedings. He has served as reviewer in international conferences as well as journals and as evaluator of EYDE – ETAK of Greek Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs.

Education

  • 2007: PhD in Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete.
    Thesis: “ Modeling and study of random topology production systems with Petri nets: a hierarchical control approach ”

  • 2002: MSc, Technical University of Crete, School of Production Engineering and Management
    Thesis:  ” Modelling synthesis and analysis of production systems using Petri nets “

  • 2000: Diploma of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete.
    Thesis: ” Evaluation of Decision trees in training on the acquisition of fault finding in chemical plants “

Teaching Experience

  • Current
    • ” Simulation, Production Systems “
         Academic years 2009 – Present
         Theoretical and Laboratorial Undergraduate courses
         School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete
    • ” Operations and Production Management “
         Academic years 2016 – Present
         Postgraduate Program
         Department of Financial and Management Engineering (Chios), University of the Aegean
    • ” Management of Technical Projects “
         Academic years 2009 – Present
         Master Thesis Supervisor on the Postgraduate Program
         School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University
More information about Past Teaching Experience can be found here

Research Projects - Grants

  • Active
    • 2019 – Present
      Energy-aware Factory Analytics for Process industries (FACTLOG)
      EC, DT-SPIRE-06-2019, Horizon 2020
      Role: Principal Investigator of TUC
  • Past
    • 2008
      Crete Regional Innovation Framework: Integrated surveillance system for
      the protection of the local ecosystem and visitors in Samaria Gorge
      Prefecture of Crete
      General Secretariat of Research and Technology
    • 2003
      Modelling, Analysis, Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Random Topology Production Systems using PetriNets
      Joint Greece-Slovenia Research and Technology Programme, General Secretariat of Research and Technology
      Ministry of Development

More information about Past Projects can be found here

Research Interests

  • Production Systems Circular Economy
  • Petri nets and Extensions Fuzzy logic
  • Hybrid systems
  • Supervisory Control
  • Mathematical Modelling
  • Digital Twins
  • Discrete Event Systems
  • Renewable Energy Sources

Publications

Recent

  • Kouloumpis V., Kalogerakis A., Pavlidou A., Tsinarakis G. and Arampatzis G., “ Should Photovoltaics Stay at Home? Comparative Life Cycle Environmental Assessment on Roof-Mounted and Ground-Mounted Photovoltaics ”, Sustainability, Special Issue “Applications, Integration and Trends of Renewable Energy Technologies”, November 2020.
  • Tsinarakis G. J., Spanoudakis P. S., Arampatzis G., Tsourveloudis N. C. and Doitsidis L., “ Implementation of a Petri-net based Digital Twin for the development procedure of an Electric Vehicle ”, Proceedings of 28th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation – MED 2020, Saint-Raphaël, France, pp. 862-867, September 2020.

Ιn peer-reviewed scientific journals

  • Kouloumpis V., Kalogerakis A., Pavlidou A., Tsinarakis G. and Arampatzis G., “ Should Photovoltaics Stay at Home? Comparative Life Cycle Environmental Assessment on Roof-Mounted and Ground-Mounted Photovoltaics ”, Sustainability, Special Issue “Applications, Integration and Trends of Renewable Energy Technologies”, November 2020
  • Katsigiannis J., Georgilakis P. and Tsinarakis G., “ A Novel Colored Fluid Stochastic Petri Net Simulation Model for Reliability Evaluation of Wind /PV / Diesel Small Isolated Power Systems ”, IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics, Part A, vol. 6, issue 6, pp. 1296 – 1309, November 2010
  • Katsigiannis J., Georgilakis P. and Tsinarakis G., “ Introducing a coloured fluid stochastic Petri net based methodology for reliability and performance evaluation of small isolated power systems including wind turbines ”, IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 2, Issue 2, pp. 75 – 88, June 2008
  • Tsinarakis G. J., Tsourveloudis N. C. and Valavanis K. P., “ Modeling, Analysis, Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Multi-Operational Production Systems with Hybrid Timed Petri Nets ”, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 3,  Issue 1,  pp. 29 – 46, Jan. 2006
  • Tsinarakis G. J., Tsourveloudis N. C. and Valavanis K. P., “ Modular Petri Net Based Modeling, Analysis, Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Random Topology Dedicated Production Systems ”, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, vol. 16, pp. 67–92, 2005

Ιn peer-reviewed conference proceedings

 

  • Tsinarakis G. J., Spanoudakis P. S., Arampatzis G., Tsourveloudis N. C. and Doitsidis L., “ Implementation of a Petri-net based Digital Twin for the development procedure of an Electric Vehicle ”, Proceedings of 28th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation – MED 2020, Saint-Raphaël, France, pp. 862-867, September 2020
  • Tsinarakis G. J., Tsourveloudis N. C. and Valavanis K. P., “ Studying Multi-assembly Machine Production Systems with Hybrid Timed Petri Nets ”, in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering – CASE 2005, Edmonton, Canada, August 1-2, 2005, pp. 327 – 332
  • Tsinarakis G. J. and Valavanis K. P., “ Modular Hybrid Petri Nets for Studying Multi-operational Production Systems Where Parts Follow Multiple Alternative Processes ”, International Conference on Robotics and Automation – ICRA 2004, New Orleans Riverside Hilton & Towers, New Orleans, LA 70140, USA April 26 – May 1, 2004, pp. 547 – 553
  • Tsinarakis G. J., Valavanis K. P. and Tsourveloudis N. C., “ Studying Multi-operational Production Systems with Modular Hybrid Petri Nets ”, IEEE / RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems – IROS 2003, Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas, USA, October 27 – 31, 2003, pp. 3028 -3034
  • Tsinarakis G. J., Valavanis K. P. and Tsourveloudis N. C., “ Modular Petri Net Based Modeling, Analysis and Synthesis of Dedicated Production Systems “, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation – ICRA 2003, Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan, September 14 – 19, 2003, pp. 3559 -3564

Additional published work can be found here

Work Experience

  • 2017 – Present
         Adjunct Faculty Member
         University of the Aegean
  • 2015 – Present
         Adjunct Professor
         Hellenic Open University
  • 2010 – Present
         Laboratory Teaching Staff
         School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete
  • 2002 – 2009
         Instructor / Lab Assistant
         Hellenic Mediterranean University

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