Konstantinos Aidinis
  • Konstantinos Aidinis

  • Associate Professor
  • Ext: 6724

Dr. Aidinis holds a B.Sc. (Honors) Degree in Electrical Engineering from Newcastle University, U.K. and Master’s degrees from University College London in Microwaves and Modern Optics and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in Semiconductor Devices. He was awarded the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering for his research work in device nano-fabrication from Imperial College London . He has been involved in research in the area of Microelectronics, Materials and Devices and Optical Communications, from positions in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Imperial College, Hirst Research Centre, General Electric Company, the Institute of Microelectronics, National Center for Scientific Research, University of Athens and Ajman University. He has participated in several European and national research and development projects in the fields of Microelectronics, Materials and Optical Communications. His publications comprise one European pattern, 65 articles in international, Scopus indexed, refereed journals and 27, peer reviewed, conference presentations. He is a member of the Hellenic Technical Chamber, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and a founding member of the National Scientific Organization of Microelectronics and Nanotechnology.

Education
  • Imperial College London, PhD in Electrical Engineering - Honorary Diploma of Imperial College
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Master of Science in Engineering (Electronic Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits)
  • University College London, Master of Science in Microwaves and Modern Optics.
  • Newcastle University, U.K., Bachelor of Science (Honors), Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Experience
  • Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Information Technology, Ajman University. Taught the subjects of Electronic Devices and Circuits I, Circuit Analysis I and II, Logic Design, Optoelectronics, Solid State Electronics, Nanotechnology, Sensors and Instrumentation 2016 - Present
  • Associate Professor, Dept. of Electronics, Computers, Telecommunications and Control, Faculty of Physics, University of Athens, Greece. Taught nine courses within the Undergraduate Program as well as five courses within the two joint Master’s degree programs, with the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, in “Telecommunications and Electronics” and “Microelectronics”, in subject areas ranging from Electronics/Microelecronics to Telecommunications, 1991 – 2016
  • Associate Research Scientist, Institute of Microelectronics, National Centre For Scientific Research, Athens, Greece, 1991-1997
  • Principal Research Scientist, Hirst Research Centre, General Electric Company, London U.K., 1990
  • Research Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering, Imperial College London, 1987 -1990
Teaching Area
  • Nanotechnology
  • Sensors and Instrumentation
  • Solid State Electronics
  • Logic Design
  • Optoelectronics
  • Circuit Analysis I and II
  • Electronic Devices and Circuits
  • Microelectronics - Nanofabrication
  • Optical Communications (postgraduate)
  • Applied Optics
  • Stochastic Signals and Applications
  • Digital Modems (postgraduate)
  • Control Systems
  • Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs) (postgraduate)
  • Electronic Semiconductor Devices (postgraduate)
Research
  • Optical Communications - Photonics - Biomedical Applications
  • Spectroscopy Methods in Materials Characterization
  • Nanotechnology, Device Fabrication
Publications
Conference Presentation
  • On the Utilization of L-PAM Technique in Transdermal Optical Wireless Links with Stochastic Pointing Errors for ABER Performance Estimation, G.Varotsos H.Nistazakis K.Aidinis F.Jaber M.Nasor K.M.Rahman,10th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2021, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 2021
  • Average BER estimation of retroreflective transdermal optical wireless links with diversity, attenuation and spatial jitter, G.Varotsos, H.E. Nistazakis, K. Aidinis, F. Jaber, K.K.M. Rahman, A.D. Tsigopoulos, V. Christofilakis 9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2020; Bremen; Germany; September 2020
  • Modulated Retro-Reflector Transdermal Optical Wireless Communication Systems with Wavelength Diversity over Skin-Induced Attenuation and Pointing Errors, G.K.Varotsos, H.E.Nistazakis, K.Aidinis, G.D.Roumelas, F.Jaber, K.K.M.Rahman, 19th IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT), Ajman, United Arab Emirates, December 9-12, 2019
  • Total Outage Probablity of a Multihop Hybrid FSO/MMW System, G.D.Roumelas, H.E.Nistazakis, K.Aidinis, G.K.Varotsos, E.Leitgeb, 19th IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT), Ajman, United Arab Emirates, December 9-12, 2019
  • On the use of Diversity in Transdermal Optical Wireless Links with Nonzero Boresight Pointing Errors for Outage Performance Estimation, G.K.Varotsos, H.E. Nistazakis, G.S.Tombras, K.Aidinis, F.Jaber, K.K.Mujeeb Rahman, IEEE 8th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 20198th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST , Thessaloniki, Greece, May 2019
  • Dynamic and Static Magnetic Properties of Four Compounds from FeVO4-Co3V2O8 System N. Guskos, G. Zolnierkiewicz, M. Pilarska, J. Typek, P. Berczynski, A. Blonska-Tabero, and K. Aidinis, Joint Conferences on Functional and Nano-structured Materials and Physics of Disordered Systems, Lviv Ukraine, September 2017
  • Magnetic Studies of Three Organometallic Copper Complexes G. Zolnierkiewicz, B. Kolodziej, N. Guskos, J. Typek, C. Aidinis and E. Pilawska 12th Conference on Functional and Nanostructured Materials. Zakynthos, Greece, September 2015
  • EPR High Temperature Study of M3Fe4V6O24 (M(II) = Cu, Zn, Mg and Mn) Compounds N. Guskos, G. Zolnierkiewicz, M. Pilarska, J. Typek, C. Aidinis and A.Blonska-Tabero 12th Conference on Functional and Nanostructured Materials. Zakynthos, Greece, September 2015
  • Magnetic Properties of Molecular magnets N. Guskos, J. Typek, G. Zolnierkiewicz, C. Aidinis, A. Guskos, P. Berczynski, D. Petridis. 11th Conference on Functional and Nanostructured Materials. Camerino, Italy, September 2014
  • Performance Analysis of Modulation Schemes for Wireless Optical In-Cabin Aircraft Networks D.Marinos, C.Aidinis, N. Schmitt, J. Klaue, J.Schalk, T.Pistner,C.Vassilopoulos, P.Kouros, IEEE International Symposium on Information Technology - System Development and Application and Knowledge Society. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2010.
  • Performance Analysis of Modulation Schemes for Wireless Optical In-Cabin Aircraft Networks D.Marinos, C.Aidinis, N. Schmitt, J. Klaue, J.Schalk, T.Pistner,C.Vassilopoulos, P.Kouros, IEEE International Symposium on Information Technology - System Development and Application and Knowledge Society. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2010.
  • Manchester coding transmitter for Wireless Optical communications based on TMS320C1646T DSP D. Marinos, G. Alexandratos, H.E. Nistazakis, C. Aidinis, G.S. Tombras, Μ.Tsilis, A.D.Tsigopoulos, M.E.Fafalios. 4th International Conference: From Scientific Computing to Computational Engineering. Athens, June 2010
  • Wireless optical OFDM implementation for aircraft cabin communication links D. Marinos, C. Aidinis, N. Schmitt, J. Klaue, J.Schalk, T.Pistner, P. Kouros. IEEE 5th International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing. Modena, Italy, May 2010
  • Portable medical monitoring device for indoor environments with wireless optical communication capabilities D.Marinos, K. Karras, P.Kouris, C. Vassilopoulos, C. Aidinis, G. Pagiatakis, P. Kouros, N. Schmitt, T. Pistner, J. Klaue IEEE Design Automation and TestConference, Dresden Germany, March 2010
  • Photoacoustic Response of Common Starfish Tissue N. Guskos, J. Majszczyk, J. Typek, J. Rybicki, I. Kruk, A. Guskos, G. Zołnierkiewicz, C. Aidinis Joint Conference on Advanced Materials: 6th Workshop on Functional and Nanostructured Materials, 10th Conference on Inter-molecular and Magnetic Interactions in Matter, Sulmona, L’ Aquila, Italy, September 2009
  • In flight inner and outer optical communication network for entertainment and medical applications D. Marinos, K. Karras, N. Vlissidis, C. Giovanis, C. Leonidas, C.Vassilopoulos, C. Aidinis, G. Pagiatakis , P. Kouros, N. Schmitt, T.Pistner, J. Klaue, InternationaleRA 4- Conference, Spetses 2009
  • Wireless optical transmission for audio signal processing based on the DSP TMS320C6416T G. Alexandratos, D. Marinos, H. Nistazakis, C. Aidinis, M. Tsilis, G.Tombras International eRA 4- Conference, Spetses 2009
  • A Simple Method for the Multipath Effect Measurement in Hightly Dispersive Wireless Optical Channels D.Marinos, H.E. Nistazakis, C.Aidinis, G.Tombras, M.Tsilis, A.D.Tsigopoulos, M.Fafalios International Conference on Experiments/Process/System modeling/ Simulation/Optimization, Athens June 2009
  • Portable embedded medical box implementation forhealth monitoring applications in avionic environments K.Anastasopoulos, P.Kouros, D.Marinos, C.Aidinis, N.Schmitt, J.Klaue, T.Pistner IEEE Medical Measurements and Applications,Cetraro Italy, May 2009
  • Passenger Health-Monitoring Application for Aircraft Cabin Environment D. Marinos, C. Vassilopoulos, N. Vlissidis, C. Giovanis. F. Leonidas,K.Aidinis, G. Pagiatakis, N. Schmitt, T. Pistner, J. Klaue 3rd International Conference "From Scientific Computing to Computational Engineering"Athens, 9-12 July, 2008
  • Diffuse wireless optical link for aircraft intra-cabin passenger communication N. P. Schmitt, Th. Pistner, C. Vassilopoulos, D. Marinos, A.C. Boucouvalas, M. Nikolitsa, C. Aidinis, G. Metaxas Proc. IEEE, IET International Symposium on Communication Systems Networks and Digital Signal Processing, Univ. of Patras, Patras, Greece, pp.625-628, 19-21 July 2006
  • Temperature dependence of the EPR spectra of the nanocrystallineTiN and TiC dispersed in a carbon matrix Guskos N, Bodziony T, Biedunkiewicz A, Aidinis K XXI International Conference on Radio and Microwave Spectroscopy RAMIS 2005: Application to Modern MaterialsPoznan, April 24-28, 2005
  • On the temperature dependence of the mass spectra of AuGe and AuGeSi liquid Metal Alloy Ion Sources L. Bischoff, W. Pilz, T. Ganetsos, C Akhmadaliev, C Londos, S. C. Aidinis Microelectronics Microsystems and Nanotechnology MMN2004, Athens 14-17 November 2004, 85
  • I-V Characteristics of a single tunnel barrier in the presence of an electric field G J Papadopoulos, C J Aidinis, D Gouvas Proceedings of the VII International Conference on Intermolecular and Magnetic Interactions in Matter, September 4-7, Miedzyzdroje, Poland, 4-7 September 2003, 192
  • Towards single electronics using ion beam synthesis and optical lithography P. Normand, D. Tsoukalas, E. Kapetanakis, K. Aidinis, D. Kouvatsos, A. Tserepi, E. Tsoi, M. Hatzakis, J. A. Van Den Berg, D. G. Armour, and J. Stoemenos . Advanced Research Initiative in Microelectronics (MEL-ARI) Nano-Scale Integrated Circuits 1st Annual Workshop, Lille, France, February 1998.
  • Application of inorganic resists in sub-micron fabrication M. Green, C. J. Aidinis, F. Khaleque and Y. Feng Proceedings of the International Conference on Microlithography September 26-28, Cambridge, England 1989
  • E-beam induced decomposition of inorganic solids M. Green, C. Aidinis and O. Fakolujo NATO ASI Series in Emerging Technologies E139, D.J. Ehrlich and V.T. Nguyen (editors) Dordrecht, MartinusNijhoff (1988) p. 131
Memberships, Awards and Honors
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • Hellenic Technical Chamber
  • National Scientific Organization of Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (founding member)
  • “A.S. Onassis Foundation” Scholarship
  • Imperial College Bursary