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Associate Professor

Address: National Technical University of Athens,
Heroon Polytechniou 9, 15780 Zografou, Athens, Greece,
School of Mechanical Engineering, Section of Mechanical
Design & Automatic Control, Building Ε, Office E.312.
Tel. (+30) 210 772-3491, (+30) 210 772-3595
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Personal Homepages: www.minasliarokapis.com | www.newdexterity.org

Studies

2014	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, NTUA
2010	Diploma in Information Technologies in Medicine and Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2008	Diploma in Computer Engineering & Informatics, University of Patras

Professional Experience

2025 - today	Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA
2025 - today	Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
2025 - today	CEO, Acumino (www.acumino.ai)
2024 - today	CTO, Acumino (www.acumino.ai)
2024 - today	Founder, Humanoid Olympiad (www.humanoidolympiad.org)
2021 - today	Founder, Acumino (www.acumino.ai)
2017 - today	Director, New Dexterity research group (www.newdexterity.org)
2013 - today	Founder, OpenBionics (www.openbionics.org)
2023 - 2025	Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
2023 - 2024	Chair, New Zealand Robotics, Automation, and Sensing
2023 - 2024	Chief Scientist, Acumino (www.acumino.ai)
2022 - 2023	Senior Lecturer – Above the Bar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
2020 - 2022	Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
2017 - 2020	Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
2014 - 2016	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Yale University, USA
2009 - 2014	Ph.D. Candidate / Research Associate, School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA

Research
Robot dexterity, robot grasping and dexterous manipulation, human robot interaction, human machine interfaces, humanoid robots, autonomous robot vehicles.

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Distinctions

2023	Top Lecturer (Student’s Choice), Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland
2022	Outstanding Reviewer Award - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2022	2nd place of the Manufacturing track of the Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition of the 2022 IEEE\RSJ International Conference on Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IROS)
2022	3rd place of the Manufacturing track of the Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2021	IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Best Paper Award on Robot Mechanisms and Design
2020	Top Lecturer (Student’s Choice), Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland
2020	1st Place – 2020 Hackaday Prize, United Cerebral Palsy of Los Angeles - Open Challenge on Assistive Devices
2020	Finalist for Best Paper Award in Robotic Mechanisms and Design at IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
2019	1st Prize in the Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition (Manufacturing Track) of the IEEE\RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Macau (China)
2018	Top Lecturer (Student’s Choice), Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland
2015	1st Place - Robotdalen International Innovation Award
2015	2nd Place - 2015 Hackaday Prize (out of 900 projects from 50 countries)
2014	Sarafis Award, Best PhD Dissertation, National Technical University of Athens

Member of:
Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE), IEEE Senior Member

Current Duties

Teaches at NTUA
Undergraduate: Electromechanical Systems.
Postgraduate: Mechatronics.

Assistant Professor

Address: National Technical University of Athens,
Heroon Polytechniou 9, 15780 Zografou, Athens, Greece,
School of Mechanical Engineering, Section of Mechanical
Design & Automatic Control, Building Ε, 3rd floor.
Tel. (+30) 210 772-1725.
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Studies

2023	M.Sc. in Theoretical Mathematics, NKUA
2020	Ph.D. in Engineering, NTUA
2020	Βachelor of Mathematics, NKUA
2014	M.Sc. in Structural Analysis & Design, NTUA
2011	Dipl. Civil Engineer, NTUA

Professional Experience

2025 - today	Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA
2022 - 2025	Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Univ. Thessaly
2020 - 2024	Researcher, School of Civil Engineering, NTUA

Research
Computational Mechanics, Nonlinear Finite Element Methods, Stochastic FEM, Multiscale FEM, Bayesian Inference methods, Analysis and Design of composite materials, Application of Machine Learning techniques in Computational Mechanics, Numerical methods for solving large-scale systems.

Distinctions

2020	Award for PhD thesis in Computational Mechanics in Greece, Greek Association of Computational Mechanics

Member of:
Technical Chamber of Greece.
Greek Association of Computational Mechanics (GRACM).
European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS).

Current Duties

Teaches at NTUA
Undergraduate: Analysis of Mechanical Structures Ι & ΙΙ
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Assistant Professor

Address: National Technical University of Athens,
Heroon Polytechniou 9, 15780 Zografou, Athens, Greece,
School of Mechanical Engineering, Section of Industrial
Management and Operational Research, Building E, Office Ε.113, 1st Floor.
Tel. (+30) 210 772-3697.
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Studies

2006	PhD in Mechanical Engineering, NTUA (Quality Management Systems)
2000	Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, NTUA

Professional Experience

2024 - today	Assistant Professor in “Smart and Sustainable Quality Management Systems,” NTUA, School of Mechanical Engineering
2024 - today	Director of Continuing Education & Lifelong Learning at NTUA’s Centre for Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning
2022 - today	Quality Manager at NTUA’s ISO 9001:2015-certified Centre for Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning
2014 - 2024	Special Laboratory Teaching Staff in “Quality Management,” Division of Industrial Management & Operations Research, School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA
2007 - today	Quality Manager at the Metrotechnics Laboratory of the Division of Industrial Management & Operations Research, School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA (accredited by ESYD, 2/2009–2/2013, accreditation No. 512)
2007 - 2014	Researcher (PhD Mechanical Engineer), Division of Industrial Management & Operations Research, School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA
2000 - 2007	Business Consultant in the field of Production Engineering

Research
Quality Management & Quality Control; ISO Management Systems (9001, 14001, 45001, 17025, 22301, 27001, 22000); Management System Audits; Organization of Testing/Inspection Laboratories; Risk Management; Digital Tools.

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Distinctions

2017-2018, 2020-2021, 2021-2022	1st place in student evaluations among instructors of module DIP61 (“Special Topics in Quality”) in the MSc Program “Quality Management and Technology,” Hellenic Open University, for the academic years 2017-2018, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022
2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022	Top score (5/5) from the Coordinator of module DIP61 (“Special Topics in Quality”), MSc “Quality Management and Technology,” Hellenic Open University, for the academic years 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022
2000	Nomination for award of Diploma Thesis at the School of Mechanical Engineering by the Examination Committee of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) for the professional license of Mechanical Engineer

Member of:
Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE); Panhellenic Association of Diplomate Mechanical & Electrical Engineers

Current Duties
Director of Continuing Education & Lifelong Learning at NTUA’s Centre for Continuing Education & Lifelong Learning.
Member, Program Committee of the Inter-Departmental MSc “Infrastructure and Construction Project Management.”
Member, Digital Upgrade Committee, School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA.
Member, General Assembly of the Division of Industrial Management & Operations Research.
Scientific Supervisor, Sub-project 1 “Quality Assurance Units of NTUA,” under call EKP36.
Technical Manager & Quality Manager, Metrotechnics Laboratory.

Teaches at NTUA
Undergraduate: (a) School of Mechanical Engineering: Quality Management; Databases; Production Organization & Business Administration I; Risk & Business Continuity Management, (b) School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering: Organization & Business Administration.
Postgraduate: Total Quality Management (AthensMBA); Total Quality Management (MSc in Applied Mathematical Sciences); Quality and Safety Management (Inter-Departmental MSc “Infrastructure & Construction Project Management”).

Assistant Professor

Address: National Technical University of Athens,
Heroon Polytechniou 9, 15772 Zografou, Athens, Greece,
School of Mechanical Engineering, Section of Manufacturing
Technology.
Building Ξ, Office Ξ.106A, 1st floor, Tel. (+30) 210 772-1389.
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Assistant Professor

Address: National Technical University of Athens,
Heroon Polytechniou 9, 15772 Zografou, Athens, Greece,
School of Mechanical Engineering, Section of Thermal Engineering,
Building E, Office Ε.206, 2nd Floor.
Tel. (+30) 210 772-4002.
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Studies

2005	PhD, National Technical University of Athens
1999	Diploma (Bachelor + MSc equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens

Professional Experience

2024 - today	Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA
2014 - 2024	University Special Teaching Staff (EDIP), School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA
2011 - 2015	Adjunct Professor, School of post-graduate technical education, Greek Army
2010 - 2023	Adjunct Professor, Fire Academy, Greek Fire Brigade
2007 - 2010	Adjunct Professor, Department of Energy Technology Engineering, Technological Educational Institution of Athens
2005 - 2014	Post-doctoral researcher, School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA

Research
Heterogeneous Mixtures, Combustion, Compartment and Wildland Fires, Fire Engineering.
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Distinctions

2017 - today	National delegate (NQIS/Greece) at the following Technical Committees of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN): - TC 250/SC 01/WG04 "Actions on structures exposed to fire" - TC 250/SC 05/WG 04 "Structural fire design" - TC 127/WG4 "Reaction to Fire" - TC 127 "Fire Safety in Buildings" - TC 191 "Fixed firefighting systems"
2017 - today	National delegate (NQIS/Greece) at the Technical Committee TC 92/SC4 “Fire safety engineering” of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
2000, 2001	Special scholarship for post-graduate studies (NTUA)
1999, 2000	Outstanding academic performance award (top 2% grade class), Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE)
1994, 1999	Scholarship for outstanding academic performance, Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY)

Member of:
Technical Chamber of Greece, Hellenic Association of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, The Combustion Institute, International Association of Wildland Fire.

Current Duties

Teaches at NTUA
Undergraduate: Transport Phenomena, Thermal Radiation and Applications, Combustion Theory and Combustion Systems, Principles of Fire Engineering.
Postgraduate: Energy Systems in Buildings and the Industry (Interdepartmental Graduate Programme (M.Sc.) "Automation Systems", NTUA), Computational Methods in Multiphase, Multi-component and Reactive Systems (Interdepartmental Graduate Programme (M.Sc.) "Computational Mechanics", NTUA).