Design and development of industrial machinery, precision instruments, and automated systems.

Automated Soil Analysis Preparation System

Full design and build of an automated soil-sample preparation system for Agrolab RDS. Integrates subsystems for mixing, forced-filtration, beaker handling, and washing of acids and solvents.

Automated ELISA Platform

Fully automated immunoassay system with a Cartesian X-Z robot, 96-channel liquid handler, embedded magnetic separator, washer, and cryopreservation units. Presented at Planet xMAP 2012.

Cell Culture Compression System — CFCPcc

ITI product for cell biomechanics research. Applies digitally controlled, constant-pressure compression to cell cultures (e.g. cartilage). Distributed internationally via partners in China and Japan. Brochure | Introducing CFCPcc video | Operating CFCPcc video | Published results: 1, 2, 3, 4.

Portable CD4 T-Cell Quantification Device

Automated portable device for microfluidic chip-based CD4 T-cell counting. Full mechanical, electronics, and optics design, prototyping, automation, and validation. Published results

Induction-Heated Compression Testing Machine

Digitally controlled compression testing machine for induction-heated graphite samples. Force-based motion control, real-time temperature monitoring, and integrated data acquisition.

Centrifugal Point-of-Care Diagnostic System

Disk-based PoC platform with lateral laser excitation for protein biomarker quantification. Micromagnet patterning on rotating disk. Full design, development, fabrication, and characterization. Published results.

Femoral Stem FEM for ISO 7206-4 Certification

Fatigue modelling of a femoral stem product series to assess compliance with ISO 7206-4:2010 (implants for surgery). Finite element analysis across the full implant range.

Immunoassay Microparticle Magnetic Separator

Experimental magnetic separator for immunoassay microparticles, based on N52 miniature permanent magnets. Analytical and numerical field characterisation, setup design, and fabrication.

Industrial Shredder with Integrated Packing System

Concept design, mechanism analysis, and detailed mechanical design of an industrial shredder with integrated baling system for paper and plastic recycling operations.

Twin-Head CNC Milling Machine Retrofit

Conversion of a manual copy-making milling machine to a twin-head CNC system with servo drives, sensors, and motion controller. Used for ship model hull fabrication at the NTUA Naval Architecture lab.

Aerodynamic Wind Tunnel

Low speed Aerodynamic Wind Tunnel specified for anemometers calibration standards.
WT Length 20m, Axial Fan Power 15kW, Test section 1m x 1m, Max Air Speed 20m/s.
Full mechanical design, instrumentation and control design.

Wind Tunnel Active Gust Generator

Four servo-actuated oscillating wings installed in the NTUA Aerodynamic Wind Tunnel. 1.4m span, airspeed up to 60m/s, max oscillation 20° at 20Hz. Full mechanical design, PLC programming, and commissioning. Published results

Full-Scale Aircraft Fuselage Wind Tunnel Mock-up

20m, 6-tonne commercial aircraft fuselage for wind tunnel testing. Part of the European ARTIC project. Structural design, hydraulic pitch adjustment system, and endcaps to ASME Y14.5 / DIN 7168 standards.

Axial Compressor test rig

100kW / 3000RPM single stage Counter-Rotating Axial Compressor test rig.
Online data: speed, vibrations, pressure gradients, air velocity profiles, mass flow.

Mechanical design, instrumentation and control design, commissioning, Automated Test data acquisition & post processing UI development. Published results.

Rimini project

Nondestructive testing of circumferential welds  in nuclear pressure vessel pipelines. Design of the robotic arm for sensor manipulation, dynamic simulation for active and passive elements. Published results