Operations studies of Metro extensions Design of Bus / metro interchanges Design of rail systems maintenance facilities Preparation of tender documents for most sorts of railway contracts Passenger Traffic forecasting Feasibility reports Computer simulations of all kinds of railway applications Certified trainer of railway personnel Operational Safety & Health experience Authoring of railway operating regulations Computer programming in a multitude of environments, especially engineering applications
Consultant and supervisor
Mamidakis S
– 1 year 7 months
...for the design, construction and operation of a 381mm-gauge leisure miniature railway, 1km long within the Miramare resort complex in Rhodes. The railway comprises a battery-electric loco, 2 self-discharging hopper cars, a passenger car and a combination luggage/passenger car. It was inaugurated in July 1998
Freelance railway consultant
freelance
– 5 years
Participation in various rail planning projects, including the Athens Commuter Rail system and Athens Tramway preliminary study
computer programmer
Hellenic Army service
– 1 year
Served in the 731 Military Works Direction. Co-programmer of military procurement monitoring in Clipper language, extensive use of Dbase and MS-Office. Contributed to cost estimation of Public Works with the Logiciel software, reconstruction project for a water tower in the Military School of Telecommunications, computerization of the 731st Direction's treasury
Student
Polytechnic School of Patras University
– 6 years
Entered at the 4th place. Graduated with ***Very Good*** mark. A major task was the compilation of the ZUGBETRIEB train simulation software as a part of the thesis ***Modern locomotion***. This is an accurate simulation of train dynamic behaviour when running on a specific line, The program calculates timetables and outputs performance graphs depicting any desired operational parameter, including power/energy demands. The software was initially developed in Quick Basic and was later upgraded to Visual Basic in order to enhance functionality, usability and versatility.
Preliminary Study for a railway maintenance depot in Agios Savvas, Athens
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Conceptual design for a stabling and running maintenance facility to cover most needs of Athens Metro Line 3 (Spata Airport- Aegaleo). This was planned to precede revenue service of Phase I extensions, nonetheless it was delayed by about a decade. The final result deviates considerably from the project described herein due to major design modifications by the contractors involved.
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