Vasilis Gakos, Mechanical Engineer, MSc

About

I'm a Master's degree Mechanical Engineer and PhD candidate with experience in the design process of products and modelling of complex mechanical structures. I am a proficient user of Solidworks, AutoCAD, Ansys and MATLAB softwares since I use them daily in my job as a researcher.

Experience

Hellenic Petroleum

Jul 2022 – Sep 2022

Athens, Greece

Maintenance Engineer

✓ Maintenance of the refinery’s mechanical equipment ✓ Material handling and stock management using SAP software

the SARM project

Jul 2021 – Sep 2021

Athens, Greece

Mechanical Design Engineer - R&D Department

✓ Participated in the prototype development of a novel type of Rotary Piston Compressor (SARC) as a CAD – CAE engineer using solidworks ✓ Reduced the weight of the Compressor’s Housing by 60%, performing topology and thermal optimization, while maintaining optimal performance and manufacturability ✓ Tolerance stack-up analysis for the housing assembly was performed and mechanical drawings were produced implementing GD&T.

Education

National Technical University of Athens

Sep 2017 – Sep 2022

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Vasilis Gakos

Mechanical Engineer, MSc

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