Experience

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  Kwr Water Research Institute

  • Netherlands
  • Research Services
  • 200 - 300 Employee

  • Urban Water Systems Modeler

    • Sep 2018 - Jun 2023
    • Utrecht Area, Netherlands

    Applied R&D modeling role, part of the Resilience Management and Governance team, with quantitative applications in the themes of data science and analytics for water, risk and resilience analysis, hydrological studies and water systems in the circular economy. • Water distribution systems modeling (EPANET, Python & MATLAB APIs). • Urban water cycle modeling (UWOT) in the context of resilience and circular water. • Involvement in EU-H2020 projects (NextGen, STOP-IT, Ultimate, BWaterSmart), as well as BTO research (Integraal Assetmanagement, Klimaat en Waterbeschikbaarheid) and consultancy to clients (SUPERLOCAL).

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  Hydroexigiantiki Consulting Engineers

  • Greece
  • Civil Engineering
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Junior Consulting Engineer

    • Sep 2017 - Aug 2018
    • Athens, Greece

    • Hydraulic engineering BIM, analysis and design using Civil3D (use of the Civil3D Subassembly Composer, Excel VBA and the Autodesk COM API) • Topics of involvement include: drinking water networks design, stormwater and wastewater networks design, highway drainage assessment and design, flood protection works, data management and visualization of 3D hydraulic models (OpenFOAM, ParaView, Python), hydrological applications in GIS (ArcGIS/ArcHydro/ArcPy),

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  Deltares

  • Netherlands
  • Research Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Graduate Student - Flood Risk Assessment

    • Jun 2015 - Feb 2016
    • Delft Area, Netherlands

    • Internship related to the MSc thesis, titled: "Upscaling coastal flood risk assessment - Insight into the uncertainty of a continental-scale model", in collaboration with the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the EU commission. • Communication of the thesis outcome to selected key partners with an invited post-graduation presentation.

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  European Commission

  • Belgium
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Trainee - Climate Risk Management Unit

    • Jul 2015 - Dec 2015
    • Ispra, Italy

    Institute of Environment and Sustainability - Climate Risk Management Unit (IES - H07) Project: LISCoAsT- Assessment of flood impacts in European coastal areas under changes in climate and exposure. • Development of a sensitivity analysis framework for a continental-scale direct risk model for coastal flooding. • Contribution to the development of a harmonized coastal flood risk assessment model at a pan-European scale.

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  Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (giz) Gmbh

  • Germany
  • International Trade and Development
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Multidisciplinary Student Group Project

    • Feb 2015 - Apr 2015
    • Ho Chi Minh and Ca Mau provinces, Vietnam

    Title: Integrated Coastal Management in the Province of Ca Mau - Vietnam Student group project, part of the MSc studies in TU Delft. Realised in Ho Chi Minh City and Ca Mau, Vietnam, in collaboration with GIZ and the Water Resources University of Vietnam (DHTL). • Detailed study on the integration of coastal and inland water management in the province of Ca Mau, Vietnam • Formulation of a holistic analytical approach to identify key challenges and highlight dominant mechanics in the water system. The formulated approach combines elements of the physical system, human actions, policy response and climate change in a form of System Dynamics toolset, and was built with the aim to be used by GIZ as a rapid assessment and stakeholder participation tool for provincial Integrated Water Management.

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  Kwr Water Research Institute

  • Netherlands
  • Research Services
  • 200 - 300 Employee

  • Intern

    • Oct 2014 - Dec 2014
    • Utrecht Area, Netherlands

    • Identification and showcasing of synergies between KWR modelling tools. • Conceptualization of an integrated modelling framework that addresses water-oriented problems within a broader urban management context.

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  National Technical University Of Athens

  • Greece
  • Research
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Research Associate

    • Mar 2011 - Jul 2013

    Project Goal: Analysis of the interaction between urban development and water infrastructure in cities with emphasis on distributed water-saving technologies. Development, expansion and completion of relevant software tools, leading to a DSS able to address water-sensitive urban landscape evolution scenarios, thus combining water management with population dynamics and urban infrastructure changes. Active contribution to deliverables in the parent projects of TRUST and Hydropolis. Related Personal Tasks: • Support in the integration of urban growth simulation components with an urban water cycle model on a regional scale. • Development of a multiple-state urban growth and land use model in MATLAB, calibration and application in the metropolitan area of Athens. • Assessment of the outcome of using water-aware distributed technologies to a neighborhood and household level.