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Technical University of Crete (TUC)

Chania, Crete, Greece www.tuc.gr moustaki@dpem.tuc.gr

Current Position: Professor at the Department of Production Engineering and Management. Director, Management Systems Laboratory (www.logistic.tuc.gr) Professional Society Membership:

• Greek Chamber of Engineers
• National Committee for Spin Off / Spin Out company

assessment

• Chairman of TUC Professors Association and

member of the Governing Board, Greek University Professors Federation. Elected annually for the last 4 years continuously. Referee: Numerous journals and International Conferences (Machine Learning, Bioinformatics) Projects: Numerous projects funded via the EU, National Agencies and International Organizations. Managed 3 Tempus projects (Serbia, Egypt).

Short Curriculum Vitae

Professor Vassilis Moustakis (Vasa)

History of TUC

• Established in 1977.
• Admitted students in 1984 –

Department of Production Engineering & Management.

• Main campus is outside the

city of Chania (west part of Crete) with offices / buildings also inside Chania.

• It is the 2nd integrated

Engineering University in Greece (first being the Technical University of Athens). Still remains the second.

TUC Todeay

• TUC is a state university
• TUC has about 2.500

undergraduate students and 485 postgraduate students (MS and PhD).

• Faculty includes 125

members plus another 48 adjunct professors and 35 researchers.

• Six departments

TUC Departments

• 1. Sciences – provides basic science courses in Mathematics,

Physics, Chemistry, Mechanics, and Humanities to all other Departments.

• 2. Production Engineering and Management. In between Industrial

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration.

• 3. Mineral Resources Engineering.
• 4. Electrical Engineering. Specializes in electronics, energy,

software engineering, and hardware.

• 5. Environmental Engineering.
• 6. Architecture.

All departments – except Architecture, offer postgraduate studies (MS) and doctoral studies.

Management of TUC

• Rector:

Professor Yannis Phillis,

• Vice-Rectors:

Yannis Saridakis Theodore Markopoulos

Student Life

• Each department has a Union of

students

• There is Union of all TUC students
• Students participate in Departmental

Assembly (50% of Faculty)

• Students participate in University

Senate (one student per Department)

• Participation includes full voting

rights.

• Restaurants, study rooms, Library,

Dormitory, extensive housing and financial support.

International Cooperation And Projects

• TEMPUS
• FP7
• Erasmus

Mundus

• Health
• For research there

exists a Research

• Committee. Funding

about 4 - 5 million euro per year.