May, 2010Archive for

Welcome note from the director

The Mechatronics Institute (IMTRONICS) is responsible for the promotion of research in the areas of Micromechanics, Materials, Nanomaterials and Nanostructures, Information and Telematic Systems, Robotics and Control Systems, Embedded and Wearable Systems and Sensors, Biomechatronics Technologies, and Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS). The Thessaly Mechatronics Institute is designed to support rapid prototyping of products, education/training in the field of mechatronics technology (with e...

List of Researchers Participating in the Institute (IMTRONICS)

Name Education (Ph.D) Affiliation Researchers Houstis Elias Ph.D. Purdue University, USA Director of CE.RE.TE.TH., Professor, Department of Computer and Communication Engineering (CCE), University of Thessaly (UTH) Aravas Nikolaos Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering & Dean of Engineering at the University of Thessaly, UTH Dimitropoulos Panagiotis ...

Research Collaborators

Currently in the region of Thessaly there is an important research force that has substantial experience and can guarantee the support and empowerment of the Institute. The central core of this force is comprised of the laboratories of “Mechanics and Endurance of Materials”, “Materials” and “Dynamic Systems” of the Department of Engineering, the laboratories of “Information Allocation Systems”, “Telecommunication, Signal and Networks” and “Material Technology and Computer Architecture” of the De...

Laboratory of Mechatronics and Biomechatronics

Field: The Mechatronics and Biomechatronics laboratory supports the development of simulation methodology, rapid standardization and optimization of products regarding functional, natural, geometric and economic parameters. Relative research efforts aim at the need for optimal industrial products as well as the design of specialized industrial prototypes which include – without being confined to them- prosthetic tissue technology, interface systems for the limbs of people with special needs, hea...

Laboratory of Microelectronics and Embedded Systems

Field: The laboratory of Microelectronics and Embedded Systems deals with the design, modeling, development, control and certification of microelectronic systems, microsystems, microprocessors, embedded systems and software  constituting the principal research interest of IMTRONICS in the scientific field of computer materials and architecture.

Laboratory of Information Systems and Services (LISyS)

Field: LISys is concerned with the study, design, realization, application and evaluation of systems which aim at the collection, processing, organization and management of digital information. Emphasis is placed on the development of intelligent services for semantic access and search of information, as well as its adaptive filtering. In addition, it specializes in the realization of social networking application networks and knowledge management, as well as the development of computational mod...