Name: Tagarakis Aristotelis

Birthdate:22 / 8 / 1980

Adress:Efesou 12-14, Thessaloniki, Greece

Tel.:+30 2310 – 445191

        +30 6977124147 (mobile)

E-mail:atagarak@uth.gr

·                                 05/2009–today: PhD student. Laboratory of farm Mechanization, SchoolofAgricultrualSciences,UniversityofThessaly. PhD Thesis: Application of Precision Agriculture in Vines.

·                                 2005–2008:M.Sc. diploma: "Automations on Farm Constructions, Agricultural  Mechanization and Irrigation " SchoolofAgricultrualSciences,UniversityofThessaly in cooperation with the Department of Automation Engineering, Technological Institute of Chalkida,Greece (M.Sc. diplomadegree: 8,79/10: “Excellent”).

M.Sc. program:

Water source’s management. “9/10”

Advanced industrial control. “7/10”

Greenhouse technologies. “9/10”

Analysis and processing of signals and images emphasising on agricultural applications. “10/10”

Industrial automation with applications on agricultural technologies. “7/10”

Irrigation technologies. “6/10”

Agricultural system’s modelling and fault diagnosis. “8/10”

Intelligent systems with applications in agricultural engineering. “6/10”

Robotic applications in agricultural technology. “7/10”

Postharvest structures and technology. “9,5/10”

Automation on agricultural machinery. “10/10”

Supervisory control and agricultural unit data collection. “9/10”

MSc Thesis: Precision viticulture. “10/10”

1999–2004:Graduated from schoolofAgriculturalSciences,DepartmentofAgriculturePlantProductionandAgriculturalEnvironment, UniversityofThessaly, Greece(diplomadegree: 7,12/10).

1995–1998:  Graduatedfrom6^thHigh Schoolof Kalamaria – Thessaloniki(certificate of studies degree: 17,7/20).

·         English: Very good; Greek: Mother tongue

·         German: Basic knowledge

·         Windows(95, 98, ΜΕ, 2000, XP).

·         Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point).

·         Internet

·         “G.I.S.” software (Arc-view, Arc-GIS: applications on Geographical Information Systems).

·         “G.I.S.” software (Surfer: applications on Geographical Information Systems).

• 01/02/2010-31/4/2010: Research Program: «FutureFarm. "Meeting the challenges of the farm of tomorrow by integrating Farm Management Information Systems to support real-time management decisions and compliance to standards"». Analysis of management strategies and required compliance to standards. Mananegement zonew creation and assessment. Participation as exhibitor in ‘Athens Digital Week’ October 7-10, 2010, Technopolis, Gazi, Athens. Scientific supervisor Assistant Prof. S. Foyntas, CERETETH, Volos. 

• 01/08/2009 - 31/12/2009: Research Program: «A feasibility study for Variable Rate Irrigation in the Black Sea Region: Economic and Environmental benefits (BSEC/PDF/0020/11.2008)». Irrigation needs evaluation, Variable Rate Irrigation map creation, application of variable rate irrigation and economical assessment. ScientificsupervisorProf. T. Gemtos, UniversityofThessaly, Volos.

• 01/06/2009- 31/07/2009:          Research Program: Evaluation of the results of the 6^th European Congress on Precision Agriculture. ScientificsupervisorProf. T. Gemtos, UniversityofThessaly, Volos.

• 1/2/08–31/10/08: Research program: Biofuel production, properties and performance evaluation when used in a diesel tractor engine. ScientificsupervisorProf. T. Gemtos, Universityof Thessaly, Volos.

• 22/5/06–21/1/07:Greek Organization of Agricultural Refund. Kozani, Veria, Greece. Working as Agronomist evaluating plant production losses.

• February–July2006:Research Program:Registration of the produced biomass in county of Larissa using GIS, in order to organize a network of the production fields, transportation ways and biomass processing factories. ScientificsupervisorProf. T. Gemtos, Universityof Thessaly, Volos. Creation of thematic maps of Larissa County including the registered biomass.

• 5/7/02–5/9/02:Institute of Plant Protection, Thessaloniki, Greece. Participation in the institute’s research programs on potato, tomato, sunflower and wild oat (Avena sterilis). 

• 25/02/2008-25/06/2008: Training on energy plant cultivation and production methods and exploitation of liquid energy products. Innovation Pole of Thessaly. Volos (Duration 200 hours).

• 25-27/04/07:Training–informing on geographical Information Systems ArcGIS (ArcInfo – ArcView - ArcGIS Server), Thessaloniki. 

• 29/3/2005:  Youth Business Dexterity Seminar. University of Thessaly, Volos.

• September2003–February2004: Program of Business Dexterity and Innovation. “Introduction to Business Dexterity”, University of Thessaly, Volos.

• February2004–June2004:Program on Business Dexterity and Innovation. “Design of Products and Services”, Universityof Thessaly, Volos, Greece.

• 29/11/02: Hydroponics: PresentandFuture on Greek Greenhouses. Universityof Thessaly – Agronomic University of Athens, Volos, Greece.

• 26-27/09/02:        Training–informing on Geographical Information Systems,ArcGIS(ArcInfo– ArcView), Larissa, Greece. 

• 26/04/02:Environmental Protection and Development in the Areas of «Nature  (NATURA)  2000». University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.

• 28/02/02:New Incomes in Greek Agriculture. University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.

• Turker U., Erdem T., Tagarakis A., Mitev G., Gemtos T. A., (2011). A feasibility study of Variable Rate Irrigation in Black Sea Area: Water and Energy Saving from the Application. Journal of Information Technology in Agriculture (JITAg),Vol. 4 (1), ISSN: 1546-959X, http://jitag.org.

• Tagarakis A., Perlepes L., Liakos V., Fountas S., Kikiras P., Gemtos T. (2010). Application of Precision Agriculture in vines. AgEng 2010, International Conference on Agricultural Engineering, September 6-8 2010, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

• Turker U., Erdem A., Tagarakis A., Fountas S., Mitev G., Akdemir B., Gemtos T. A. (2010). A feasibility study of Variable Rate Irrigation in Black Sea area: Design characteristics of a boom type traveler irrigator. ITAFFE ’10, 3^rd International Congress on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food, Forestry and Environment, June 14-18 2010, Samsun, Turkey.

• Tagarakis A., Karamoutis C., Kavalaris c., Migdakos E. and Gemtos T.A. (2009). The economical balance of three energy cultivations in Thessaly region, Greece. 6^th Conference on Farm Mechanization: “Farm Mechanization and Biosystems Engineering in the era of biofuels and climatic changes.” Thessaloniki, 8-10/10/2009, Greece.

• Kavalaris c., Karamoutis C., Tagarakis A. and Gemtos T.A. (2009). The energy balance of three energy cultivations in Thessaly region, Greece. 6^th Conference on Farm Mechanization: “Farm Mechanization and Biosystems Engineering in the era of biofuels and climatic changes.” Thessaloniki, 8-10/10/2009, Greece.

• Tagarakis A., Chatzinikos A., Fountas S., Gemtos T. (2006). Delineation of management zones in precision viticulture, International Conference on: Information Systems in Sustainable Agriculture, Agroenviroment and Food Technology, Volos, Greece.

• TagarakisΑ., Chatzinikos A. (2006). Research on vineyards located in Damasi – Tirnavos and Rapsani – Larissa. Conference on: “Reuse of urban waste on irrigation” and “Precision Agriculture”, Volos, Greece.

• Sfougaris A., Tagarakis A. (2005). Effects of landscape structure and protection status on grey partridge (Perdix perdix) in Lagadas area, Northern Greece, XXVII^th Congress of the International Union of Game Biologists, Hannover, Germany.

• 16/06/04: 3^d prize on business planning. Firstbusinessplancontestfor youths in Thessaly. Larissa, Greece.

• 15/12/04:  Prizeonpanhellenicconteston business ideas “Ideapolis”. Athens, Greece.

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