Curriculum vitae of Constantinos A. Bouroussis

1.      SHORT CV

Constantinos (Costis) Bouroussis is an Electrical and Computer Engineer. He got his Ph.D. in Engineering in the field of road and tunnel lighting measurements from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He is currently a research associate at the Lighting Laboratory of NTUA, with participation in more than thirty internationally and nationally funded projects. He also works as an independent technical consultant. His main areas of interest include lighting technology, photometry, imaging sensors, machine vision, and unmanned aerial systems.

He has extensive experience in lighting measurements and evaluation of lighting infrastructures, lighting master planning, lighting education, instrument prototyping and other. He has given numerous lectures in lighting related aspects at universities and training institutes.

He participates in the CIE, as the country member for Greece in Division 2, as a reporter in Division 4 (DR4-53 “Environmental Aspects of Obtrusive Light from Outdoor Lighting Installations”) and as a member in 14 TCs. In addition, he was a member of the committees and lead author for the preparation of a Greek Technical Guide on Road Lighting and the Greek National Regulation for Road and Tunnel Lighting.

He speaks Greek (native), English (fluently) and German (basic).

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2.      Current position

• Research associate and test engineer at Lighting Laboratory of School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens.
• Adjunct Professor at the School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), Faculty of Electrical Engineering
  
• Freelance Electrical and Computer Engineer and Technical Consultant
• Certified trainer of RELUX lighting calculations and simulation software.

3.      Professional career

2001 – 2002:        Apprentice at electrical installation design department of Schneider Electric Hellas S.A.

2004 – now:         Researcher and test engineer at Lighting Laboratory of National Technical University of Athens.

2005 – now:         Freelancer, Electrical and Computer Engineer.

2006 – now:        Adjunct Professor at the School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), Faculty of Electrical Engineering

4.      Areas of interest - Expertise

·           Lighting design / planning

·           Lighting measurements

·           Lighting engineering / consultancy

·           Lighting training

·           Imaging sensors / machine vision

·           Artificial light pollution

·           Calibration of photometric devices

·           Programming / embedded computing

5.      Projects

He has participated as key engineer/researcher in the following projects:

•    Short Term Expert in charge of the training to NERC staff on the Lighting Bulbs Testing Apparatus, “TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE to the ‘RE and EE Programme in JORDAN” EuropeAid/134-941/C/SER/JO, Jordan, (June 2015)

•    Feasibility study for energy efficient program of public lighting in off-grid islands Lesvos, Limnos, Milos, Kithnos and Santorini as a supplement to the development of smart grid infrastructure in the electric grids of these islands, "Development of smart-grid infrastructure in autonomous islands of the Aegean sea", Network of Aegean Islands for Sustainability (DAFNI network), ICCS, (2013 - 2014).

•    COST action: Loss of the Night Network (http://www.cost-lonne.eu/, 2014-2016)

•    “Thales – NTUA: Development of a novel intelligent lighting control system with imaging sensor for optimum daylight exploitation and energy saving”,(code MIS 379524), in Priority Axis “11-Reinforcement of Human Capital for the promotion of the research and innovation in the 3 Phasing out Regions” which is co-funded by the EU-ESF and National Funds through the operational program “Education and Lifelong Learning” (2012-2015)

•    “South-East European TSO Challenges (SEETSOC)” (2010-2012), Project number 239453, funded by FP7-ENERGY-2008-TREN-1.

•    “Mikrenergin (improve energy performance of 5 thousands small retail shops in Corfu”, Chamber Corfu, Greece (2010-2012).

•    "Design of aeronautical light signal of low luminous intensity" (2012), funded by the Programme Coupons for innovation National Strategic Reference Framework of Greece.

•    “Energy saving in Municipality of Voula, Attica, Greece ” (2009-2010), funded by the Programme “Energy saving in municipalities”, National Strategic Reference Framework of Greece. Energy audits and planning for energy efficient update of public street lighting, public buildings and schools of Voula municipality.

•    “Renovation of National Garden-Lighting system and WiFi” (2009-2010), funded by the Prefecture of Athens

•    “Design of luminaire for solar photovoltaic system for street lighting” (2009-2010), funded by the Programme “Coupons for innovation”, National Strategic Reference Framework of Greece..

•    “Laboratoire virtuel pour éduquer à l’ energie durable (Programme Lifelong Learning) ENERG@TIC” (2007-2009), Intelligent Energy – Europe.

•    “Lighting measurements in tunnels and roads of EGNATIA ODOS, analysis of results, determination of lighting levels and proposals for rational use of energy and optimization of maintenance” (2007-2010), financed by EGNATIA ODOS S.A.

•    “Quality assurance services to manufacturers of equipment of lighting installations” (2007-2011), financed by manufacturers of lighting systems.

•    “Quality assurance of lighting equipment” (2007-2011), financed by manufacturers of equipment for lighting installations.

•    “Strategies for development and diffusion of Energy Efficient Distribution Transformers (SEEDT)” (2006-2008), Intelligent Energy – Europe (EIE-SAVE), financed by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, Intelligent Energy Executive Agency.

•    “Development of a system of automatic adjustment of artificial lighting for the optimized utilization of daylighting” (2005-2007), Programme “Pythagoras”, financed by the Operational Programme for Educational and Vocational Training (EPEAEK), European Social Fund, Measure 2.2, Activity 2.2.3.

•    “Development of model for the determination of the photometric parameters of mesopic vision” (2004-2006), Programme “Protagoras” for support of basic research, financed by the Senate Committee for the Basic Research of National Technical University of Athens.

•    “Energy audits in wind farms, small hydroelectric plants, photovoltaic systems, passive solar systems, cogeneration installations, biomass systems and energy saving installations” (2002-08), Energy Operational Programme “Competitiveness” - Measure 2.1.3, financed by the European Regional Development Funds and monitored by the Hellenic Development Company (ELANET).

•    “Quality assurance in the sector of manufacturing lighting equipment” (2002-07), financed by manufacturers of equipment for lighting installations.

•    “Technological support of manufacturers producing lighting equipment” (1999-2004), financed by manufacturers of equipment for lighting installations.

6. Publications:

6.1 BOOKS

·         Co-author: “Technical Regulation on Design and Evaluation of Street Lighting Projects”, Technical Chamber of Greece, (TEE-TCG), 2017

·       C.A. Bouroussis: “Special chapters in Lighting Technology”, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, 2011

·       C.A. Bouroussis: “Knowledge tools for design and simulation of Lighting Projects”, Hellenic Open University, Athens, 2015.

·       C.A. Bouroussis, L.T. Doulos: “Lighting Design”, Hellenic Open University, under publication, Athens, 2015.

6.2 DIPLOMA THESIS

·       C. A. Bouroussis: "Road lighting with hybrid photovoltaic system", Diploma thesis, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, 2004.

6.3 PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS AND BOOKS

·       C. A. Bouroussis, F. V. Topalis, “The effect of the spectral response of measurement instruments in the assessment of night sky brightness”, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, DOI:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2018.05.012, in Press, 2018

·       G.A. Gourzoulidis, A. Achtipis, F.V. Topalis, M.E. Kazasidis, D. Pantelis, A. Markoulis, C. Kappas, C.A. Bourousis, “Artificial Optical Radiation photobiological hazards in arc welding”, Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics , Volume 32 , Issue 8 , 981 - 986, 2016

·       Constantinos A. BOUROUSSIS, Evangelos-Nikolaos D. MADIAS, Panagiotis A. KONTAXIS, Frangiskos V. TOPALIS: BENCHMARK REPORT ON THE PHOTOMETRIC AND ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE OF LED REPLACEMENTS OF GU10 HALOGEN SPOT LAMPS, Ingineria Iluminatului, Vol. 14, Issue 2, pp 7-16, December 2012

·       Kateri, C. Bouroussis, F.V. Topalis, “Variation of the instantaneous luminous flux of fluorescent lamps fed by dimmable electronic ballasts with frequency control”, IEE Electric Power Applications, Vol. 1, Issue 6, p. 890-896, November 2007.

·       C.A. Bouroussis, I. Georgaris, F.V. Topalis, “Hybrid wind-solar system for street lighting, Word Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 1, Issue 8, pp. 1417-1422, August 2006.

·       C. Bouroussis, F. V. Topalis: “Optimization of potential and autonomy of a photovoltaic system for street lighting”, Word Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Vol. 3, Issue 5, pp. 1392-1397, July 2004.

6.4 PUBLICATIONS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

·       D-P T. Nikolaou, C. A. Bouroussis, F. V. Topalis, “Experimental investigation of the correlation between power consumption and luminous flux of LED luminaires in adaptive road lighting”, Proceedings of the European Lighting Conference Lux Europa 2017, Ljubljana, September 2017

·       C. A. Bouroussis, F. V. Topalis, “Smart multi-workplane lighting control and utilization of daylight using an imaging photosensor”, 16 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, 7-10 June, 2016, Florence, Italy

·       C. A. Bouroussis, P. A. Kontaxis, F. V. Topalis, “Interior lighting control by daylight harvesting using a smart imaging sensor”, Proceedings of Balkan Light 2015, Athens, Greece, pp. 197-204.

·       C. A. Bouroussis, F. V. Topalis, M. E. Kazasidis, D. Pantelis, A. Markoulis, A. Achtipis, C. Kappas and G. A. Gourzoulidis, “Photobiological hazard from artificial optical radiation in arc welding for occupational exposure assessment”, Proceedings of Balkan Light 2015, Athens, Greece, pp. 293-299.

·       L.T. Doulos, P. A. Kontaxis, E-.N. D. Madias, C. A. Bouroussis, A. Tsangrassoulis and F. V. Topalis, “The role of dimmable LED luminaires to daylight harvesting”, Proceedings of Balkan Light 2015, Athens, Greece, pp. 367-370.

·       G. K. Adam, P. A. Kontaxis, C. A. Bouroussis, D. Ε. Ventzas and F. V. Topalis, “Embedded computer communication and control of DALI LED drivers”, Proceedings of Balkan Light 2015, Athens, Greece, pp. 125-130.

·       Constantinos A. Bouroussis, Lambros T. Doulos, Aris Tsangrassoulis, Frangiskos V. Topalis: “Reviewing drawbacks of conventional photosensors: are CCD/CMOS sensors the next generation?”. Proceedings of Lux Europa 2013, Krakow, Poland; 09/2013.

·       D. Moullou, E.-N.D. Madias, L.T. Doulos, C.A. Bouroussis, F.V. Topalis: “LIGHTING IN ANTIQUITY”, Proceedings of Balkan Light 2012, Belgrade, Serbia, 2012.

·       PA Kontaxis, C Bouroussis, L Doulos, F Topalis: “Applications of CCD sensors in photometry and in daylight responsive systems. Proceedings of Balkan Light 2012, Belgrade, Serbia, pp 331-338, 2012.

·       C.A. Bouroussis, F.V. Topalis: ENERGY SAVING IN TUNNEL LIGHTING BY REDUCING THE ENTRANCE LUMINANCE, Proceedings of Romanian Lighting Convention Bucharest, 18 – 20 May, 2011

·       C.A. Bouroussis, F.V. Topalis: “Automated luminance measurements of tunnel and road lighting installations”, Proceedings of the 11th European Lighting Conference Lux Europa, Istanbul, 9-11 September 2009.

·       N.B. Bisketzis, P.F. Topali, C.A. Bouroussis, F.V. Topalis: “Is the fovea vision only photopic?”, Proceedings of the 11th European Lighting Conference Lux Europa, Istanbul, 9-11 September 2009.

·       C.A. Bouroussis, A.J. Travlou-Schult, F.V. Topalis: “Road and tunnel lighting measurements using an imaging system”, 3rd Conference of students of Electrical engineering, Thessaloniki, 10-11 April 2009.

·       C.A. Bouroussis, G.A. Vokas, F.V. Topalis: “Policies and measures fostering energy efficient distribution transformers in Europe”, Proceedings of the 6th Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Med Power 2008, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2-5 November 2008.

·       C.A. Bouroussis, F.V. Topalis, “A novel digital system for real-time luminance measurements of road and tunnel lighting”, Balkan Light 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 7-10 October 2008.

·       C.A. Bouroussis, F.V. Topalis: “Strategies for development and diffusion of energy efficient distribution transformers”, Conference of Academy of Athens, Athens, 3 November 2006.

·       C.A. Bouroussis, F.V. Topalis, “Efficient distribution transformers in Europe”, ENERTECH 2007 2nd International Conference, Helexpo Palace, Athens, Greece, 18-21 October 2007. Proceedings of the 6th WSEAS International Conference on Power Systems, Lisbon, Portugal, September 22-24, 2006

·       C. Bouroussis, M. Athanasopoulou, F.V. Topalis: “Semi-autonomous photovoltaic system for street lighting”, Proceedings of Iluminat 2003, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 8-9 May 2003.