Aristeidis Kopanakis

Project Leader and Mechanics Leader for the development of Head-Up Displays (HUDs) for European OEMs. Directing cross-functional, virtual teams, in Europe and Asia, from concept to Mass Production. Responsible for the following: - Planning/ Scheduling/ Cost analyses/ Quotations (RFIs and RFQs)/ CAD/ PDM/ FEA/ DFMEA/ Drawings/ Validations/ Design Reviews and Engineering Changes - Benchmarking in Europe and establishment of new processes and best practices.

DESIGN PROJECT LEADER FOR THE HUDs OF VOLVO V43x & V426 (V60, S60, XC60) AND POLESTAR 1 Regular communication and coordination of the design teams of Optics, Mechanics, Hardware and Software (Germany), the Production Engineering and Quality Assurance (Spain), the design team of core parts and R&D (Japan) and the customer (Sweden).

External partner at BMW Group. Projects of Conceptual Design for the automotive industry in cooperation with the companies: - TWT Gmbh - Science & Innovation - NIKI MEPE - Digital Engineering Designing and implementing rapid prototyped and sheet metal parts on concept vehicles for autonomous driving (G11 & G12). Responsible for designing components related to Lidar/ Radar/ GPS/ Multi-Purpose Cameras/ Bluetooth/ Navigator/ etc.

Employed by the Laboratory of Manufacturing Systems and Automation (LMS) in the Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics Department in University of Patras. Assigned to create 3D virtual models and simulations of robotic cells for various factories. In addition, the creation of algorithms in Visual Basic and Matlab was necessary for the optimization of the produced models. Employed as research assistant and participated in several projects in collaboration with major Automotive Industries.

Division of Energy, Aeronautics and Environment