EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Sept. 2011 – Nov. 2015  Master’s Degree in Electronic Engineering  University of Catania, Faculty of Engineering, Andrea Doria Street, n. 6, 95125, Catania (Italy)  Graduation grade: 110/110 cum laude
▪ Microelectronics: Filters (passive, active, SC, Mosfet-C, OTA-C), OTAs, OpAmp, Output Stages, DAC (Current steering, Resistor and Capacitor divider, Serial ramp), ADC (full flash, two-step-flash, time interleaved, successive approximation, serial ramp), BandGap, Comparators, Schmitt Trigger;
▪ Electronics for Radio Frequency: Linearity, Noise Figure, Transmission Line, Transformations of impedance, Transceiver Architectures, LNA, VGA, Mixer, VCO, PLL;
▪ Digital Electronics: Ratio logic, CMOS logic, Buffer, Transmission Gate and Pass–Transistor logic, Dynamic logic, ECL and CML logic, BiCMOS logic, Sequential Circuits, Registers, Semiconductors Memories;
▪ Electronic Systems: State Machine, Arithmetic Circuits (FA, RCA, MCC, CBA, CSA, LCSA, SRCSA, CLA, LCLA), Design Metrics, PCB technology and Design, Signal and Power integrity;
▪ Power electronics: AC/DC, DC/AC, DC/DC (buck, boost, buck-boost, flyback, forward, push-pull, Ćuk, half-bridge, full-bridge), Inverter, modulation techniques;
▪ Circuit Theory, Electromagnetic Fields, Physics of Nanosystems, Micro and Nano Sensors.
▪ Thesis: “Digital Circuit Design, Full Adder, in the Energy-Delay Domain”
 Description: The objective of the thesis was to design the Dual-Rail Domino Full Adder in 28nm CMOS technology. The increase in the number of transistors contained in the integrated circuit has caused the increment of the energy dissipation on the chip, which is the most limiting factor for further growth of the integration. Therefore it has been studied the operation point of the transistors in the energy-delay domain and it has been verified that the design in the NTC (Near Threshold Computing) region offers the best trade off between power and delay. The thesis gave me the opportunity to design integrated circuits and to expand my knowledge in the field of digital electronics.
 Rapporteurs: Eng. Alfio Dario Grasso, Eng. Gaetano Palumbo
Sept. 2001 – Febr. 2011  Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunication Engineering  University of Siena, Faculty of Engineering, Roma Street, n. 56, 53100, Siena (Italy) Graduation grade: 93/110
▪ Electronics I: Configuration and operation of BJT and MOS, Polarization, Cascode and Darlintong circuits, voltage regulators.
▪ Electronics II: Current Mirrors, Feedback, Frequency Response, OpAmp and compensation techniques, Noise, Offset.
▪ Fundamentals of Automation Engineering, Fundamentals of Computer Science, Signal Theory, Electrical Communications, Information Theory and Codes, Electromagnetic Fields, Digital Signal Processing, Antennas, Telecommunications Network, Wireless Communications, Electronics for the Transmission and Processing of Multimedia Signals, Image Processing, Transmission and Processing of Information in Multimedia Systems, Economics and business management.
▪ Thesis: “VoIP Open Source Technologies: Installation and basic configuration of Trixbox”
 Description: The aim of the dissertation and of the internship was to study VoIP systems and specifically to create a platform for calls SIP trunk by using the open source distribution trixbox based on IP-PBX Asterisk. I proceeded to install the version of Trixbox 2.0 based on Asterisk 1.2.13 by using a VMware virtual machine on the host operating system windows seven, so I made a subnet between the host (windows seven) and the guest system (trixbox) hosted on VMware machine. Finally, I checked through some call tests, the actual operation of the system installed.
 Software used during my thesis:
• Matlab;
 Rapporteurs: Eng. Alessandro Andreadis
PERSONAL SKILLS
Native language
Greek
Other language(s)
UNDERSTANDING
SPEAKING
WRITING
Listening
Reading
Spoken interaction
Spoken production
Italian
English
C2
B2
C2
B2
C2
B2
C2
B2
C2
B2
Levels: A1/2: Basic user – B1/2: Independent user – C1/2 Proficient user Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Communication skills
Ability to work in a team and to communicate in a concise and effective. I developed these
skills during the activities of university projects and dissertations.
Organization / managerial skills
I am able to plan the work autonomously, following priorities, and to combine multiple tasks
simultaneously. I am able to handle stressful situations, respecting the deadlines set and managing the time available efficiently, thanks to the experience gained during the studies and during the thesis work. Good attitude to problem solving, and team work.
Job-related skills
During the degree program I developed the following projects in team and alone:
▪ “Characterization of a cantilever with a piezoelectric layer”
Subject: Micro and Nano Sensors (July 2014) Software used: Matlab. Year: 2013 – 2014
▪ “Design an OpAmp in BJT and MOS technology and an filter of high order”
Subject: Microelectronics (March 2014) Software used: Spice. Year: 2013 – 2014
Computer skills
▪ Cadence Virtuoso
▪ Lab Equipment: Oscilloscope, Multimeter, Function Generator, Frequency, Power supply
▪ Good command of Microsoft Office™ tools
▪ ECDL (Internet, Excel, Word)