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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EL'>Θέσεις για Υποψήφιους διδάκτορες στο : </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'>The</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'>University</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'>of</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'>Connecticut</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EL'>πιθανόν να ενδιαφέρει κάποιους/ες από σας<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EL'>From: </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'>"Ilies, Horea" <</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'><a href="mailto:horea.ilies@uconn.edu" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1155CC'>horea.ilies@uconn.edu</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'>></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EL'>Subject: </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'>inquiring about potential PhD students</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EL'>Date: </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'>4 February 2017 at 21:13:26 GMT</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EL'>To: </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'>"</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'><a href="mailto:loulakis@math.ntua.gr" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1155CC'>loulakis@math.ntua.gr</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'>" <</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'><a href="mailto:loulakis@math.ntua.gr" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1155CC'>loulakis@math.ntua.gr</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'>></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'>Dear Prof. Loulakis,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'>Prof. Ilias Bilionis (now at Purdue) highly recommended that I get in touch with you regarding potential PhD students that have strong mathematical and computational background.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'>I am a professor of Mechanical Engineering with a dual appointment in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut and my research tackles several different geometric-heavy problems across multiple disciplines. Although my background is in the general area of Geometric and Physical Modeling, we also work on haptics, human computer interaction, nano-robots/machines, engineering design and robotics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'>I am looking for multiple PhD students (with full funding) to join my lab during Fall 2017. I would appreciate tremendously if you could put me in touch with those students that you think would be a good match and would be interested in such an opportunity. My PhD students can register in either the Mechanical Engineering or the Computer Science departments.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'>Thank you in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'>-Horea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'>-</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'>Horea Ilies, Ph.D.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=623 style='width:467.25pt'><tr style='height:10.8pt'><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:10.8pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'>Professor and Department Head</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222;display:none;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=594 style='width:445.15pt'><tr><td width=360 valign=top style='width:270.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'><br>Department of Mechanical Engineering <br>(by courtesy) Computer Science and Engineering</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'>The University of Connecticut<br>191 Auditorium Road, Unit-3139<br>Storrs, CT 06269-3139</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'><br>Phone: (860) 486-8813<br>Fax: (860) 486-5088</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'>E-mail: </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'><a href="mailto:ilies@engr.uconn.edu" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#954F72'>ilies@engr.uconn.edu</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#797979;mso-fareast-language:EL'><a href="http://cdl.engr.uconn.edu/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'>http://cdl.engr.uconn.edu</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EL'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;color:maroon;mso-fareast-language:EL'>Professor, NIKOLAOS M. STAVRAKAKIS<br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;color:maroon;mso-fareast-language:EL'>***************************</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;color:maroon;mso-fareast-language:EL'>*********************************************<br>NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY of ATHENS (NTUA), Dept. of MATHEMATICS,<br>School of APPLIED MATHEMATICS & PHYSICAL SCIENCES,<br>Zografou Campus, GR157-80, ATHENS, GREECE.<br></span><span lang=FR style='font-size:8.0pt;color:maroon;mso-fareast-language:EL'>TEL: 30 1 210 7721779 (+ voice mail) - FAX: 30 1 210 7721775, Mobile Phone: 30 1 6972 706447<br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>e-mail: </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EL'><a href="mailto:nikolas@central.ntua.gr"><span lang=FR style='color:blue'>nikolas@central.ntua.gr</span></a></span><span lang=FR style='font-size:8.0pt;color:maroon;mso-fareast-language:EL'>, </span><span lang=FR style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EL'> <a href="http://www.math.ntua.gr/~stavraka/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.math.ntua.gr/~stavraka/</span></a> <br><span style='color:maroon'>***********************************************************</span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='mso-fareast-language:EL'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green;mso-fareast-language:EL'>P</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:green;mso-fareast-language:EL'> <b> Σκέψου πριν τυπώσεις</b></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>