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	Name: Nikolas Pastelas
	Home Address: N. Kasomouli 3, Thessaloniki, Greece, 54655
	Age: 24
	Contact: budomaru@aim.com, (+031) 2310 417-095, 6993853151
	Foreign Languages: Fluent English

	EDUCATION:
	Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki,
	Department of Automation:
	5th year (cirriculum complete, only training pending)
	Department of Automation home page

	WORK EXPERIENCE:
	Hellenic Petroleum: Six months total of labor as a loader-unloader.
	Duties involved packaging PVC dust in sacks and loading chemicals
	on chemical transport trucks.
	
	AUTOMATION RELATED EXPERIENCE:
	Besides the experience gained from educational labs attended, most of
	my experience comes from my graduation project which involved mostly
	electronics, microcontrollers and some basic mechanics. The gist of
	what I've worked with and worked on are explained in the Circuits and
	Designs section of this home page.
	The graduation project itself had a goal of building the basic
	structures of a swarm of underwater autonomous robots, capable of 
	checmically sampling an area of water, charting it and collecting 
	physical samples as well. Throughout the process of completing the
	project, many new skills besides the obvious technical skills were
	developed, such as learning to work on a small budget, working in
	a team and learning to manage a project with multiple parts better.
	From my education, I have basic skills in programming PLCs, SCADA
	software, CAD software (AutoCAD), C++ and BASIC programming and
	using CNC machines, to name the most immediately useful skills in
	the automation industry. I am also competent in C programming and 
	in using Linux,	to the extent my experience has taught me.
	
	WORK INTERESTS:
	I would enjoy to work on nearly anything involving electronics, 
	robotics and mechatronics, man-machine interfaces, embedded
	programming and	technology combining embedded and non-embedded
	control, artificial intelligence and intelligent control as well
	as any autonomous machinery. I would also enjoy working on
	scientific equipment, sensors and data acquisition, though I'd
	prefer the areas I mentioned first in this paragraph to these,
	if available. Obviously, I do not have the training or knowledge
	for most of these areas, however I am willing to put time into
	learning more about them as needed since I have a deep interest
	in these fields.

	PERSONAL ASSESMENT:
	I place a lot of importance on completeness and effectiveness as first priorities
	and think of precision and thoroughness as being equally important once
	the first two are satisfied. I find that modularity, extensibility and ease of use,
	without sacrificing functionality are also very important parts of a design
	or modification.

	I have no problem working in a group, but prefer it when I share an understanding
	of priorities and a creative interest with a group. During my studies I have often
	preferred to work alone when I considered my fellow's interests to be too different
	from my own, but I have sometimes found it more necessary to cooperate when it
	presents mutual benefit than to be absolute in my perspectives.

	Regarding what I believe to be my personal strengths, I find learning new
	programming languages to be an easy task and have little difficulty thinking
	creatively with them after some exposure. I enjoy learning new systems and
	do not fear the need to study and practice in order to improve my skills.