Dr Ilias Matsas is an Academic Associate (Faculty Fellow) at the School of Science and Technology, International Hellenic University, Greece. He graduated from the School of Mechanical Engineering, NTU Athens, Greece, and he continued his studies in the Ecole Nationale Superieure d’ Arts et Métiers, Paris, France, receiving an MSc in Innovation, Product Design and Engineering. He also received his PhD in Virtual Environments for Robotic Manufacturing Systems Design, from the National Technical University of Athens.
Ilias Matsas currently serves as a Faculty Fellow of the School of Science and Technology in International Hellenic University (IHU), Thessaloniki, Greece. He is also a Research Associate at the Manufacturing Technology Division of the National Technical University of Athens since 2010. He has supervised or co-supervised undergraduate and post-graduate dissertations relevant to product design and virtual reality in manufacturing. He has published 18 research papers in International Journals and Conferences (Google Scholar h-index: 12). He has been also working as a Machine Design Engineer in the R&D department of consumer goods industries, and as Hull Design Engineer in the maritime industry.