NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS (NTUA)
School of Civil Engineering
Trainee: Eleonora Balaoura
IAESTE internship in TU Wien
Presentation for the department of Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering
Vienna, 2016
Supervisor: Prof. Günter Emberger
Ιανουάριος 2016IAESTE internship in TU Wien, Austria Eleonora Balaoura
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Contents
• Acquaintance with Greece
• Greek Transport Infrastructures
• National Technical University of Athens
• School of Civil Engineering
• Getting to know me…
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Acquaintance with GreeceOriginal name: Hellenic Democracy
Population: 11.000.000
Regime: Parliamentary republic
Area: 131.940 km2
Capital: Athens
EU member: 1981
Eurozone member: 2001
NATO member: 1952
UNΟ founder: 1945
Independency: 1830 (Ottoman Empire)
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Acquaintance with Greece
Prime minister: Alexis Tsipras (Left party)
Total number of islands: 2.500
Coastline: 11th biggest worldwide
Average temperature: 18° (Athens) / 9.5° (Vienna)
Number of rivers: 10
Number of lakes: 10
Number of mountains: 10
Highest altitude: 2917
Main sources of energy: Coal 49.9%, Hydro 13%, Natural gas 25.3%, Renewables 7.6%, Import4.2%
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Acquaintance with Greece
GDP: 168.4 billion $ (2004)
Shipping sector: 4161 ships (biggest fleet worldwide)
Main sources of income: Services 72% (Tourism 15%, 5% Shipping), Industry 22% (Infrastructure), Agriculture 6%
Public sector cost: 40% GDP
Unemployment rate: 25.6% (48.3% young people <25)
Average weekly working hours: 42 (1st in Europe, 3rd worldwide)
Economic recession: since 2008
Government debt: 108.5% of GDP (2004)
Education & Healthcare: Public
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Greek Transport Infrastructures
Completed network
Planned network completion
Planned upgrade network
Paneuropean corridors
Car ownership in Greece: 370 cars/1000 inhabitants (2004)
Car ownership increase: 96%
Average EU increase: 25%
Bus fleet increase: 1%
10% of road accidents are fatal
Limited national railway network – mountainous terrain
OSE (1970) the only rail company in Greece – liberalisation
1994-2004
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Greek Transport Infrastructures - Athens
Athens Metro Map (Attiko Metro Company)
Urban transport
Buses (normal, natural gas, electric) - 11% increase
Tram lines (since 2004)
3 Metro lines (since 2000) – over 300 wagons
Suburban railwayAirports
Number of airports: 39
75% of tourist trips served by air
Athens Intl. Airport - connection with Middle East
4.1 million domestic flights & 7.6 million international
11% increase in domestic & 5% in international (2002)
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National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
• Founded in 1836 by 3 donors
• Oldest & most prestigious educational institute in Greece
• Significant contribution to country’s development
• Public university with NO fees
• Acceptance through very demanding National Exams
• Minimum years of study: 5
• Diploma thesis: mandatory
• Powerful Student Movement during National Resistance under the German Occupation (1941-44)
• Revolutionary centre against the Military dictatorship Junta by Papadopoulos in 1967-1974 (17th of November)
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School of Civil Engineering, NTUA
• 8th best Civil Engineering school in Europe
• 29th worldwide (QS 2013-15 Rankings)
• 65 mandatory courses
• 5 years of undergraduate studies
• Obligatory specialty in 4 fields (Structural, Hydraulics, Geotechnical, Transport)
Professors with international reputation
• Prof. G. Gazetas (Geotechnical engineering, MIT) • Prof. D. Koutsoyiannis (Stochastic analysis & Hydraulics, NTUA) • Prof. M. Papadrakakis (Computational Engineering, City University of London) • Prof. I. Psycharis (Earthquake Engineering, CalTech)• Prof. Ch. Gantes (Steel Structures, MIT)• Prof. M. Karlaftis (Transport Modelling, University of Miami)
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Getting to know me…
• 2011: National Exams in Greece – over 100,000 participants
• Achieved the 8th highest grade with 19.55/20.00
• 2016-2011: Undergraduate Student in Civil Engineering, NTUA
• Specialty in Structural Engineering, Institute of Steel Structures
• Graduating in the minimum years of studies (10th semester)
• GPA of diploma: 8.70/10.00 (top 3% of the year)
• Scholarships & awards for academic excellence (2011-2016)
• Volunteer University Editor in the Student academic forum www.MQN.gr
• Volunteer Organizer in the European Union Science Olympiad
• Volunteer in Coursera Global Translator Community
• Summer 2015: Attended fully-funded Summer School in ETH, Zurich
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