Theses Presentations (Part I) 03-05-2017

Specifically, the following thesis topics were completed and presented:

1. "The use of wood in the construction of supervisory media - toys (Specifications - Construction - Quality control)" by postgraduate student Deligianni Vasiliki, supervising professor Mr. G. Ntalos and members of the supervisory committee Professors: Michael Skarvelis and John Papadopoulos.

In this work, an attempt was made to record the supervisory media-games used in preschool and school education, simultaneously ascertaining the position and use of wood as a material in these media. Initially, with the use of on-site research, supervisory materials used by young students in nurseries, kindergartens and primary schools of the prefecture of Attica were recorded and classified. The results showed that while wooden supervisory materials are used in preschool education, there is a lack of them in school education. An investigation followed to determine their safety using the Inductively Coupled Plasma AES or OES Atomic/Optical Emission Spectrometry method and in accordance with the guidelines of the standard EN 71-3: 2013 + A1: 2014 for the migration of certain data set by the European Commission. The measurements showed that all the samples were considered safe, as the values of the tested elements are lower than the upper permissible limits. Regarding the prices of wood, it was observed that its use is safer when it is not covered by various coatings. At the final stage of the research, a standard wooden supervisory tool and its construction was presented, which comes to fill the gap in school education and bring students closer to this safe material for the purpose of imparting knowledge.

2. "Study on the development of an "intelligent" workplace for the provision of personalized educational material in Primary Education using Information Technology and New Technologies", by postgraduate student Karagiannis Nikolaos, supervisor professor Mr. Karageorgos Antonios and members of the supervision committee Professors: Gerogiannis Vasilios and Ntalos Georgios.

This work dealt with the integration of microcomputer systems in objects of daily use, such as furniture, which is one of the new trends both in the home and in the work environment. The integration of such technologies can enhance the functionality of everyday furniture, leading to the development of "intelligent" furniture. This kind of "intelligent" furniture and objects have also entered the education environment with the development of interactive tables and desks whose main goal is to improve the quality of education.

The subject of the work was the study of the configuration of "intelligent" furniture/workplace using Information and Communication Technologies for the provision of personalized educational material in Secondary Education. As part of the work, an investigation of ways to integrate computing devices into furniture was carried out, as well as a comparative analysis of the available software packages for the provision of personalized material in education. Then a suitable furniture/workstation configuration was proposed and an open source software was selected which was configured to meet the needs of providing educational material of a Secondary School.

3. "Study on the development of an "intelligent" secretarial office of school units with the support of teaching scheduling methods", by the postgraduate student Denisiotis Ioannis, supervising professor Mr. Karageorgos Antonios and members of supervisory committee Professors: Gerogiannis Vasilios and Ntalos Georgios.

The aim of this work was to study the development of an "intelligent" secretariat office of Secondary Education schools using Information and Communication Technologies for teaching scheduling. Within the framework of the proposed work, ways were explored for 'intelligent' technologies based on Artificial Intelligence methods to be integrated into furniture/desks to support administrative functions, such as the scheduling problem in Secondary schools? The proposed solution was empirically verified in the construction of a timetable for a school in Karditsa.

4. "Development study of an "intelligent" workstation to support the teaching of Mathematics in Secondary Education", by the postgraduate student Peteinara Ioannis, supervising professor Mr. Karageorgos Antonios and members of supervisory committee Professors: Gerogiannis Vasilios and Ntalos Georgios

The subject of this work was the study of the configuration of "intelligent" furniture/workstation using Ambient Intelligence and E-Learning technologies to support the teaching of Mathematics in Secondary Education. In the context of the work, ways of integrating Ambient Intelligence technologies into furniture were investigated, as well as the use of these technologies in the educational process of Secondary Education, and in particular in the teaching of Mathematics. Then the existing Ambient Intelligence and E-Learning technologies were evaluated and a furniture/workstation configuration with an integrated combination of micro-computing devices and E-Learning software was proposed. The use of the selected technologies was tested with Mathematics teaching materials from Secondary Education.

5. "Cross-laminated timber (CLT): New product in structural constructions - formulation of a new connection proposal", by the postgraduate student Pappas Miltiadis, supervising professor Mr. Skarvelis Michalis and members of the supervisory committee Professors: Ntalos Georgios and Karagkouni Glykeria.

This diploma work dealt with cross laminated timber (CLT – Cross Laminated Timber), which is a new product of timber constructions. First, the technical characteristics of wood and CLT as a building material were studied and a review of wood-based building systems was made. The production and characteristics of CLT were described and then the possibilities of using CLT surfaces as a basic building material in modern constructions were studied, in the light of Eurocode 5 requirements. CLT. The work ended with the formulation of a new connection proposal, which is expected to improve static adequacy and facilitate construction. The new proposal is accompanied by a Building Construction Manual.

The above theses were judged excellent and very good by the examination committees, while it is noted that the whole process was open to the public to watch the support of the above theses.

The remaining twenty-five (25) diploma research papers of the students of the 1st cycle of the Master's Program are in the final stage and are expected with particular interest to be presented on 14 & 21/5/2017 in order to followed by their swearing-in on 6/23/2017.

The Director of MSc

Ioannis Papadopoulos

Professor TEI of Thessaly