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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

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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

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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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