CV

Control engineering, uncrewed aircraft, and the tooling around them.

General Information

Full Name George Zogopoulos
Published as Georgios Zogopoulos-Papaliakos
Based in Utrecht, the Netherlands
Languages Greek, English, Dutch

Education

  • 2014 - 2021
    PhD, Robotics
    Control Systems Lab, National Technical University of Athens
    • Model-based fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control.
    • Modular systems with detailed and large numerical models.
    • Automated implementation of diagnostic residual generators.
  • 2007 - 2013
    Diploma, Electrical and Computer Engineering
    National Technical University of Athens
    • Specialised towards automatic control, digital electronics and computer science.

Experience

  • 2024 - Present
    Owner
    Controlled Ascent
    • UAS controls and compliance engineering consultancy.
  • 2020 - 2024
    Senior Controls Engineer
    Avy B.V.
    • Maintenance and development of the flight stack (Auterion PX4) and its simulator.
    • Tuning of flight controls.
    • Regulatory compliance engineer duties (EASA SORA framework).

Open Source

  • last_letter_lib
    • UAV simulation libraries, in C++ and Python.
  • Parasect
    • Parameter management tool for autopilots.
  • ardupilog
    • An ArduPilot log to MATLAB converter.

Interests

  • Control theory • uncrewed aircraft • simulation • flight testing • engineering tooling • RC flight