Dr. ilias nikolaidis

Project Manager in the Heraeus Medical Components Business Unit Specialising on sensors for medical components Working on the following projects: - Electronic circuits on flexible substrates - Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Sensors - Piesoresistive sensors materials - Production automation

Hear of R&D for Thick Film Materials - Heraeus Electronics Business Unit Lead the R&D and Technical Service Teams – reporting to the global Head of Innovation. Design and implement additional project management tools to thick film Innovation such as improved project progress monitoring, configuration management, revised business case and product description documentation and other PRINCE2 based methodologies.

Head of Technical Service Europe (Business Unit Thick Film / Heraeus Precious Metals) Deal with customer complaints, 8D reports, make product recommendations according to customer requirements. On-site technical support to customers in both Europe and the Far East. Customer support and technical advice to internal and external customers, including the fabrication of prototypes for new applications.

Monitored Rolls-Royce R&T spent and progress profiles, totalling approximately £15M p.a., more than 1/3 of which was externally funded. Frequently reported to chief engineer/board level. Managed a joint Rolls-Royce/University Technology Strategy Board (TSB) funded programme worth £1.7M. Present to government officer on a quarterly basis.

Responsible for progressing technology from a concept (Technology Readiness Level 1) or a laboratory sample stage (TRL2) to pilot production runs and assessment using standardised QA testing (TRL4) Led technical evaluation of new material suppliers. Championed the transfer of development requirements to the PVL.

Outsourced and introduced new dielectric materials to the production processes Lead optimisation and cost reduction modifications for materials and processes Undertook process streamlining (downselecting from different manufacturing methods and implementing necessary changes) Introduced and implemented monitoring and quality control system Conducted failure analysis / investigation throughout production process

Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (CSIC), Madrid, Spain Post-doctoral research in the fields of: Fabrication and high temperature mechanical properties of ceramic multilayers Fabrication and characterisation of high residual stress multilayer ceramics

PhD in “Hydrothermal Processing of Barium Titanate Ceramics and Thin Films”

Graduated with 1st class Final Year Project: “Microwave Assisted Sintering of Ceramic Oxide Pigments”