Professor Ilias Stavrakas has studied at the Department of Electronics, Technological Educational Institution of Athens. He received his BSc in Electronic Engineering in 1997. His MSc in Data Communication Systems was awarded with distinction from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of Brunel University, UK, in 1999. He conducted his PhD research at the Department of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics of Brunel University (2004). He completed postdoctoral studies in 2007 at the Department of Electronics Engineering of the Technological Educational Institute of Athens. He is a professor of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of West Attica. Since 2021, he has been Deputy Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He is a member of the Laboratory of Electronic Devices and Materials and Head of the Low-Level Measurements Unit. He is also a member of the Administration board of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials and a member of the European Structural Integrity Society. His research interests focus on the sectors of Electrical Circuits, Electrical and Electronic Measurement Technologies, Measuring Systems and Devices, Integrated Measurement Systems, Non-Destructive Testing of Materials via Electrical and Acoustic Emission measurements, and the Electrical Characterization of Materials.