Dr Stelios Ioannou is currently a Lecturer with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus campus, and a member of INSPIRE center. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida (USF) in 2008 in the area of energy and power systems for mobile robotic applications. As a graduate and postgraduate researcher, Dr Ioannou has been involved in multidisciplinary research involving unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) and unmanned aerial systems (UAS), optimization of energy and power systems, power quality, electronics and embedded systems. He has participated in various projects involving unmanned systems both in a national and an international level: • Unmanned Systems Research Laboratory (USRL) - UAV Operations Specialist • Autonomous Flying Platforms for Atmospheric and Earth Surface Observations (APAESO) – ΔΕΣΜΗ 2008 - Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Engineer • Unmanned Systems Lab (USL) - US Army Research Office, Grant # W91-11NF-06-1-0069 and SPAWAR, Grant # N00039-06-C-0062 - Primary Investigator Endurance Improvement of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) Dr. Ioannou’s research highlights include a patent, several publications in National and International Conferences and Journals, best design project award in Electronics and best presentation award. He is also a registered professional engineer with the Cyprus Scientific & Technical Chamber (ETEK), the Cyprus Electromechanical Services (EMS) and with the State of Florida Board of Professional Engineers.

2008 Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, Florida, USA • Grade: 94% (Distinction) • Dissertation Title: “Discrete Linear Constrained Multivariable Optimization for • Power Sources of Mobile Systems” • Major Professors: Drs. E. K. Stefanakos (EE) and K. P. Valavanis (CSE) • Honors Awarded: Scholarship including salary awarded by the College of Engineering, USF 2004 Master of Science in Electrical Engineering University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA • Grade: 93.75% (Distinction) • Thesis Title: “Comparative Study of Metal Oxide Varistors (MOVs) for Failure • Mode Identification” • Honors Awarded: Scholarship including salary awarded by the College of Engineering, USF 2004 Minor in Engineering Management (Industrial Engineering) University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA • Grade: 87.5% 2004 Graduate Certificates in Wireless Engineering and Technology Management University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA • Grade: 87.5% 2002 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA • Grade: 90% (Distinction) • Project Title: Development of a Surge Generator • Honors Awarded: Special Recognition at USF 5th Mini-Circuits EE Projects Poster Presentation 1998 National Higher Diploma in Electrical/Electronic Engineering Higher Technical Institute (HTI), Nicosia, Cyprus • Project Title: A Microprocessor Controlled Irrigation System • Honors Awarded: Best Diploma Project in Electronics (HTI)