Georgios Kikas

Experience

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  SpaceDot

  Apr 2022 - Sept 2024

  I am currently a member of the Communications subsystem in the AcubeSAT project. AcubeSAT is a nanosatellite conducting a biological experiment in-orbit, the largest scale of its kind, to study the effects of microgravity and radiation on eukaryotic cells. It is participating in the "Fly Your Satellite! 3" programme by the Education Office of the European Space Agency (ESA). As a software developer I work on digital signal processing On-Board Software and space communication protocols using C++, and Ground Station software with GNURadio Show less

  • Lead Telecommunications Engineer

    Oct 2022 - Sept 2024

  • Communications Engineer

    Apr 2022 - Sept 2024
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  Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

  Apr 2023 - Aug 2023

  TT&C Engineer - PeakSat

  I worked as the main responsible for the Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TT&C) subsystem of the PeakSat mission, during the system design phase, closing out successfully the Design Review milestone. PeakSat is an optical communications CubeSat mission, within the European Space Agency's "Greek CubeSats IOD/IOV" program. My responsibilities were- Design of the TT&C subsystem and the RF ground segment architecture (requirements definition and verification, concurrent engineering, technical trade-offs, technical documentation) - Link budget analysis- Frequency allocation- Hardware and software development Show less

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  Google Summer of Code

  May 2024 - Sept 2024

  Software Developer

  I participated in Google Summer of Code 2024, contributing in the Physiopy community (under INCF).My project included developing semi-automated workflows for physiological signal processing routines, upgrading existing Physiopy packages and developing CLI tools for the workflows.

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  Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

  Oct 2024 - now

  Systems Engineer - PeakSat