Background
Drakatos, Panagiotis A. was born on August 15, 1936 in Lefkas, Greece. Son of Alexander Panagiotis and Sofia (Kotsifa) Drakatos.
Mechanical engineering educator
Drakatos, Panagiotis A. was born on August 15, 1936 in Lefkas, Greece. Son of Alexander Panagiotis and Sofia (Kotsifa) Drakatos.
Military officer, Military Cadet School, Athens, Greece, 1958. Diploma in mechanical, electrical engineering, National Technology University Athens, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Aristotel University Thessalonik, Greece, 1975.
Postgraduate, Minnesota University, 1975.
Second in command Lieutenant, Greek Army, Athens, 1958-1975;
major, Greek Army, Athens, 1974;
professor, director Special Mech. Engineering Laboratory, U. Patras, Greece, since 1977;
director design division, U. Patras, Greece, 1986-1989, 93-;
chairman mechanic engineering Department, University Patras, Greece, 1986-1989;
associate dean School Engineering, University Patras, Greece, 1987-1989. Invited visiting professor National School Engineering St. Ettienne, France, 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, 1981-1982, 90-91.
Chairman National University Accreditation Board, Athens,1979-1989. Coordinator Greece on Acoustics in Europe, since 1988. Member of national advanced.coun. research, national representative Greece Brite Euram Research and Development Programs, 1990-1994.
Lecturer in field.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (correspondent), New York Academy of Sciences, Technology Chamber Greece.
Married Pelagia Pasaloglou, October 27, 1968. Children: Sofia, Alexander.