Background
Tourassis, Vassilios Dimitrios was born on December 11, 1958 in Greece.
researcher engineering educator
Tourassis, Vassilios Dimitrios was born on December 11, 1958 in Greece.
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1985.
Research assistant Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1981-1985. Assistant professor University Rochester, New York, 1985-1990, tenured associate professor, since 1990. Member faculty Production Automation Project, Rochester, 1985-1987.
Director Robotics Laboratory, since 1988.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, International Association Science and Technology for Development (technical committee on robots and automation), Society Manufacturing Engineers (senior, Robotics International committee), New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu.