Sofia Panagiotidou, Associate Professor (till January 2022)
University of Western Macedonia
Department of Mechanical Engineering
span(at)uowm.gr
Personal Information
Nationality: Hellenic
Date of Birth: January, 16th 1977
Birth Place: Kozani
Education
2002 – 2006. PhD in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th), Polytechnic School, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Management Division “Optimal Planning of Integrated Preventive Quality Control and Equipment Maintenance Procedures“. Supervisor: Professor George Tagaras
2000 – 2002. MSc in Management of Production Systems, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
1995 – 2000. 5-year Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Polytechnic School, Department of Mechanical Engineering
PostDoc Research
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (July 2006 – August 2006 and November 2006 – December 2006)
Econometrics Institute, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands (September 2006 – October 2006)
Former Academic Rank
Associate Professor of Stochastic Techniques in Production Management and Quality Control
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Western Macedonia
Kozani, Greece
Current Academic Rank
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Research Interests
Reliability and Maintenance
Statistical Process Control
Inventory Control / Supply Chain Management
Stochastic Optimization
Funded Research
“Business plan and techno-economic study of a commercial road-vehicle”, funded by the Hellenic Vehicle Industry S.A., Jan. 2002 – Feb. 2002.
“Optimal Planning of Integrated Preventive Quality Control and Equipment Maintenance Procedures”, funded by the Greek Ministry of Higher Education, Nov. 2002 – Nov. 2005.
“Investigation in Integrated Procedures of Quality Assurance, Preventive Maintenance and Management of Reverse Supply Chains”, funded by the Greek Ministry of Higher Education, Jan. 2006 – Dec. 2006.
“Training Material in Maintenance”, Leonardo Da Vinci, E.C, DG Education and Culture, Jan. 2007 – Jan. 2009.
“Encouragement of business actions of innovative applications and student courses at the University of Western Macedonia”,Operational Programme for Education and Initial Vocational Training, Nov. 2006 – Jun. 2007.
“Development of an Inventory Management System for Critical Stock Keeping Units”, funded by RODA S.A., Feb. 2007 – Jun. 2007.
“ILearn2Main: Industrial Training System for Modern Enterprise Maintenance”, Leonardo Da Vinci, E.C, DG Education and Culture, Nov. 2007 – Oct. 2009.
“Development of an intelligent, dynamic information system for the detection and prediction of failures and non-optimal operation in an industrial environment”, funded by Souroti S.A., Kri Kri S.A., Alfa Beta Roto S.A., Jul. 2011 – Oct. 2013.
“Subcontracting (main DSS: An Intelligent DSS System for Maintenance Activities in the Manufacturing Sector”, University of Western Macedonia., Apr. 2012 – Aug. 2012.
“Support of Curriculum in Polytechnic Departments”, University of Western Macedonia., Nov. 2012 – Feb. 2013.
“Analysis of Supply and Production Systems: an Integrated Approach”, Funded by the European Union (European Social Fund – ESF) Jan. 2013 – December 2013.
“Support of research activities in the Laboratory of Business Administration in the department of Mechanical Engineering”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki., Mar. 2013 – Dec 2013.
“Air Quality in Western Macedonia: The Impact of Climate Change and the Transition to the Post-Lignite Age”, Support for Regional Excellence, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, 2019 – 2022.
Teaching Experience
Teaching assistant
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2000 – 2006): Statistics, Reliability and Maintenance Management, Operations Research, Multivariate Statistics, Statistical Quality Control, Inventory Control and Supply Chain Management
Instructor
University of Western Macedonia, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, (2007 – ): Statistics, Economics, Operations Research II, Industrial Management, Quality Control, Multivariate Statistics, Design and Analysis of Experiments, Decision Analysis
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2009-10): Operations Research II
Department of Production and Management Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (2007-11): Quality Control, Statistics and Probabilities, Simulation
Department of Marketing and Operations Management, University of Macedonia (2008-09): Simulation
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia (2017-18): Masters Degree Programme: “Energy Technologies and Management”. Participation in the teaching process of the course: “Measurement and Control of Production and Energy Transfer Processes”
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia (2017-18): Masters Degree Programme: “Biomedical Engineering”.Participation in the teaching process of the course:”Experimental Biomechanics”
Hellenic Open University, (2013 – 2019): Basic Tools and Techniques for Quality Control, Master’s Degree Programme: “Quality Assurance”
Supervision of Theses and Dissertations
Diploma Theses
Supervision of dozens of Diploma Theses as a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Western Macedonia.
Master Theses
Supervision of dozens of Master Theses as a Teaching Associate in the Hellenic Open University.
PhD Dissertations
Member of the Examination Committee in the PhD Dissertation of Mr. Konstantinos Tasias in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Western Macedonia, December 5th, 2016. (Dissertation title: “Development and Analysis of Advanced Adaptive Statistical Process Control Charts for the Joint Monitoring of Variables’ Central Tendency and Dispersion”).
Supervison of the PhD Dissertation: “Development and Optimization of Advanced Stochastic Models for Preventive Maintenance”. Dimitrios Kampitsis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, ongoing.
Journal Publications
Panagiotidou, S. and G. Tagaras, 2007, “Optimal preventive maintenance for equipment with two quality states and general failure time distributions”, European Journal of Operational Research, 180 (1), 329-353.
Panagiotidou, S. and G. Tagaras, 2008, “Evaluation of Maintenance Policies for Equipment Subject to Quality Shifts and Failures”, International Journal of Production Research, 46 (20), 5761-5779.
Panagiotidou, S. and G. Nenes, 2009, “An economically designed, integrated quality and maintenance model using an adaptive Shewhart chart”, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 94 (3), 732-741.
Nenes, G., Panagiotidou, S. and G. Tagaras, 2010, “Inventory management of multiple items with irregular demand: A case study”, European Journal of Operational Research, 205 (2), 313-324.
Nenes, G., Panagiotidou, S. and R. Dekker, 2010, “Inventory control policies for inspection and remanufacturing of returns: A case study”, International Journal of Production Economics, 125 (2), 300-312.
Panagiotidou, S. and G. Tagaras, 2010, “Statistical Process Control and Condition-Based Maintenance: a meaningful relationship through data sharing”, Production and Operations Management, 19 (2), 156-171.
Nenes, G. and S. Panagiotidou, 2011, “A Bayesian model for the joint optimization of quality and maintenance decisions”, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 27 (2), 149-163.
Panagiotidou, S. and G. Tagaras, 2012, “Optimal Integrated Process Control and Maintenance under General Deterioration”, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 104, 58-70.
Panagiotidou, S., Nenes, G. and C. Zikopoulos, 2013, “Optimal procurement and sampling decisions under stochastic yield of returns in reverse supply chains”, OR Spectrum, 35 (1), 1-32.
Nenes, G. and S. Panagiotidou, 2013, “An Adaptive Bayesian Scheme for Joint Monitoring of Process Mean and Variance”, Computers and Operations Research, 40 (11), 2801-2815.
Panagiotidou, S., 2014, “Joint optimization of spare parts ordering and maintenance policies for multiple identical items subject to silent failures”, European Journal of Operational Research, 235 (1), 300-314.
Nenes, G., Castagliola. P., Celano, G. and S. Panagiotidou, 2014, “The Variable Sampling Interval control chart for finite-horizon processes”, IIE Transactions, 46 (10), 1050-1065.
Tsouknidas, A., Anagnostidis, K., Panagiotidou, S. and N. Michailidis, 2015, “The effect of osteoarthritis on the regional anatomical variation of subchondral trabecular bone in the femoral head”, Clinical Biomechanics, 30, 418-423.
Skodras, G., Panagiotidou, S., Kokorotsikos, P. and M. Serafidou, 2016, “Potassium catalyzed hydrogasification of low-rank coal for synthetic natural gas production”, Open Chemistry, 14, 92-102.
Panagiotidou, S., Nenes, G., Zikopoulos, C. and G. Tagaras, 2017, “Joint Optimization of Manufacturing / Remanufacturing Lot Sizes under Imperfect Information on Returns Quality”, European Journal of Operational Research, 258 (2), 537-551.
Panagiotidou, S., Nenes, G., and P. Georgopoulos, 2018, “A Sequential Monitoring Bayesian Control Scheme for Attributes”, Quality Technology and Quantitative Management, in press.
Panagiotidou, S., 2019, “Joint Optimization of Spare Parts Ordering and Age-Based Preventive Replacement”, International Journal of Production Research, accepted paper.
Chapters in Books
Panagiotidou, S. and G. Tagaras, “End – of – life tire recovery: the Thessaloniki initiative”, Managing Closed – Loop Supply Chains, Flapper S.D.P., van Nunen J.A.E.E., van Wassenhove L.N., Springer (Eds), 2005, Chapter 17, pp. 183 – 193.
Chapters in Collective Volumes
Zikopoulos, C, Panagiotidou, S., Nenes, G., 2010. The Value of Sampling Inspection in a Single-Period Remanufacturing System with Stochastic Returns Yield. In B. Vallespir and T. Alix. Advances in Production Management Systems. New Challenges, New Approaches. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Volume 338, 128-135. (article presented in International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, Bordeaux, France, September 19-23)
Other Publications
Nenes, G., Panagiotidou, S., Tagaras, G., 2011. Customized Inventory Management, OR/MS Today, 38 (2), 22.
Publications in Conference Proceedings
Tagaras, G. and S. Panagiotidou, “Optimal Preventive Maintenance Policy of Equipment with Two Operational States”, 1st Pan-hellenic Conference of Mechanical – Electrical Engineers, Athens 2005 (online version in Greek), Republication in Pan-Hellenic Unionof Dipl. Mechanical/ElectricalEngineers, issue 383 (Dec. 2005 – Jan. 2006), pp. 34-41.
Bakouros, Y. and S. Panagiotidou, “An analysis of maintenance education and training needs in european SMEs and an IT platform enriching maintenance curricula with industrial expertise”, 5th International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, July 15-18, 2008, pp. 101-109.
Zikopoulos, C., Panagiotidou, S. and G. Nenes, “The Value of Sampling Inspection in a Single-Period Remanufacturing System with Stochastic Returns Yield”, 13th International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, Bordeaux, France, September 19-23, 2009.
Nenes, G., Panagiotidou, S., Tagaras, G. and C. Zikopoulos, “Optimal Disposition of Returns Based on Inaccurate Quality Assessment Procedures”. IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control, Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 19-21, pp. 1302-1307, 2013.
Tasias, A.K., Nenes, G. and S. Panagiotidou, “A multivariate model for holistic optimization of continuously monitored processes”. 32nd Panhellenic Statistical Conference, Ioannina, Greece, 30 May – 1 June. (in Grrek)
Conference Presentations
Panagiotidou, S. and G. Tagaras, “Integrating Preventive Maintenance and Statistical Process Control”, 5th EURO/INFORMS Joint International Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, 2003.
Panagiotidou, S. and G. Tagaras, “Optimal preventive maintenance policies for equipment with multiple operating states”, 20th European Conference on Operational Research – EURO XX, Rhodes, Greece, 2004.
Panagiotidou, S. and G. Tagaras, “Optimal Preventive Maintenance Policies for Stochastically Deteriorating Two-State Processes”, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 2005.
Panagiotidou, S. and G. Tagaras, “Optimal Preventive Maintenance and Quality Control Policies for Two-State Processes”, INFORMS International Conference, Hong Kong, 2006.
Tagaras, G. and S. Panagiotidou, “Joint Economic Design of SPC and Preventive Maintenance”, 22nd European Conference on Operational Research – EURO XXII, Prague, Czech Republic, 2007.
Nenes, G. and S. Panagiotidou, “Variable-parameter Shewhart charts integrating quality and maintenance decisions”, 23rd European Conference on Operational Research – EURO XXIII, Bonn, Germany, 2009.
Nenes, G., Panagiotidou, S. and G.Tagaras, “Inventory management of multiple items with irregular demand: A case study”, 24th European Conference on Operational Research – EURO XXIV, Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Invited presentation, one of the 6 finalists for the “Euro Excellence in Practice Award“
Nenes, G. and S. Panagiotidou, “An adaptive Bayesian scheme for joint monitoring of process mean and variance”, 25th European Conference on Operational Research – EURO XXV, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2012.
Nenes, G., Panagiotidou, S., Zikopoulos, C, 2015. Joint Optimization of Procurement Lot-sizes in Hybrid Manufacturing / Remanufacturing Systems with Imperfect Quality Information of Returns. 1st International Conference on Agrifood Supply Chain Management & Green Logistics, Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece, 27-30 May.
Tasias, A. K., Nenes, G., Panagiotidou, S., 2018. Integrated Production Process Optimization: A Bayesian Approach. International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics, Piraeus, Greece, 4-6 July.
Tasias, A. K., Nenes, G. and S. Panagiotidou, “A Bayesian Production, Maintenance and Quality Model for Processes in Big Data Environments”, 30th European Conference on Operational Research, Dublin, Ireland, 22-26 June, 2019.
Reviewer Service
As a Member of the Editorial Review Board
Production and Operations Management
As a Reviewer
Applied Mathematical Modeling
Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computations
Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods
Computers and Industrial Engineering
European Journal of Operational Research
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems
International Journal of Production Economics
International Journal of Production Research
International Journal of Systems Science
Journal of Applied Statistics
Journal of Risk and Reliability
Journal of the Operational Research Society
MIS Quarterly
Omega
OR Spectrum
Distinctions and Scholarships
Master Scholarships from:
the Research Committee of AUTh (2000-2002).
the Greek National Scholarship Foundation (2000-2002).
PhD Scholarship from the Greek National Scholarship Foundation (Oct. 2003 – Jul. 2006).
Three year PhD Scholarship from the HERACLITUS Programme (Nov. 2002 – Nov. 2005)
PostDoc Scholarship from the Research Committee of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Jan. 2011 – Dec. 2011).
Finalist in Euro Excellence in Practice Competition with “Inventory Management of Multiple Items with Irregular Demand: A Case Study”, EURO XXIV Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 2010.
Languages
Greek, Mother Tongue
English, Cambridge Proficiency
German, Zertifikat