A Teacher Professional Development Program Using Wireless Communications and NGSS to Enhance STEM Teaching and Learning

Panagiotis is a Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at New York University, and a member of NYU Wireless, advised by Professor Sundeep Rangan. He previously earned his Diploma and MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Thessaly in 2015 and 2018 respectively. From 2013-2018 he worked at Center for Research and Technology Hellas, Swiss Federal Institute of Lausanne, and New York University as a research assistant. His research interests include designing specialized hardware to accelerate applications on advanced FPGA platforms, developing network and communication algorithms on modern USRP/SDR platforms and prototyping ultra-low power nodes for IoT applications. Currently his main focus is on power consumption and performance optimizations for mmWave and THz communications. As part of the ’COSMOS educational team’, he designs exciting and interactive problem-based STEM learning experiences for K–12 students and teachers. The team organized a teacher professional development program, using wireless communications and NGSS to create hands-on engineering lessons and promote STEM. He was part of one of the ten winning teams in Verizon’s ’5G EdTech Challenge’, contributing in the development of several educational virtual reality applications.