design & construction 
Name : Konstantin Pattas  
Birth : Piraeus - Greece, 3.1.1935  
Family Status : Married, 4 children  
Education : Primary and secondary education, Athens 1941-1953
National Technical University, Athens 1953-1958
Ph.D. Thesis at the Institute of Machine and Vehicle Construction,
University of Karlsruhe (scholarship of the Greek Scholarship Foundation)
1964-1966
Professional Experience : Research Fellow at the Chair of Internal Combustion Engines,
National Technical University, Athens
1958-1962
Research Fellow at the Institute of Machine and Vehicle Construction of the University of Karlsruhe 1964-1966
Vehicle Constructor at BIAMAX S.A., Athens, Construction Dept. (Dept. Leader since 1962) 1960-1964
Leader of the constructions dept. of the INGENIEURBUERO Dr. Pietzsch GmbH Karlsruhe 1966-1968
DAIMLER-BENZ A.G. Stuttgart, at the Dept. of Primer Movers (Dept. Leader since 1971) 1968-1974
Founder and Director of the Hellenic Vehicle Construction Company (EBKO S.A.) 1974-1980
Professor and Director of the Lab. of Applied Thermodynamics,
Mechanical Engineering Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
since 1974
President of the Urban Bus Corporation of Athens 1989-1990
Lectures : Applied Thermodynamics
Heat Transfer
Internal Combustion Engines
Research Work : Solar Energy  
Heat Transfer  
Internal Combustion Engines  
Air Pollution from Road Traffic  
Diesel Particulate Traps  
Memberships : VDI (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure)
IHT (Greek Institute of Solar Technologies)
TEE (Technical Chamber of Greece)
Miscellaneous : More than 50 publications (including two books)  
  22 European and international patents  
  Publisher and referee of the Scientific edition of Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE)  
  Member of the Scientific Committee of a number of international conferences  
Personell