Coaches / Mentors

Anastasios Kollias
Head Coach

Anastasios Kollias was born in Athens. He works as a teacher in Primary Education and holds Ph.D. and M.Ed. (Master in Education) of the University of Athens in the field of Information Technology & Education. He supervised the pilot program for the introduction of computers in Primary Education ("ODYSSEIA - The Island of Phaeacians"), took part in various teachers and parents national ICT training programs as a trainer, co-authored the Math books used in Grade B & E in Greek public schools, as well as other educational books & software applications. He has published the digitalgames.edu.gr website and he is a member of Mathisis.org (FLL Athens Regional Partner). In 2016, he received a "coach-mentor" award in the FIRST LEGO League Greece educational robotics competition. He has also studied music (LCM / RGT / PMT) and works as a music tutor.

Dimitris Tsatrafilis
Head Coach

Dimitris Tsatrafilis was born in Ioannina. His love for Engineering lead him obtain his bachelor in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, as well as in Economics and Administration. He works as technical advisor in large companies, but spends most of his time doing what he loves most: building stuff! His skills stretch from electronics to robotics, 3d printing, hydraulic systems, wood works, iron constructions, welding and too many others to mention here. He was awarded twice at Athens mini Maker Faire and he is a member of the international communities Ardupirates, Inmoov and FLL Greece. ​

Team Members

Eirini Tsatrafili​

She loves physics, biology, chemistry and her goal is to be enrolled in a University of Biology.  Eirini, her father & her brother have built a humanoid, natural-dimensional, completely 3D-printed, full functional robot that they often present to schools and educational institutions. She is excited to take part in the First Global Challenge because it would be a great experience, she will get the chance to spent her summer learning new things and advancing her knowledge in robotics, meet new people and collaborate.

George Leon

George’s engaging in robotics has begun in a very young age. Both immense childhood curiosity and absolute satisfaction with creativity have prompted him to work for hours on how to build a machine that will do what he asks and do it as efficiently as possible. He believes robotics is the science of the future! FIRST Global challenge is a giant step in the direction of his dream becoming a reality!

Antonis Lekkas

Emmanouela Stamelou

Jason Somoglou

Maritina Louki

Dimitra Georgakopoulou

Vasilis Gkizas​

Vasilis is a second-year student at 1st High School of Gerakas. He likes building things with different materials, he fancies robotic constructions, he likes music and handball. Robotics fascinate him; his goal is to continue and make robotics his profession and hobby.  He believes that the renewable energy project will provide solutions that will help all of us for a better future.

George Koiliarakis

George is first year student at Senior High Delasalle. He has an interest on technology and automation and wants to show the world the things he is capable of doing. He also wants to participate in a team and cooperate with other people to create Robotics and succeed through the things they would develop, to show the world something different from what already exists. He feels excited having the opportunity to work with the FGC team.

Aggelos Katsourakis

Arsenis Protopsaltis

Gabriel Ioannidis

Konstantis Chronis

Nefeli Tzavara

Apostolos Kapousouzis​

Apostolos is a university student in University of Kavala. He is passionate about construction since he was young and he always kept in mind that this love can be translated into more thorough work. Participating in various competitions, his manufacturing skills improved dramatically. He is also regarded top level at handling the robot, having developed the ideal relationship between himself and the particular controller because of the video games and the other robots he has used.

Aegeus Politopoulos

Aggelos Tsatrafilis

Electra Maria Lampiri

Jason Gkotsis

Maria Koutsoumpou

Menelaos Raptis
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