• Education:

  Optical & Electronic Engineering

Ilya Afanasyev graduated in Engineering at Baltic State Technical University (St. Petersburg, Russia) in 2000 and obtained his Ph.D. in Technical Science at Vavilov State Optical Institute (St. Petersburg, Russia) in 2006. In 2010-2013 he worked as a Marie Curie postdoc in Mechatronics Lab. at the University of Trento (Italy), conducting research on 3D sensors and data processing algorithms, co-supervising and teaching master students. He has also been engaged in national and international hardware projects both for academy and industry in the region of sensor applications for aerospace, banking, robotics and oilfield service. His main research interests have revolved around sensors, data acquisition and processing, paying the attention to instrument development for R&D projects and industrial applications. He published 34 papers. He has academical experience at Vavilov State Optical Institute (2000-2007), the University of Trento (2010-2013) and TGT educational center “Prime College” (2013-2014), integrating research and supervising students, interns & employees of different nations, lecturing the courses on sensor/tool technologies and applications. He worked also in industry: (1) as a senior engineer in German company “Giesecke & Devrient GmbH” (2007-2010), developing banknote processing sensors and algorithms, and (2) as a head of Spectral Noise Logging dep. in Kazan office of the emirate company “TGT Oilfield Service” (2013-2015), improving acoustic borehole technology for Well Completion Integrity and Reservoir Flow Analysis, managing people, products & projects (hardware & software).