Dr. Evangelos Papadopoulos received a Diploma from NTUA, and a MS and PhD from MIT, all in Mechanical Engineering. In 1991 he was appointed a Lecturer at MIT and joined McGill University as an Assistant Professor. Since 1997 he is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NTUA. He teaches courses in Robotics, Controls, Mechatronics, Circuits, and Electromechanical Systems. He is an Associate Editor of the Mechanism and Machine Theory, and the Frontiers in Space Robotics. He conducts research in field and space robotics, legged robots, biomechatronics, and control systems. He is author of more than 350 papers, (h-index 49), and of three books. He is an IEEE Life Fellow, an ASME Fellow, an AAIA Fellow, and an AIAA Associate Fellow.