Enginerd
Developing systems for autonomous systems, flight telemetry, environmental cleanup, and safety monitoring.
Project Portfolio
DPilot
Flight Data Logging & Control Experiments
A project exploring flight data logging and control systems. Features include basic state communication, data logging, and video processing for experimental purposes.
DVision
Accessibility Research Project
An experimental project exploring computer vision and spatial audio for accessibility applications. Testing different approaches for navigation assistance.
Water2030
Water Autonomous Treatment and Environmental Restoration 2030
A concept project for testing autonomous waterway monitoring ideas. Exploring basic data collection and control systems for marine applications.
Vehicle Dynamics
Vehicle Control Research
A research project studying vehicle dynamics and control systems. Testing ideas around vehicle behavior and basic driver assistance concepts.
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Research Projects Under Development
A peek into the research and development pipeline - projects currently being explored, prototyped, and tested. From early concept validation to technical feasibility studies.
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The enginerd
Diomidis Katzourakis
Professional experience and studies
Diomidis Katzourakis serves as the Platform Systems Lead at Waabi.ai, responsible for the Systems Engineering of the Autonomous Platform. This encompasses the entire autonomy stack, excluding behavior and decision-making, a position held since October 2024.
Prior to joining Waabi.ai, Diomidis was an Assistant Professor of Industrial Innovation on Autonomous Systems and Head of the Industrial Innovation on Autonomous (I2A) Systems group at the School of Production Engineering & Management, Technical University of Crete (TUC) in Chania, Greece (2023-2024).
From 2019 to 2023, as Systems Engineering Manager at Waymo, he led motion control and vehicle dynamics teams for autonomous ride-hailing and trucking. Earlier roles include Product Design and Controls Engineering at Apple's Special Projects Group (2015-2019) and CAE Active Safety development at Volvo Car Corporation (2012-2015).
Diomidis holds a PhD in "Driver Steering Support Interface Near the Vehicle's Handling Limits" from Technical University of Delft the Netherlands (thesis, 2012), an M.Sc. in electronics and embedded systems (Technical University of Crete, Greece, 2008), and a diploma in "Autonomous Vehicle Guidance" (University of Patras, Greece, 2006).