Mr. Konstantinos Giannis, Dipl. Production and Management Engineer, with Master Degree on Applied Mathematics, both from Technical University of Crete, defended with success his PhD Thesis entitled Advanced numerical simulations of powder compaction processes, with applications in pharmaceutical industry. The photo shows the candidate, wearing the traditional hat, his mentor Prof. Ing. Carsten Schilde, the president of the examination committee prof. Iordania Constantinou and the member professor Georgios Stavroulakis.