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Source: E. Georgiadis photo archive<br />

“Bridge your life”: Sem<strong>in</strong>ar<br />

on bridge construction,<br />

Trondheim 2006.<br />

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• BEST Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g Competitions<br />

An Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g Competition is an event where teams <strong>of</strong> students use their<br />

technical, social and communicative skills to compete <strong>in</strong> different categories:<br />

Team Design, Case Studies, Negotiation and Debates.<br />

Beyond these three ma<strong>in</strong> activities <strong>of</strong> the organisation, BEST also provides the<br />

students with services <strong>of</strong> career support.<br />

BEST Career Support is the onl<strong>in</strong>e service <strong>of</strong> BEST that connects <strong><strong>in</strong>ternational</strong>ly-m<strong>in</strong>ded<br />

students and eng<strong>in</strong>eers with companies. It is your unique opportunity<br />

to discover a new excit<strong>in</strong>g future and start an <strong><strong>in</strong>ternational</strong> career.<br />

Local BEST Group Thessaloniki<br />

BEST Thessaloniki was created <strong>in</strong> the spr<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> 1999 through the motivation <strong>of</strong><br />

students from the School <strong>of</strong> Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> the Aristotle University <strong>of</strong> Thessaloniki.<br />

It is aimed at eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g students <strong>of</strong> the School <strong>of</strong> Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g and all students<br />

study<strong>in</strong>g science and technology at the Aristotle University <strong>of</strong> Thessaloniki,<br />

while its members are undergraduate and postgraduate students <strong>of</strong> AUTh.<br />

Our local team has successfully organised:<br />

• 6 <strong><strong>in</strong>ternational</strong> academic sem<strong>in</strong>ars,<br />

• 1 <strong><strong>in</strong>ternational</strong> competition <strong>of</strong> eng<strong>in</strong>eers,<br />

• 2 annual meet<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>of</strong> the 4 Greek local teams,<br />

• 6 cultural exchanges,<br />

• 2 meet<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>of</strong> the local Balkan and Italian teams,<br />

• 1 meet<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> the <strong><strong>in</strong>ternational</strong> board <strong>of</strong> BEST,<br />

• 1 meet<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> the <strong>in</strong>ternal committee <strong>of</strong> the exterior activities <strong>of</strong> BEST,<br />

• 1 <strong>in</strong>ternal sem<strong>in</strong>ar for members,<br />

• 1 general assembly with the attendance <strong>of</strong> 300 European students, <strong>in</strong> collaboration<br />

with the teams <strong>of</strong> Athens and Chania,<br />

• 2 competitions <strong>of</strong> eng<strong>in</strong>eers for the students <strong>of</strong> the School <strong>of</strong> Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong><br />

AUTh.<br />

At the same time, the team has organised a lot <strong>of</strong> other activities (presentations,<br />

discussions, meet<strong>in</strong>gs) and has participated for three consecutive years as<br />

a student organisation <strong>in</strong> the Money Show exhibition <strong>in</strong> Thessaloniki.<br />

More detailed <strong>in</strong>formation on our organisation can be found <strong>in</strong> our web page,<br />

http://www.best.eu.org/thessaloniki. For further <strong>in</strong>formation you can contact<br />

Nikos Chandolias, president <strong>of</strong> the local BEST group Thessaloniki (e-mail: nikos.<br />

chandolias@best.eu.org).<br />

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“Bridge your life”: Sem<strong>in</strong>ar<br />

on bridge construction,<br />

Trondheim 2006.<br />

Source: E. Georgiadis photo archive<br />

30 │ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY THESSALONIKI│SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

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