Dimosthenis (Dimos) E. Bolanakis was born in Crete, Greece (1978) and graduated in Electronic Engineering (2001) from ATEI Thessalonikis, Greece. He received the MSc degree (2004) in Modern Electronic Technologies and the PhD degree (2016) in Education Sciences (focusing on Remote Experimentation), both from University of Ioannina, Greece. He has (co)authored more than 30 papers (mainly on Research in Engineering Education) and four books. He has held positions in both industry and education and his research interests focus on μC-based & FPGA-based Hardware Design and Research in Education. He currently lives in Athens (Greece) together with his wonderful wife Katerina and their three delightful kids, Manolis, Eugenia, and Myronas.