Honors

Scholarships, Distinctions & Visiting Posts

Educational Scholarships & Distinctions (1992-2001)

Graduate studies

Ph.D. in Earthquake Engineering (Nov. 2001). Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece

Scholarship: Bodossaki Foundation (2000-2001)

M.Sc. in Earthquake Engineering (Sept. 1998). Imperial College London, U.K.

Grade: 'Distinction' - 88%

Scholarship: Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, U.K (Award Ref. # 9741415X)

Undergraduate studies

Diploma in Civil Engineering (June 1997). Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece

Grade: ''Excellent -9' (acc. 8.84/10)

Graduation Classification Order: 1st in class

Best Student Award: Hellenic Scholarship Foundation (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997), Technical Chamber of Greece (1993, 1994, 1996, 1997), Commercial Bank of Greece (1993, 1997), Labour Organization of Thessaloniki (1996, 1997).

PanHellenic Exams for University Enrollment (1992): Mathematics score: 160/160 (upper 0.01%)

Research Honors (2001-2011)

Visiting Posts

Mid-America Earthquake Center (MAE), University Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2003)
Earthquake Engineering Research Center (EERC), University California Berkeley (2007)

Research Awards & Scholarships

Fulbright Research Scholar (2011) to conduct research in the United States.

Project title: “Innovative Information and Communication technologies for minimizing seismic risk of Greek highway bridges based on bi-lateral hybrid experiments remotely conducted in Greece and the U.S.”

Invited Lectures

Sextos, A. (2003) “Multidisciplinary test sites as a tool for integrated European Research”, Mid-American Earthquake Center Headquartered at the UniversityIllinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States.

Sextos (2006) "Design seismic actions and determination of action effects using appropriate computational tools”, Bulgarian Technical Chamber, Sofia.
Sextos, A. (2009) Impact of asynchronous seismic excitation on the vulnerability of R/C bridges, 21st European Earthquake Engineering Seminar, European Asociation for Earthquake Engineering, Turkey.
Sextos, A. (2011) "Information technologies for Earthquake Engineering applications", The Thirteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Chania, Greece.