Consortium Coordinator (and Principal Investigator)

Acronym: SAFER (2017-2020)
Title: Seismic Safety and Resilience of Schools in Nepal
Funding: EPSRC Global Challenges
Budget: £1,588,000 (€1,820,000)
Consortium: University of Bristol (Coordinator), University of Southampton, Arup International Development (UK), Save the Children (UK), University of Kathmandu (Nepal), Tribhuvan University (Nepal), NSET (Nepal), EISPD (Nepal), University of SUNY at Buffalo (USA), California Institute of Technology (USA), University of Roma-Tre (Italy), Fuzhou University (China)

Acronym: EXCHANGE-Risk (2016-2019)
Title: EXperimental & Computational Hybrid Assessment of Natural Gas Pipelines Exposed to Seismic Risk 
Funding: European Commission (H2020)
Budget: €909,000
Consortium: University of Bristol (Coordinator), Columbia University (USA), University of Toronto (Canada), Univeristy of Kiel (Germany), University of Weimar (Germany), University of Patras (Greece), University of Naples (Italy), NGI (Norway), HOCHTIEF (Germany), Vienna Consulting Engineers (Austria)
URL: www.exchange-risk.eu

Acronym: De-Grie Lab (2014-2016)
Title: Hybrid and virtual experimentation for infrastructure lifecycle management and resilience to natural hazards
Funding: DAAD, Germany
Budget: €300,000
Consortium: Aristotle University Thessaloniki (Greece), University of Weimar (Germany)
URL: www.degrielab.eu 

Acronym: RETIS-Risk (2014-2015)
Title: Real-time Seismic Risk of Intercity Highway Networks 
Funding: General Secretariat of Science and Technology (Framework: "Excellence"), Greece
Budget: €249,000
Consortium: Aristotle University Thessaloniki (Greece, Coordinator), University Patras (Greece), Geodynamique et Structure (France), University Nevada-Reno (USA)
URL: www.retis-risk.eu

Acronym: EXCHANGE-SSI (2013-2015)
Title: EXperimental & Computational Hybrid Assessment Network for Ground-Motion Excited Soil-Structure Interaction Systems
Funding: European Commission (7th Framework Programme)
Budget: €167,000
Consortium: Aristotle University (Coordinator), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA), University of Toronto (Canada), University of Patras (Greece), University of Naples (Italy), University of Sannio (Italy), Geodynamique et Structure (France)
URL: www.exchange-ssi.net

Principal Investigator (PI)

Title:  Seismic design of bridges to asynchronous motion. 
Funding: Chinese High-end Foreign Experts Recruitment Program
Budget: €75,000
Consortium: Fuzhou University, China, “Sustainable and Innovative Bridge Engineering" Research Centre (Coordinator), Università Degli Studi Roma (Italy), University of Bristol (UK), University of Porto (Portugal)

Title:  School Children Safety to Natural Hazards in Developing Countries
Funding: EPSRC Global Challenges Research Fund Institutional Sponsorship Award 2016 - University of Bristol
Budget: £55,211
Consortium: University of Bristol (UK) in collaboration with California Institute of Technology (USA) and Notre Damme University (USA).

Title:  Advanced methods for seismic design of extended structures to spatially varying earthquake ground motions
Funding: Hellenic State Schollarship Fund - SIEMENS
Budget: €50,000
Research Grant for: Savvas Papadopoulos, Ph.D. Student

Co-Investigator (CI)

Acronym: NAT-SEI-ISO (2014-2015)
Title: Innovative design of bridge piers on liquefiable soils with the use of "natural" seismic isolation
Funding: General Secretariat of Science and Technology (Framework: "Thalis"), Greece
Budget: €600,000
Consortium: National Technical University of Athens (Coordinator G. Boukovalas), Aristotle University Thessaloniki 
URL: http://excellence.minedu.gov.gr/thales/en/thalesprojects/380043

Acronym: Model Validation and Simulation (2013-2015)
Title: Model Validation and Simulation
Funding: European Union, ERASMUS Lifelong Learning Programme,
Budget: €96,400
Consortium: University of Weimar (Coordinator), Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck (Austria), Université du Luxembourg, Universidade do Porto (Portugal), Middle East Technical University (Turkey), University of Cambridge (UK)
URL: http://excellence.minedu.gov.gr/thales/en/thalesprojects/380043

Acronym: HCOUPER (2011-2012)
Title: High Computational University Performance 
Funding: Ministry of Development & Competitiveness, Greece
Budget: €610,000 (€45,000)
Consortium: Aristotle University Thessaloniki
URL: http://hcouper.weebly.com

Other Grants

• Deep excavation, LLC, New York, USA, Software development for the design of pile foundations, €12,000
• Organization for Earthquake Protection. Greece, Greece, Assessment of structural damage in public buildings after major earthquakes (3 RGs), €25,000
• Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Germany, Advanced system identification of existing reinforced concrete bridges and buildings taking into account soil-structure interaction. €18.100
• Deep excavation, LLC, New York, USA, Software development for the preliminary design of R/C members according to Eurocodes 2 & 8., €5,000