Overview of research interests 

Information Technologies for the Analysis and Design of RC buildings and Bridges, Computational Earthquake Engineering, Software Development, Bridge Engineering, Spatial Variability of Earthquake Ground Motion, Soil-Structure Interaction, Numerical Analysis of Complex Systems, Seismic Rehabilitation of Monumental Structures

Research projects

European Research Projects
[1] Seismic ground displacements as a tool for town planning design and mitigation (1999). [2] An integrated study for the assessment of seismic risk with application to European cities – RISK-UE(2001).
[3] Structural Monitoring and Assessment (SAMCO) (2001).
[4] New methods for the improvement of existing foundations (2003-2004).
[5] Euroseis-Risk: Seismic Hazard Assessment, Site Effects and Soil-structure Interaction in an instrumented Basin (2003).
[6] Marmara earthquake rehabilitation project (2003-2005).
[7] Archimed: Development and proposition for implementation of an efficient methodology and appropriate local instruments for the management, prevention and reduction of seismic risk in Duzce-Turkey, Grevena-Greece and Catania-Italy (2007-2008).

Innovative Research applications

Pre- and Post Earthquake Assessment using Refined Electronic Databases