Awards, Visiting Posts & International Recognition
Scholarships and distinctions during studies
Doctorate in Civil/Bridge Engineering:
Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece. (Sept. 1998-Nov. 2001).
MSc in Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics:
Imperial College London, UK (Sept. 1997 – Sept. 1998)
Diploma in Civil/Structural Engineering (5-year Programme):
Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece. (Sept. 1992 – June 1997)
Research Excellence Awards
Academic Performance Honors
Teaching Awards & Distinctions
Visiting posts
Awarded Research Papers
Highly Cited/Downloaded Research Papers
Doctorate in Civil/Bridge Engineering:
Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece. (Sept. 1998-Nov. 2001).
- Grade: 10/10 (fastest nominal completion of a Ph.D. degree)
- Scholarship from Bodossaki Foundation
MSc in Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics:
Imperial College London, UK (Sept. 1997 – Sept. 1998)
- Grade: “Distinction” (GPA: 88/100)
- Scholarship: EPSRC, UK
Diploma in Civil/Structural Engineering (5-year Programme):
Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece. (Sept. 1992 – June 1997)
- Grade: ''Excellent – 9” (GPA: 8.84/10).
- Graduation Classification Order: 1st in class (1/240 students).
- Upper 0.1% graduation grade in the history of the Dept. between 1980-2000.
- Best Academic Achievement Award by Hellenic Scholarship Foundation (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997), Technical Chamber of Greece (1993, 1994, 1996, 1997), Commercial Bank of Greece (1993, 1997), Labor Organization of Thessaloniki (1996, 1997).
- University Entry Exams (1992): Mathematics score: 160/160 (upper 0.01% nationally).
Research Excellence Awards
- Fulbright Research Scholar: at the University Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (2012).
- Research Excellence in Higher Education: Ministry of Education, Athens (2012)
- Award of Research Excellence: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2012)
Academic Performance Honors
- University’s Merit Pay Scheme for excellent performance in the development and delivery of the SoFSI facility: University of Bristol (2018)
Teaching Awards & Distinctions
- 3 Nominations for the student led Outstanding Teaching Award, Outstanding Supervision Award, Outstanding Support Award, University of Bristol (2018)
- Nomination for the student led-Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Bristol (2017)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK (2015)
- Certification of “Excellent digital practice Education 2.0”: for unit [C.09] awarded at a national level, Greece (2013).
- Highest student evaluation ranking among the Civil Engineering courses, Aristotle University, Greece (2012-2013, 2013-2014).
Visiting posts
- Visiting scholar: Earthquake Engineering Research Center (EERC), University California Berkeley, USA (2007).
- Visiting researcher: Mid-America Earthquake Center (MAE), University Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (2003).
Awarded Research Papers
- Journal Paper [J42]: 2018 Outstanding Paper Award, Earthquake Spectra.
Highly Cited/Downloaded Research Papers
- Journal Paper [J09]: Most cited article of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (Elsevier, IF=2.077) within 2009-2014.
- Journal Paper [J47]: Top-10 downloaded paper for 2019 across the entire Earth Sciences Journal series of Springer
Editorial Work (selected)
- ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering (Associate Editor)
- Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (Editorial Board)
- Advances in Engineering Software (Editorial Board)
Invited & Keynote Lectures
- University of Zhenjiang (2019) “Seismic Resilience of bridges considering soil-structure interaction 2019 International Conference on Earthquake Innovation and Seismic Mitigation of Bridges”, Hangzhou, China [Invited]
- Italian Association for Earthquake Engineering (2019) “Seismic risk and resilience assessment of roadway networks in earthquake prone areas”, National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Italy [Keynote].
- MOIS (Ministry of the Interior and Safety) and NDMI (National Disaster Management Institute) (2019), “Seismic Resilience of Civil Infrastructure”, South Korea [Invited].
- Tongji & Southeast University (2018) “Α decision-making framework for enhancing resilience of road networks in earthquake regions”, China [Invited].
- Korean Society of Earthquake Engineering (2018) “Resilience-based management, maintenance and upgrade of highway networks in earthquake regions”, South Korea [Invited].
- University of Porto (2017) “Expert systems for advanced FE modelling of bridges and buildings using OpenSees”, Portugal [Keynote]
- 21st European Earthquake Engineering Seminar (2009) “Impact of asynchronous seismic excitation on the vulnerability of R/C bridges”, European Assoc. for Earthq. Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey [Keynote].
- Bulgarian Technical Chamber (2006) “Design seismic actions and determination of action effects using appropriate computational tools”, Sofia, Bulgaria. [Keynote]
Invited Seminars
- City University (2018) “Performance-based design of critical infrastructure considering soil-structure interaction effects”, United Kingdom.
- University of Toronto (2017) “Experimental investigation of soil-pipe interaction”, Canada.
- Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (2015) “Dynamic response of long bridges under spatially variable earthquake ground motions”, Italy.
- Dumbarton Oaks Institution of Harvard University at Washington D.C. (2015) “Antiquities vs. Metro: towards a consensus in Thessalonike”, United States.
- City University (2014) “Seismic Risk of Transportation Networks”, United Kingdom.
- University of Bristol (2014) “Dynamic response of special bridges under spatially variable earthquake ground motions”, United Kingdom.
- Bochum University (2013) “Finite Element model updating and Structural Health Monitoring as a tool for assessing the seismic performance of major bridges", Germany.
- University of Toronto (2013) “EXCHANGE-SSI and Intercontinental Hybrid Experimentation”, Canada.
- University of Toronto (2013) “Selection of earthquake ground motion for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering”, Canada.
- Bauhaus University of Weimar (2013) “Special variability of earthquake ground motion”, Weimar, Germany.
- University of Cyprus (2013) Advanced issues of Computational Earthq. Eng. Workshop “3-Dimensional pounding of adjacent buildings under earthquake loading", Cyprus.
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (2012) Dept. of Mechanical Science & Engineering, “Finite Element model updating and Structural Health Monitoring as a tool for assessing the seismic performance of major Greek bridges”, United States.
- Georgia Institute of Technology (2012) “Spatially varying earthquake ground motion and dynamic response of long bridges: assessment from a structural engineering perspective”, Atlanta, United States [supported by IIE Occasional Lecturers Fund, Washington D.C.].
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012) Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering “Asynchronous excitation of bridges in high seismicity areas: evidence, ongoing research and design implications”, EERI & MAE Seminar Series, United States.
- Bauhaus University of Weimar (2011) “Advanced simulation techniques for soil-foundation-structure systems under earthquake loading”, Weimar, Germany.
- Bauhaus University of Weimar (2010) “Strategies for improving the reliability of finite modeling in earthquake engineering applications”, Weimar, Germany.
- Bauhaus University of Weimar (2009) “Advanced Computational Modeling of Soil-Structure Interaction for Seismic Design of Structures Parts I & II”, Weimar, Germany.
- NATO Advanced Research Workshop (2008) “Advanced computational tools for modeling site-embankment-abutment interaction”, Borovets, Bulgaria.
- Mid-American Earthquake Center (2003) “Multidisciplinary test sites as a tool for integrated European Research”, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States.
