Research Team
Michalis Fragiadakis
Dr Michalis Fragiadakis is Associate Professor at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece. His research activity is focused on structural engineering and on the seismic risk assessment of structures and lifelines. His interests also extend to computational methods in structural analysis and on the application of novel soft-computing methodologies for structural analysis and design.
Sotiria Stefanidou
Dr. Sotiria Stefanidou is a Senior Researcher in the field of Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. She received her PhD with Distinction in 2016 in fragility analysis of bridges (AUTh) and holds two MSc degrees in Earthquake Engineering (2007) and Natural disasters & climate change (2019). She has more than 60 publications in international referred journals, conferences and books and has participated in 13 Research Projects. She has received the IABSE Early Career Award in 2022 in recognition of her strong academic profile that is reflected in her research activities and her active career in practice.
Spyridon Diamantopoulos
Dr. Spyridon Diamantopoulos is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory for Earthquake Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He received his PhD (NTUA) in 2022 in Earthquake Engineering and he holds an MSc Degree in Analysis and Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures (2015-2017). He has actively participated in 3 research projects and his research interests focus on earthquake engineering, vulnerability and risk assessment and Finite Element modeling. He has 4 publications in refereed journals and 20 conference papers while he is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) and of the Hellenic Association for Earthquake Engineering.
Ioannis Prentzas
Ioannis Prentzas was born in Athens, Greece in 1996. He holds a Degree (5-year program, integrated master) in Civil Engineering with major in Structural Engineering from the University of Patras (2020). He also has a MSc in Analysis and Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures from the National Technical University of Athens (2022). He is a PhD candidate since 2022 in structural reliability analysis and machine learning methods, under the supervision of Dr. M. Fragiadakis, Associate Professor of NTUA.
Collaborations
The project’s success is guaranteed by the complementary expertise of the collaborating partners:
| NTUA |
Coordinates the project, providing expertise in structural engineering, earthquake engineering, and fragility assessment. |
| Egnatia Odos SA |
Provides real-world bridge inspection data and expertise from their extensive motorway network, and selects the case study bridge. |
| OSMOS Hellas SA |
A leader in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), providing specialized fiber optic sensor technology and on-site expertise for data collection (WP3). |
| REDI PC |
An SME specializing in software development for structural risk assessment, responsible for developing the final holistic management platform (WP4). |