Professor Thanasis Triantafillou (Curriculum Vitae)

Deputy Head of the Department of Civil Engineering

Director of Mechanics and Materials Technology Lab

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras

University Campus, GR-26200 Patras, Greece

Tel: +30.2610.997764, fax: +30.2610.996155

Email: ttriant@upatras.gr

URL: http://www.sml.civil.upatras.gr/staff_en.html

The co-investigator Professor Athanasios Triantafyllou is the leader of UPATRAS research team which maintains research interests in the area of experimental mechanics of structural materials and structural components, strengthening techniques of RC and other structures based on innovative materials (e.g. FRPs, composites) Innovative experimental techniques for the analysis of the mechanical behavior of structural components under monotonic and cyclic loading, development and production of new materials. The faculty members of UPATRAS research team have over 300 publications, have authored two books and edited 5 other books related to application of FRPs on strengthening of RC structures and development of innovative structural materials. They have co-ordinated and participated as project manager, main researchers or researchers in many national and international projects related to innovative techniques for structural integrity and analysis. They have earned a lot of awards (e.g. Golden Mirko Roš Medal for life’s work in the field of Materials and Engineering Science (2007)). Five of the recent publications (in the last five years) are mentioned indicatively below:

1. Karantzikis, M., Papanicolaou, C.G., Antonopoulos, C.P. and Triantafillou, T. C. (2005).  “Experimental investigation of nonconventional confinement for concrete using FRP”, ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, 9(6), 480-487, (DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0268(2005)9:6(480)).

2. Papanicolaou, C., Triantafillou, T. C., Karlos, K. and Papathanasiou, M. (2007).  “Textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) versus FRP as strengthening material of URM walls: in plane cyclic loading”, Materials and Structures, 40, 1081-1097 (DOI: 10.1617/s11527-006-9207-8)

3. Bournas, D. A., Londou, P.V., Papanicolaou, C.G., and Triantafillou, T. C. (2007).  “Textile-Reinforced Mortar versus Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Confinement in Reiforced Concrete Columns”, ACI Structural Journal, 104(6), 740-748 (http://www.concrete.org/pubs/journals/GetArticle.asp?PubID=18956).

4. Bournas, D. A. and Triantafillou, T. C. (2009).  “Flexural Strengthening of RC Columns with NSM FRP or Stainless Steel”, ACI Structural Journal, 106(4), 495-505 (http://www.concrete.org/pubs/journals/GetArticle.asp?PubID=56615).

5. Papanikolaou, C.G., Triantafillou, T. C. and Lekka, M. (2010).  “Externally bonded grids as strengthening and seismic retrofitting materials of masonry panels”, Construction and Building Materials, in press  (DOI:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.07.018).

Professor Dimitri Karabalis (Curriculum Vitae)

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras

University Campus, GR-26200 Patras, Greece

Tel: +30.2610.996556, fax: +30.2610.996579

Email: karabali@upatras.gr

 Lecturer Caterina Papanikolaou (Curriculum Vitae)

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras

University Campus, GR-26200 Patras, Greece

Tel: +30.2610.996561, fax: +30.2610.996155

Email: kpapanic@upatras.gr

URL: http://www.sml.civil.upatras.gr/staff_en.html

EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS

Dionysios Bournas (Post-Doctoral Researcher) (Curriculum Vitae)

European Laboratory for Structural Assessment (ELSA)

Joint Research Center, European Commission

21027, Ispra, Italy

Tel: +30.2610.996561, fax: +30.2610.996155

Email: dionysis.bournal@eucentre.it

URL: http://www.sml.civil.upatras.gr/staff_en.html