Reinforced Concrete Technology and Structures

Development of a Health Bridge Monitoring Systemfor EGNATIA Highway, Greece, in collaboration with Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly (co-P. I.),«EGNATIA» (3/2001 to 3/02).

Evaluation of Ductility for New and Old Reinforced Concrete Structures,in collaboration with Department of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens,(co-P. I.), Greek Organization for Design and Protection against Seismic Loadings (O.A.S.P.) (11/2000 to 11/02).

Development of Health Monitoring Systemfor the Dynamic Behavior and Evaluation of Bridge Performance, in collaboration with Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly (P. I.), Greek Organization for Design and Protection against Seismic Loadings (O.A.S.P.) (3/2001 to 3/03).

Seismic Design of Bridges, in collaboration with departments of Civil Eng. NTUA/AUTh/UP/DUTh, Department of Mech. Eng. of UTh, EGNATIA, ITSAK, Denco, Edafos, Elemka, Themeliodomi, Seismomonosi, Tsiknias&ΑΕΜΤΕ, Greece (co- P.I.), General Office of Research & Technology (G.G.E.T.) (1/10/03 to 31/9/06).

Design loads of Composite R/C Slabswith steel sheeting, Kalpinis–SimosΑΕΒΕ (1/2005 - 12/06).

Experimental Results on the Response of Ultimate Strength of Steel Sheeting (P.I.), ΚΟΝΤΙ(31/3/06 – 31/8/08).

Experimental Study on the Flexural Response of Conventional R/C and Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (P.I.), ΑGET Hercules (9/10/06 – 9/6/08).

Fatigue Behavior of High-Strength Steel Welded Joints in Offshore and Marine Systems EU-ResearchFundforCoalandSteel, TGS8 (co-P.I.), in collaboration with Dept. of Mechanical Eng., Univ. of Thessaly (Greece), Corus Group -UK, Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.p.A.(Italy), Instituto de Soldatura e Qualidade (Portugal), Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung GmbH (Germany)(1/7/2005 – 1/7/08).

Fracture Toughness of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete- Experimental Studies (P.I.), VINCI Construction(3/09-12/09).

Fracture Toughness of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete- Experimental Studies (P.I.), ΑΕGΕΚ(3/09-6/09).

Performance-BasedApproaches for High-StrengthTubularColumnsandConnectionsunderEarthquakeandFireLoading, EU-ResearchFundforCoalandSteel, TGS8 (co-P.I.), in collaboration with Dept. of Mechanical Eng., Univ. of Thessaly (Greece), Universityοf Liege (Belgium), Centro Sviluppo Materiali (Italy), StahlbauPichler (Italy), University ofTrento (Italy)(1/07/08 – 31/12/11).

DesignandIntegrityAssessmentofHigh-StrengthTubularStructures forExtremeLoadingConditions, EU-ResearchFundforCoalandSteel, TGS8 (co-P.I.), in collaboration with Dept. of Mechanical Eng., Univ. of Thessaly (Greece), UniversityofTrento (Italy), Centro Sviluppo Materiali (Italy), Instituto De Soldadura E Qualidade (Portugal), Fundacion ITMA (Spain), Korrosions Och Metallforskningsinstitutet Ab (Sweden) and Universite de Liege (Belgium) (1/07/08 – 31/12/11).

Experimental Study of the Response of R/C Frames with R/C Infill (P.I.), Greek Organization for Design and Protection against Seismic Loadings (O.A.S.P.) (2/2010 - 3/2011).

Analytical/Experimental Studies on the Optimization of Strengthening of Conventional R/C Buildings with Weak Ground Floor against Seismic Forces through Non-Eccentric Steel Diagonal Stiffening Members(O.A.S.P.) (co-P.I.) (2/2010 - 3/2011).