People/Theses

Supervised Ph.D. theses

Current

Past

Partially supervised Ph.D. theses

1. Astha Poudel (AUTH and Université Grenoble Alpes), 2024, Evaluation of Systemic Seismic Risk of Critical Infrastructures at the Urban Scale 

2. Sebastiano Corsico (University of Catania), 2018, Sesimic analysis of soil-tunnel-overstructure systems 

3. Chiara Lombardo (Kore University of Enna), 2017, Seismic risk in the industrial and petrochemical areas

4. Romeo Tomeo (University of Naples Federico II), 2016, Soil-structure interaction effects on the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete structures

5. Filomena De Silva (University of Naples Federico II), 2015, Dynamic Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction for masonry towers: the case study of Carmine bell tower in Napoli

Supervised M.Sc. theses

1. Christina Athanasiadi, 2025, Seismic Vulnerability of Reinforced Concrete Structure with Severe Pathology: Repair and Strengthening Proposals (watch a thesis recap on Youtube)

2. Giorgos Pouferis, 2023, Seismic fragility of large industrial steel structures including soil structure interaction

3. Paraskevi Tsoumani, 2023, Seismic fragility of steel structures including soil-structure interaction and site amplification effects (watch a thesis recap on Youtube)

4. Fotini Thomadaki, 2021, Comparison of the under-development EC8 with the current EC8 code for the surface foundations.

5. Apostolia Badralexi, 2019, Earthquake risk assessment of a city block in Thessaloniki

6. Aikaterini Kolitsidaki, 2019, Earthquake risk assessment of a city block in Thessaloniki

7. Spyridon Akantziliotis, 2019, 3D simulation of field-scale experimental soil-foundation-structure interaction

8. Ioannis Mikes, 2019, Numerical assessment of the influence of rubber-sand mixtures on field-scale experimental soil-foundation-structure interaction

9. Eleonora Devetak, 2019, Earthquake response of a Byzantine church in Thessaloniki including soil - foundation - structure interaction

10. Giorgos Nasiopoulos, 2018, Seismic vulnerability assessment of a highway bridge in Greece including ageing effects and nonlinear soil - foundation - structure interaction

11. Athanasia Sakka, 2018, Seismic vulnerability assessment of moment resisting frames on raft foundations, including nonlinear soil - structure - interaction effects

12. Konstantina Zindrou, 2018, Reassessing the damage index of drift in bridges including nonlinear soil - foundation - structure interactionω

13. David Lončarević, 2018, Tunnel - soil - structure interaction analysis: The case of the Thessaloniki Metro line

14. Christos Tsaridis, 2017, Partitioning the displacement response of structures due to soil-structure interaction

15. Marios Pazidis, 2016, Influence of soil-structure interaction on seismic response and vulnerability of bridges - Software development  (Co-supervised with Vasilis Papanikolaou)

16. Smaragda Petsani, 2016, Comparison of simulation methods of bridge piers including nonlinear soil-structure interaction. Application to a bridge of Egnatia Highway in Greece

17. Taxiarchis Aggelousis, 2016, Estimation of dynamic characteristics of soil-abutment-integral bridge systems

18. Charalampos Kalogiannidis, 2016, Dynamic response of typical masonry structures accounting for soil-foundation compliance

19. Vincenzo Sorrentino, 2014, Funzioni di impedenza per fondazioni superficiali : esperienze dal progetto EuroProteas

20. Michele Gatto, 2014, Numerical simulation of soil-foundation-structure interaction in large-scale experiments in Εuroproteas

21. Ilektra Tsolou, 2014, Seismic demand of elastic and inelastic structures on surface and caisson foundations with SSI

22. Konstantinos Iliou, 2014, Numerica investigation of the seismic response of historical masonry structures. Application of linear and non-linear modelling of shaking table tests of a typical URM building with and without strengthening measures

23. Konstantina Dastiridou, 2013, Seismic demand of structures on surface foundations with soil-foundation-structure interaction: theoretical approaches and comparison with actual recordings

24. Apostolos Kaloutsas, 2012, Development and validation of a program for a soil-foundation-structure interaction analysis

Supervised Undergraduate theses

1. Marina Bochti, in progress, Numerical simulation of soil response in a laminar box

2. Dimitris Amoiridis, 2024, Numerical investigation of critical adequacy parameters with experimental soil- structure interaction data in the EuroseisTest model structure  (Co-supervised with Konstantinos Katakalos). (watch a thesis recap on YouTube) 

3. Vasiliki Sakellariou, 2024, Geotechnical seismic isolation of structures with gravel-rubber mixtures (GRM) - A study in PLAXIS 2D. (watch a thesis recap on YouTube) 

4. Georgia Sotiriou, 2024,  Calibration of a sand pluviator for shaking table tests (watch a thesis recap on YouTube)

5. Dimitris Papadopoulos, 2023, Fragility functions of buildings on pile foundations including soil-foundation-structure interaction

6. Dimitris Kaminaris, 2023, Smart image-based seismic risk assessment of structures

7. Antonia Soufli, 2023, Risk assessment of a large water transport aqueduct in Greece (watch a thesis recap on YouTube)

8. Maria-Agni Ladeni, 2022, Numerical simulation of the seismic response of buildings on liquefiable soil (watch a thesis recap on YouTube)

9. Smaragda Leonidou, 2022, Surface subsidence due to the opening of a twin metro tunnel - Finite element analysis  (watch a thesis recap on YouTube) (Co-supervised with Konstantinos Georgiadis)

10. Anastasia Kokovidou, 2022, Surface subsidence due to the opening of a twin metro tunnel - Finite element analysis (watch a thesis recap on YouTube) (Co-supervised with Konstantinos Georgiadis)

11. Ilias Kousias, 2022, Simulation of diaphragm walls' response under seismic ground motions  (watch a thesis recap on YouTube)

12. Victoria Koliou, 2021, Automated parametric analysis of R/C frame structures considering soil-structure interaction effects (watch a thesis recap on YouTube) (Co-supervised with Vasilis Papanikolaou)

13. Dimosthenis-Symeon Giouros, 2021, Simulation of the construction and behavior of a subway station at static and seismic conditions (watch a thesis recap on YouTube) (Co-supervised with Anastasios Anastasiadis)

14. Dimitris Kontanas, 2021, Simulation of the construction and behavior of a subway station at static and seismic conditions (watch a thesis recap on YouTube) (Co-supervised with Anastasios Anastasiadis)

15. Vasilis Fakiris, 2021, Earthquake risk analysis of city road networks and assessment of post-earthquake car flow (watch a thesis recap on YouTube) (Co-supervised with Ioannis Politis)

16. Marianna Zacharioudaki, 2020, Sensitivity analysis of a soil column under dynamic loading

17. Paraskevi Nouraki, 2020, Large-scale assessment of Vs using geotechnical, topographic and geological data. Application at the city of Thessaloniki

18. Apostolos Zantzas, 2020, The effect of foundation rocking and uplifting on the dynamic response of structures

19. Christina Malakoudi, 2019, 3D simulation of the earthquake response of Agia Sofia church of Thessaloniki including SSI

20. Athanasia Chounta, 2019, 3D simulation of the earthquake response of Agia Sofia church of Thessaloniki including SSI

21. Elli Mandrampazaki, 2019, 3D simulation of the dynamic response of the north wall of Acheropiitos church in Thessaloniki including SSI

22. Paschalia Kosmidou, 2019, 3D simulation of the dynamic response of a soil-foundation-bridge pier system subjected to bi-directional ground shaking

23. Thomas Alexiou, 2019, Comparison of isogeometric analysis with the finite element method, and investigation of the geometrical properties of B-Splines

24. Vasiliki Manti, 2019, Study of the dynamic soil-structure interaction in the seismic response of the immersed tunnel of Thessaloniki

25. Konstantinos Avlidis, 2019, Numerical modeling in three dimensions of field-scale experiments of soil-structure interaction

26. Theocharis Zachariadis, 2018, Software development for nonlinear soil - foundation - structure interaction (GiD+Opensees)

27. Konstantinos Mixios, 2018, Optimization algorithm for the design of deep foundations including soil-pile-structure interaction  (Co-supervised with Vasilis Papanikolaou)

28. Vasilis Dalamangas, 2018, Dynamic response of the Church of Agia Paraskevi at Palioseli, Epirus

29. Paraschos Paraschou, 2018, Biogeotechnical mitigation of soil liquefaction

30. Konstantinos Moustidis, 2018, Influence of nonlinear soil-structure interaction and topographic irregularities on the earthquake response of structures

31. Athanasia - Artemis Alexiadi, 2018, Numerical investigation of soil mitigation measures with sand-rubber mixtures

32. Argyrios Plakas,  2018, Numerical modeling of the earthquake response of pier No1 of the Port of Thessaloniki

33. Vasilis Chatzilakos, 2018, Numerical modeling of the earthquake response of pier No1 of the Port of Thessaloniki

34. Athanasios-Christos Karampourniotis, 2017, Influence of soil nonlinearity and SSI on the seismic response of moment resisting frame structures

35. Athanasios Tsetas,  2017, Software development for soil-structure interaction problems (GiD+OpenSees) (Co-supervised with Vasilis Papanikolaou)

36. Georgios Papageorgiou, 2017, Software development for soil-structure interaction problems (GiD+OpenSees) (Co-supervised with Vasilis Papanikolaou)

37. Ilias Dalagiorgos, 2014, Seismic demand of inelastic structures with soil-foundation-structure interaction

38. Athanasia Toleri, 2014, Chemo-osmotic effects on shales

39. Areti Koskosidi, 2013, Dynamic soil-foundation-structure interaction

40. Aikaterini Valaouri, 2012, Soil-structure interaction effects on foundation design in the framework of performance-based design

41. Chrysanthi Tsioli, 2012, Soil-structure interaction effects on foundation design in the framework of performance-based design

42. Dimitra Tsiaousi, 2011, Soil-structure interaction and performance-based design

43. Maria Stoikidou, 2009, Shear deformation of rectangular tunnels under seismic excitation

44. Nikoleta Larezou, 2009, Shear deformation of rectangular tunnels under seismic excitation

Member of supervisory committee of Ph.D. theses

1. Έλλη-Κωνσταντίνα Μυλωνα, 2024, Επιρροή της σεισμικής στροφικής απόκρισης της πασσαλοθεμελίωσης στην επιτελεστικότητα γεφυρών μεγάλου ύψους και ανεμογεννητριών (ΑΠΘ)

2. Jianyue Lin, 2024, Ηazard and risk assessment based on the three-dimensional physics-based ground shaking scenarios in urban areas (POLIMI)

3. Σοφία Τομπουλίδου, 2022, Μετακινήσεις σε κτίρια από την κατασκευή στοιχείων αντιστήριξης και υποθεμελίωσης (ΑΠΘ)

4. Άγγελος Τσινάρης, 2018, Πειραματική και αριθμητική διερεύνηση της βελτίωσης της σεισμικής απόκρισης έργων αντιστήριξης με τη χρήση μιγμάτων μικρού ειδικού βάρους στο έδαφος αντιστήριξης (ΑΠΘ)

5. Anna Karatzetzou, 2015, Seismic demand of reinforced concrete and masonry structures accounting for soil-foundation-structure interaction in the light of performance-based design (AUTH)

6. Sotiria Karapetrou, 2015, Seismic vulnerability of reinforced concrete buildings considering aging and soil- structure interaction effects (AUTH)  

7. Κωνσταντίνος Μίξιος, Εντοπισμός βλαβών γεφυρών Ο/Σ με την χρήση καταγραφών και άλλων μεθόδων  (ΑΠΘ, διατριβή σε εξέλιξη)

8. Ελευθερία Γκουτζίκα, Σχεδιασμός γεφυρών από οπλισμένο σκυρόδεμα με εφαρμογή υπολογιστικών αλγορίθμων βελτιστοποίησης (ΑΠΘ, διατριβή σε εξέλιξη)

9. Μαλβίνα Ναμπάρ, Ανάλυση της συμπεριφοράς αγκυρώσεων στη σταθεροποίηση των πρανών (ΑΠΘ, διατριβή σε εξέλιξη)

Member of examination committee of Ph.D. theses

1. Luz Elizabeth Vasquez Munoz, 2024, Seismic fragility analysis of the wall of steel tanks (University of Ljubljana)

2. Fausto Somma, 2022, The contribution of Geotechnical Seismic Isolation to the mitigation of seismic risk on existing buildings (UNINA)

3. Marialaura Tartaglia, 2022, Triggering of meteo-induced flow-like landslides in unsaturated pyroclastic soil: Pozzano and Pimonte case histories (Campania region) (UNINA)

4. Giorgio Andrea Alleanza, 2022, Two-Dimensional Amplification of Seismic Motion in Alluvial Valleys (UNINA)

5. AnnaChiara Piro, 2021, Soil-structure interaction effects on seismic response of masonry buildings (UNINA)

6. Τριαντάφυλλος Αγγελίδης, 2018, Πειραματική διερεύνηση για την εύρεση μιας νέας σχέσης μεταξύ της αστράγγιστης διατμητικής αντοχής και του δείκτη υδαρότητας (ΑΠΘ)

7. Evi Riga, 2015, New elastic spectra, site amplification factors and aggravation factors for complex subsurface geology, towards the improvement of EC8 (AUTH)

8. Αχιλλέας Πιστόλας, 2015, Πειραματική και αριθμητική διερεύνηση της βελτίωσης της σεισμικής απόκρισης κατασκευών με τη χρήση μιγμάτων ανακυκλωμένων υλικών στο έδαφος θεμελίωσης (ΑΠΘ)

9. Grigorios Tsinidis, 2015, On the seismic behavior and design of tunnels (AUTH)

10. Σπύρος Γιαννακός, 2013, Συμβολή στη στατική και δυναμική εγκάρσια απόκριση πασσάλων θεμελίωσης (ΕΜΠ)

11. Stavroula Fotopoulou, 2012, Seismic Vulnerability of Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Sliding Slopes (AUTH)

12. Καλλιόπη Κακδέρη, 2011, Εκτίμηση της σεισμικής τρωτότητας και διαχείριση της σεισμικής διακινδύνευσής σε σύνθετα συστήματα μεταφορών. Εφαρμογή στις λιμενικές εγκαταστάσεις (ΑΠΘ)