RESEARCH

  • Sustainable cities and optimization at different scales; Low energy carbon urban systems; Hydrogen-based technologies transportation; Electric vehicles; CCS (carbon capture and storage) and simulated integration to the existing grid; Simulation of the integration of existing low-carbon infrastructure of urban energy systems (hydrogen-based technologies; traffic flow; Electric Vehicles (EV's); water supply/sewerage network; Mapping of building stock related to the above technologies with the use of simulation tools (CEA, GAMA, QGIS)

 

  • Computational Urban & Spatial Planning: Developing advanced simulation frameworks to model urban infrastructure at both local and regional  scales, supporting evidence-based urban regeneration;
  • Urban planning of an examined zone in the area of the center of Athens with the help of algorithmic design and methods Optimization; 
  • Application of the stochastic agent-based optimization method in relation to spatial infrastructure optimization;
  • Adoption of target functions for the urban development of the area under consideration

 

  •  Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures;
  • Seismic isolation for buildings and monuments; Ground motion analysis. Seismic tests of structures;
  • Soil-foundation-structure interaction (SSI), Applied structural engineering;
  • Structural optimization. Nonlinear dynamic analysis of structures and structural analysis  using Open Sees and Seismo-Struct
  • Assessment of structural integrity of buildings and probabilistic assessment against the combined effect of ageing and natural hazards