Membership in Scientific Committees & Professional Boards

Committees and task groups

Current memberships

• ¨          Coordinator of the EAEE Task Group on "Seismic Design, Assessment, and Retrofit of Bridges), since Oct. 2006.

• ¨          Member of the EAEE Task Group on “Seismic Risk and Earthquake scenarios”, since June 1995.

• ¨          Member of the fib (International Federation of Concrete) Commission 7: “Seismic Design”, since May 1998. Also current member of the following fib working groups:

·            Working Group 7.4 on “Seismic Design and Assessment of Bridges”, since 2003

·            Working Group 7.6 on “Critical Comparison of Major Seismic Codes for Concrete Buildings”, since 2003

• ¨          Member of the Drafting Committee of the Greek Code for Assessment and Retrofit, since 2000.

• ¨          Member of the Greek National Committee for the adoption of Eurocode 2 and the drafting of the corresponding National Application Document, since 2003.

• ¨          Member of the Organising and/or Scientific Committee of the following conferences

·            International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES’04), (Madeira, Portugal, July 2004)

·            5^th International Conference “Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures” (Skiathos, Greece, May 2005)

·            4^th European  Workshop on  the  seismic  behaviour of  irregular   and  complex  structures, (Thessaloniki, Greece, Aug. 2005) – Workshop Chairman

• ¨          Member of the following Working Groups of the TCG:

·            Assessment of seismic vulnerability of buildings

• ¨          Member of the Group on Post-Earthquake Evaluation of Buildings of Vital Importance, set up by the Prefecture of Thessaloniki, since Jan. 1987.

Past memberships

• ¨          Member of the Project Team for the conversion of Eurocode 8 Part 1 (General and Buildings) to an EN (official European Standard), 1998-2001.

• ¨          Member of the CEB (Euro-international Committee for Concrete) Task Group on “Seismic Design”, from Oct. 1991 to May 1998.

• ¨          Member of the following CEB working groups:

·            Working Group 7.1 on “Assessment and Retrofit of Existing Structures”, 1998-2002

·            Working Group 7.2 on “Displacement based Design and Assessment”, 1998-2002

• ¨          Member of the EAEE (European Association for Earthquake Engineering) Working Group on “Seismic Risk and Vulnerability”, 1992-1995.

• ¨          Corresponding member of the ISO (Intern. Standards Organization) 3010 Committee (Seismic Actions on Structures), 1997-2002.

• ¨          Member of the following Working Groups of the TCG (Central):

·            Recommendations for carrying out the design of seismic interventions

• ¨          Member of the following Working Groups of the TCG/Macedonia Chapter (Greece):

·            New Code for the Design of Concrete Structures (1986)

·            Computer Programs for the Design of Building Structures (1989)

·            New Greek Seismic Code (1989)

·            Problems in the application of the New Seismic Code (1993)

·            Example designs using the New Seismic Code (1993)

• ¨          Member of the Group of Experts of the TCG / Macedonia Chapter (Greece), 1991-4.

• ¨          Member of various TCG Committees (Greece) for granting the Professional Licence in Civil Engineer­ing, 1988-1995.

• ¨          Associate member of the National Committee on Earthquake Prognostics, Seismic Risk and Earthquake Protection (Greece), 1992-1994.

 

 Scientific and professional boards

• ¨          Member of the EAEE (European Association for Earthquake Engineering) Executive Committee since Sep. 2006

• ¨          Representative of Greece to the EAEE (European Association for Earthquake Engineering), since 2004.

• ¨         Vice-President of the Hellenic Association of Earthquake Engineering (ETAM) since 2003. Founding Member of the Society (2002).

• ¨          Secretary General of the Hellenic Concrete Society (EPES), 2002-5. Member of the Society since 1985.

• ¨          Member of the SECED Committee (Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics, UK), April 1996 – April 1999. Member of SECED 1995-2000.

• ¨          Coordinator of the Japan-UK Working Group on “Seismic assessment, repair and retrofit”, 1995-1999.

• ¨          Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TCG), since Oct. 1978.

• ¨          Member of the Permanent Committee on Earthquake Mitigation of the TCG/Macedonia Chapter, Oct. 1985 - June 1995.

• ¨          Former Member of the EERI (Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, USA).

• ¨          Former Member of the AFPS (French Association of Earthquake Engineering).

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 Editorial and peer reviewing responsibilities

• ¨          Member of the editorial board of the international “Journal of Earthquake Engineering” (IC Press - World Scientific) 1995 - 1999.

• ¨          Member of the editorial board of the international Journal “Natural Hazards” (Springer Science+Business Media B.V., Berlin) since 2005.

• ¨          Member of the editorial board of the World Housing Encyclopedia (EERI, California and IAEE) since 2006.

¨          Reviewer in the following refereed journals

1. “Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics” (Wiley)

2. “Journal of Structural Engineering” (ASCE)

3. “Journal of Composites for Construction ” (ASCE)

4. “Engineering Structures” (Elsevier)

5. “Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering”  (Elsevier)

6. “Natural Hazards” (Springer)

7. “ACI Structural Journal” (ACI)

8. “Progress in Structural Engineering and Materials” (Wiley)

9. “Journal of Constructional Steel Research” (Elsevier)

10. “Journal of Sound and Vibration” (Academic Press)

11. “Journal of Earthquake Engineering” (IC Press – World Scientific)

12. “Structural Engineering& Mechanics” (Techno-Press)

13. “Computers and Concrete” (Techno-Press)

14. “Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering” (Springer)

15. “Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE” (Springer)

16. “The Structural Engineer” (Intl. Jnl. of the IstructE, UK)

17. “Annali di Geofisica” (ING, Roma)

18. “ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology” (ISET, India)

19. “Technika Chronika” (TCG, Athens)

• Reviewer of book proposals at E & FN SPON (Spon Press, since 2001)

• Reviewer of international conference papers (12^th World Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, 6th SECED Conf. ‘Seismic Design Practice into the Next Century’, ICCES Conferences since 2003, 5^th International Conference ERES 2005, 2^nd Hellenic Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Hellenic Concrete Conferences since 1999, etc.).

• Reviewer of papers in ACI Special Publications (ACI).

 

  Invited lectures and workshop/session chairs

• Invited lecturer in the following scientific meetings:

• ·          Workshop “10 years after the 20.6.1978 earthquake in Thessaloniki”, TCG / Macedonia Chapter, Thessaloniki, June 1988.

• ·          Workshop “Presentation of the New Seismic Code”, TCG / Macedonia Chapter, Thessaloniki, June 1993.

• ·          Annual Lectures of the Concrete Society of Greece, subject: “Analytical prediction of failure in R/C buildings subjected to seismic loading”, Athens, Dec. 1993.

• ·          Japan-UK 1st Workshop on “Implications of Recent Earthquake on Seismic Risk”, London, Apr. 1996. Subjects:

(i)                  “Seismic assessment, repair and strengthening - An overview of UK activities”

(ii)                “A new capacity design methodology for reinforced concrete structures”

• ·          11th World Conf. on Earthq. Engng. Special Theme Session “Evaluation and improvement of seismic codes”; subject: “A comparative assessment of R/C structures designed to the 1995 Eurocode 8 and the 1985 CEB seismic code”, Acapulco, Mexico, June 1996.

• ·          International Workshop on “Seismic Design Methodologies for the next generation of Codes”, US-Slovenian Joint Board for Scientific and Technological Cooperation, Bled, Slovenia, June 1997.

• ·          Series of Invited Lectures at ITSAK (Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Greece); subject: “Inelastic spectra for Greek records and evaluation of behaviour factors for seismic design”, Thessaloniki, May 1998.

• ·          Series of Invited Lectures at the University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science; subject: “Assessment of seismic vulnerability of existing structures using analytical and hybrid procedures”, Oxford, May 1998.

• ·          Round table on “Seismic damage indices”, 11th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paris, Sep. 1998.

• ·          Annual Lectures of the Concrete Society of Greece, subject: “High-performance concrete: Mechanical properties and application in earthquake-resistant structures”, Thessaloniki, Dec. 1999.

• ·          Workshop on “Earthquake-resistant building structures” at Building Centre – KTIRIO, Subject: “Pre-earthquake assessment of existing buildings”, Thessaloniki, Apr. 2000.

• ·          Series of Invited Lectures at ITSAK, subject: “Displacement based seismic design”, Thessaloniki, Jan. 2001.

• ·          Keynote lecturer at the Italian National Conf. on Earthquake Engineering (X Convegno Nazionale “L’Ingegneria Sismica in Italia”, lecture “Seismic vulnerability assessment of existing buildings in Southern Europe”), Potenza/Matera, Italy, Sep. 2001.

• ·          Annual Lectures of the Concrete Society of Greece, subject: “Analysis of bridges accounting for soil-structure interaction and spatial variability of ground motion” Athens, Dec. 2002.

• ·          Workshop “Pre-earthquake assessment of structures as a means for a new earthquake mitigation policy” (lecture: “Framework and methodology of pre-earthquake assessment”), Regional Authority of C. Macedonia, Thessaloniki, May 2002.

• ·          Workshop “Seismic Risk of Structures” TCG/EPPO/DUTh, (lecture: “The new Greek Code for Assessment and Retrofit ”), Kavala, Sep. 2002.

• ·          Workshop “Major highway projects: the case of Egnatia Odos”, lecture: “Seismic design of bridges”, Student Association of Civil Engng Department AUTh, Thessaloniki, Dec. 2002.

• ·          Workshop “Pre-Earthquake assessment and interventions in existing buildings” (lectures: “Vulnerability assessment of structures in the earthquake–struck area of the 1999 Athens earthquake” and “The Greek Code for Structural Interventions”, Association of Civil Engineers of Cyprus, Nicosia, Jan. 2003.

• ·          Workshop “Special Topics in Concrete”, lecture: “Cracking of concrete ”, TCG/Macedonia Chapter, Thessaloniki, Apr. 2003.

• ·          Workshop “Seismic Risk of Structures”, TCG/EPPO/Univ. of Thessaly, lecture: “The Greek Code for Structural Interventions: Analysis and Modelling”, Volos, May 2003.

• ·          Workshop “Route to EU: Earthquake Codes”, lecture: “Presentation of Eurocode 8”, KTMMOB-IMO (Chamber of Civil Engineers), Nicosia, Oct. 2003.

• ·          Workshop “Earthquake resistant design according to Eurocode 8”, (lectures: “ Eurocode 8 – General provisions, seismic actions” and “Special provisions for concrete structures”), Assn. of Civil Engineers of Cyprus-Limassol Section, Limassol, Oct. 2003.

• ·          Workshop “The Lefkada Earthquake – Effects on the built and natural environment”, lecture: “Analysis of existing buildings – The new Greek Code for Interventions”, ΤCG/ Macedonia Chapter and ΙΤSΑΚ, Thessaloniki, Oct. 2003.

• ·          Workshop “Earthquake Resistance”, lecture:  “Analysis of existing structures”, ΤCG/ Epirus Chapter, Ioannina, Dec. 2003.

• ·          Workshop “The Code for Interventions in Existing Buildings”, lecture:  “Analysis of existing structures – Behaviour of critical regions”, EPPO – ΥΑS, Athens, Feb. 2004.

• ·          Workshop “Microzonation studies: Content – Objectives – Applications – Legal framework”, Assn. of Civil Engineers, lecture:  “Seismic vulnerability of buildings”, Thessaloniki, June 2004.

• ·          Series of Invited Lectures at ITSAK, subject: “Evaluation of the vulnerability of building structures struck by the 1999 Athens earthquake and comparisons with the actual retrofit costs” Thessaloniki, Dec. 2004.

• ·          Workshop “Earthquakes – Soils and Structures”, ΤCG/ EC. Greece Chapter, lecture:  “Pre-earthquake assessment of buildings – Applications in Greece”, Lamia, Apr. 2005.

• ·          “Atelier international sur l’amélioration de la sécurité des bâtiments dans la region du Maghreb” (Coopération Algérie-OTAN). Communication: “Seismic assessment of public buildings using empirical and analytical techniques”, Alger, Mai 2005.

• ·          1^st Greece-Japan Workshop on Seismic Design, Observation, and Retrofit of Foundations, lecture:  “Site-dependent elastic and inelastic spectra for greek earthquakes, based on a representative set of records”), Athens, Oct. 2005.

 

Chairman and/or committee member in workshops/sessions of major events:

• ·          Chairman of Session: “Reinforced concrete Analysis”, in the 5th SECED Conf. on European Seismic Design Practice, Chester, UK, Oct. 1995.

• ·          Chairman of Session: “Assessment and Repair” in the Japan-UK 1st Workshop on “Implications of Recent Earthquake on Seismic Risk”, London, Apr. 1996.

• ·          Co-chairman of Symposium S1: “Earthquake Scenario, Seismic Risk and Loss Assessment” in the 29th General Assembly of IASPEI (Intnl. Assoc. of Seismology and Physics of the Earth Interior), Thessaloniki, Aug. 1997.

• ·          Chairman of Session: “Seismic risk reduction (I)” in the 2^nd Intl. Symposium Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures (ERES ’01), Malaga, Spain, Sep. 2001.

• ·          Chairman of Session 3.1: “Reinforced concrete buildings” in the 12th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, London, Sep. 2002

• ·          Organiser and Chairman of Symposium: “Analytical and Experimental Methods in Earthquake Structural Engineering”, International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES’03), Corfu, Greece, July 2003.

• ·          Organiser and Chairman of Symposium: “Earthquake Structural Engineering”, International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES’04), Madeira, Portugal, July 2004.

• ·          Chairman of the Organising Committee and the Scientific Committee of the 4^th European  Workshop on  the  seismic  behaviour of  irregular   and  complex  structures, Thessaloniki, Aug. 2005

• ·          Member of the Scientific Committee of the 6^th International Conference “Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures”, Bologna, Italy, June 2007.

• ·          Member of the National Advisory Board of the conference Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN) Rethymnon, Crete, Greece, June 2007.

• ·          Member of the Organising Committee of the FRPRCS-8, 8^th International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, Patras, Greece, July 2007.