Curriculum Vitae

Achilleas G. Papadimitriou

Born in Athens Greece in 1970. Has a PhD in Civil Engineering and is employed as a Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Thessaly since 2007.

Specialization in Geotechnical Engineering, with emphasis on:

constitutive relations of geomaterials,
development and use of numerical methods, and
earthquake geotechnical engineering.

Studies:

1988-1993	Diploma of Civil Engineering, Specialization on Structural Engineering, National Technical University of Athens Greece (N.T.U.A.), with GPA 8.6 / 10.
1993-1995	M.Sc. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), with GPA 5.0 / 5.0.
1995-1999	Doctoral Dissertation, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens Greece (N.T.U.A.).

Research Experience:

1993-1995	M.Sc. Thesis (M.I.T.) (Participation in 1 research project, as Main Researcher)
1995-2001	a) Doctoral Thesis (N.T.U.A., 1995 - 1999) b) Participation in 14 research projects (4 as Main Researcher)
2001-2002	Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of California at Davis (Participation in 2 research projects as Main Researcher)
2002-2007	Research Engineer, Geotechnical Department (N.T.U.A.) (Participation in 5 research projects as Main Researcher)
2007-today	Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly - Principal Investigator in 1 research project - Participation in 3 research projects (2 as Main Researcher)

Teaching Experience:

1997-1998	Tutoring on Soil Mechanics and Foundations in the School of Technical Education of the Hellenic Corps of Engineers (Σ.Τ.Ε.Α.ΜΧ.)
1996-2006	Geotechnical Department N.T.U.A: a) Tutoring: Systematic for undergraduate courses "Soil Mechanics 1" and "Soil Mechanics 2" (12 semesters) - Sporadic for one (1) undergraduate and two (2) graduate courses b) Assistant Supervisor: of eleven (11) diploma, five (5) graduate and three (3) doctoral theses
2005	Co-authorship with Prof. Yannis Dafalias of lecture notes for a graduate course of the University of Bari Italy, entitled: "Constitutive modeling in soil plasticity"
2006-today	As a Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly: a) Teaching of undergraduate courses: - "Geotechnical Structures" (acad. year 2006-2007, 1 semester) - "Soil Dynamics 2" (acad. years 2005-2007, 2 semesters) - "Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering" (acad. years 2007-2010, 3 semesters) - "Soil Mechanics Laboratory" (acad. years 2007-2010, 3 semesters) - "Soil Mechanics II" (acad. years 2007-2009, 2 semesters) b) Teaching of graduate course "Experimental Methods" in the graduate program of our Dept. (in cooperation with other faculty, acad year 2008-2010, 2 semesters) c) Supervision of seven (7) completed diploma theses and three (3) under preparation

Professional Experience:

1999-2001	Member of the Subcommittee of the Ministry of Environment, City Planning and Public Works of Greece studying the "Causes of Structural Collapses during the 7-9-99 Athens earthquake".
2000-2001	Member of a Workgroup of the Technical Chamber of Greece performing the "Analytical estimation of accelerations in the disaster areas of the 7-9-99 Athens earthquake"(Decision Γ/18/33/99).
2002-2007	Department of Design of the Section of Engineering Services of N.T.U.A. - Supervising Engineer of Underground Construction Work in Lavrio Greece
1995-2007	Freelance Civil Engineering Consultant, Geotechnical Engineer, with significant experience: a) Assessment of geotechnical data from laboratory and insitu testing - foundation design of (simple) structures b) Design of slopes and embankments (dams) under static and dynamic loading c) Design of pipelines against seismic motion, fault rupturing and explosions d) Design of foundations, embankments and pipelines against liquefaction e) Execution and interpretation of geophysical testing f) Assessment of effects of soil and topographic conditions on seismic motion (micro-zonation studies) (Participation in 20 technical works as member of group of consultants)

International Acknowledgment & Presence:

201 citations (from other research groups) of my scientific work (67 in Scopus, h_index=6)
Co-Reporter in 3 International Conferences: ETC-12 Workshop (2006) - 6th IC on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering (2008) - 5th IC on Recent Advances on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering & Soil Dynamics (2010)
Presentation of General Report in 6th IC on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering (2008), as Co-Reporter of the session
Reviewer of 6 technical journals: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering of ASCE, Journal of Engineering Mechanics of ASCE, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Computers and Geotechnics, Strain, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
Reviewer of 3 international conferences: 4th IC on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (2007), Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering & Soil Dynamics IV (2008), 5th IC on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering & Soil Dynamics (2010)
Reviewer of research proposals for the Austrian Science Fund
Member of Technical Committee 2 (seismic aspects of dam design) of ICOLD (since 2009)
Member of European Technical Committee ETC-12 for assessing the compatibility of the European Codes for Seismic Design EC-8 and Geotechnical Design EC-7 (2006 - 2009)
Speaker of international seminar under the auspices of I.S.S.M.G.E. (Tirana, 9/04)
Session Secretary in 1 International Conference: TC-34 of ISSMGE (2003)
5 invited lectures in international conferences (Lisbon 6/99, Horto Greece 6/02, Vienna 6/05, Tokyo 6/09, Rhodes 6/09), with the invitation being received via the first author
Lectures: 16 in international conferences, 3 in international seminars, and 5 in international meetings of research projects
National Delegate at the 11th European Conference of Young Geotechnical Engineers (Madrid, 9/97)
Research Assistant at M.I.T. for MSc Studies (6/94 - 6/95)

Honors in Greece:

Reviewer in 3 Greek (National) conferences: 5th Geotechnical (Xanthi 2006), 3rd Earthquake Engineering & Engineering Seismology (Athens 2008), 6th Geotechnical (Βόλος 2010)
Reviewers of post-doctoral research proposals for ΙΚΥ (2009)
Speaker of Seminar orgnaized byΤΕΕ and/or ΣΠΜΕ for the EuroCodes: EC7 (Thessaloniki 2009), EC8 (Rethimno 2009)
Invited Lecture, without written contribution, to the 3rd Earthquake Engineering & Engineering Seismology National Conference (Athens 2008)
Elected Member of the Scientific Committee of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering of the Technical Chamber of Greece (since 2005)
Session Secretary of National Conference (1st on Large Dams, Larissa 2008) and 2 1-day TEE Workshops (Geotechnical Applications of Geosynthetics, Novel and Advanced TBM Techniques, Athens 2007)
Lectures: 13 in National Conferences, 4 in Seminars
Member of Organizing Committee of 6th Hellenic Conference on Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, to be held in October 2010 in Volos
Member of Organizing Committee of 1-day Workshops on "Geotechnical Applications of Geosynthetics" (1/2007) and "Novel and Advanced TBM Techniques" (2/2007) organized by the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) in Athens
Fellow of State Fund Institution (Ι.Κ.Υ.) for PhD Studies (11/96 - 2/99)
Fellow of the Bodossakis Foundation for Μ.Sc. Studies abroad (9/93 - 8/95)
Prize of Technical Chamber of Greece for excellence in undergraduate studies at N.T.U.A. (92-93)
"Praxitelis Argyropoulos" prize for excellence in Hydraulic Mechanics courses at N.T.U.A. (1990)
Fellow of State Fund Institution (Ι.Κ.Υ.) for excellence in undergraduate studies at N.T.U.A. (88-91)

Other Activities:

Member of Technical Chamber of Greece (# 65194, since 1993).
Member of the Engineering Consultants' Register (# 12442, since 1998).
Member of the Hellenic Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (Soil Mechanics and Rock Mechanics Chambers, since 1997).
Member of the Hellenic Society of Civil Engineers (Σ.Π.Μ.Ε. #15737, since 1997) .
Member of the Hellenic Polytechnic Society (Ε.Π.Σ., since 2006).
Member of the Greek Committee on Large Dams (GCOLD, since 2009).
Full Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE #311496, since 1994).

Publications:

-	International Journals	14	(2 under review)
-	Hellenic Journals	2
-	Invited Conference Papers - Book Chapters	5
-	International Conferences (peer-reviewed)	34	(1 under review)
-	Hellenic Conferences (peer-reviewed)	17	(5 under review)
-	Other Publications	10
-	Theses	2
	Total:	84	(8 under review)

Research Projects :

-	Research Projects (Principal Investigator)	1
-	Research Projects - Reports (significant contribution - Main Researcher)	14
-	Research Projects (participation)	10
	Total:	25

(Geo)Technical Work:

-	Technical Reports (Main Member of Group of Consultants)	16
-	Technical Reports (Member of Group of Consultants)	4
-	Foundation Design of Private Works	3
-	Supervisor for underground construction	1
	Total:	24

Computer Software:

Developed Geotechnical Engineering Software

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