Michael Petrou

Biography

Dr. Michael F. Petrou has been a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cyprus since 2004. Prior to this appointment, he worked as an Associate/Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina, U.S.A. and as an Associate Professor at the University of Thessaly, Greece. He served as the Chair of the Department for three years.He received a Diploma from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 1987 and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University, U.S.A. in 1991 and 1993 respectively. He has been the author/co-author of 106 research publications, including 43 refereed journal publications. He received more than €3.8 millions in research funding for a total of 30 projects. Funding sources include private, state, and federal agencies mainly from the U.S.A. and Europe such as the National Science Foundation, South Carolina Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Department of Energy, REA Construction Inc., Shaw Components Inc., Cox Wood Inc., Westinghouse Savannah River Company, European Union, University of Cyprus, and Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation. He received several awards including the A.S.E.E. Southeastern Section Outstanding Teaching Award, 2001 and the James M. Robins Excellence in Teaching Award, Chi Epsilon Southern District, 1999. He has been a member of several technical committees of the Prestressed Concrete Institute, American Concrete Institute, and Transportation Research Board.

Research Interest

•Civil Engineering Materials, Experimentla Methods, Laboratory and Field Testing of Structures