Athanasios Triantafillou
Professor of Department of Civil Engineering
University of patras
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Biography
Thanasis Triantafillou was born in Patras (1963). He received the Diploma in Civil Engineering from the University of Patras (1985), and the MSc (1987) and PhD (1989) Degrees from the Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is Professor and Director of the Structural Materials Laboratory in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Patras. He worked as Assistant Professor (1990-1993) and as Post-Doctoral Associate (June-Dec. 1989) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT; and as Visiting Professor in the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research – EMPA (summers of 1990- 1991). He joined the University of Patras in 1993. He is the author of 5 books, 20 book chapters, 57 papers in international scientific journals, 106 papers in conference proceedings (12 invited keynotes), 10 papers in workshop proceedings and 85 technical reports. He has been/is scientific coordinator in 32 research projects with funding from the European Commission and private or public organizations. He has received several awards, including: the Best Basic Research Paper Award (2003) and the Honorable Mention Applied Research Paper Award (2002) from the ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction; the Best Research Paper Award (1997) from the ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering; the IIFC (International Institute for FRP in Construction) Medal (2010); the Golden Mirko Roš Medal from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA) for life’s work in the field of Materials and Engineering Science (2007); and the Fulbright Senior Research Award (1996).
Research Interest
Advanced Materials and Seismic Retrofit Technologies
