Staff

Professor

Computational Mechanics for Heritage Structures

Short biographical note

Born in Chania, Crete, Greece. Diploma of Civil Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Polytechnic School, Department of Civil Engineering (1988) and PhD Degree from Technical University of Crete, Department of Sciences (1996) with Ph.D Thesis entitled ‘Optimal Design for Methods of Restoration and Strengthening of Structures. Application on Prestressing.
Professor (2025), Associate Professor (2020), Assistant Professor, School of Architecture (2013). Lecturer, Department of Sciences, Applied Mechanics Laboratory, expertise to ‘Computational Mechanics for Heritage Structures’, (2005).

• Research experience as scientific director in 7 and as a scientific member of the group of principal scholars in 19 research programs (European, Community, regional) related to the analysis of structures (mainly historical and monumental structures from masonry of stonework) and materials, the assessment of the structural condition of monumental structures, their static and dynamic (aseismic) behavior and the implementation of methods of structural maintenance and restoration. Experience in the analysis of constructions using computational methods (finite element method).

• Publications related to the domain of the project:
Βooks: 2 (Basil Leftheris, Maria E. Stavroulaki, Argyro C. Sapounaki, Georgios E. Stavroulakis, 'Computational methods for heritage structures', WIT Press, Southampton, U.K., 2006.
Stavroulakis Georgios, Mourantova-Kondadaki Aliki, Stavroulaki Maria, 'Computational Engineering', Electronic book, 2015, ISBN: 978-960-603-502-9 (in Greek))

Scientific papers to international peer-reviewed journals: 30 (Most of them refer to issues of analysis, assessment of static adequacy and restoration of monumental structures)

Scientific papers to Conference Proceedings: 64

Detailed biographical note

Courses

Undergraduate

• Structural Engineering I
• Building Technology: Light, Steel and Timber Structures

Postgraduate

• Structural damage and methods of intervention in historic constructions
• Computational mechanics, and heritage structures

• Supervisor of more than 29 master's theses, Supervisor of one (1) doctoral thesis.
• Member of the Scientific Committee and the organizing committee of conferences.
• Participation in the ‘Scientific Committee on the Crete fortifications’ (2004-2015).
• Member of the 'Greek Association of Computational Mechanics "(GRACM) and the' Society for the Promotion of Research and Scientific Restoration of Monuments' (ETEPAM)

Research Interests

• Structural Engineering (Computational Mechanics for Heritage Structures, Structural Analysis and Design, Structural Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering, Restoration of Ancient Monuments, Restoration and Strengthening of Structures, Structural Stability).
• Numerical Methods (Finite Elements, Great experience with both teaching and industrial activities).
• Applied Mechanics (Continuum Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials).

Contact

tel. 28210 37639 (office) - 28210 28364 (home) – 6974090315 (mobile)
email: mstavroulaki@tuc.gr