Department of Civil Engineering

Stavroula Fotopoulou
Dr. Civil Engineer, MSc.
Assistant Professor

Tel: 23210 49...
Fax: 23210 49154
Email: fotopoulou@ihu.gr
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stavroula-Fotopoulou

Degrees:

• Diploma in Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece
• MSc in Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Design of Structures (AUTh)
• PhD -with distinction- in Civil Engineering (AUTh).
  Thesis title “Seismic vulnerability of reinforced concrete buildings in sliding slopes”

Courses:

• Rock mechanics and tunnels
• Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering
• Soil Dynamics
• Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

Research Interests:

• Risk assessment of geostructures
• Geotechnical earthquake engineering
• Multi-hazard vulnerability and risk assessment of critical infrastructure
• Dynamic performance of geostructures

Academic, Research and Professional Experience:

• Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department of International Hellenic University (2024-today)
• Researcher fellow at the Research Unit of Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (SDGEE, http://sdgee.civil.auth.gr/) of the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, Foundations and Geotechnical Seismic Engineering of the Department of Civil Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2009-present) with participation in eight (8) national and fifteen (15) international research projects (Scientific leader in two projects).
• Certified engineer of the Technical Chamber of Greece for the rapid visual screening of structures (2024- present)
• Postdoctoral fellow of the State Scholarship Foundation (from 01/02/2020 to 31/01/2022, from 01/09/2016 to 31/08/2017, from 01/07/2015 to 31/08/2016).
• Postdoctoral fellow in the framework of the action "RESEARCH- INNOVATION- TECHNOLOGY " and the SafeSchools research project (from 01/01/2019 to 31/1/2020).
• Postdoctoral fellow of the Research Committee of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki for the year 2013.
• Lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2021-2022)
• Non-permanent academic staff of the Department of Civil Engineering of International Hellenic University (2019-2020, 2022-2023), of the Department of Environmental Engineering of International Hellenic University (2020-2021) and the Department of Civil Engineering of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2016-2017).
• Scientific Associate at the Department of Civil Engineering of IHU (2020-2021) and at the Department of Civil Engineering of the T.E.I. of Central Macedonia (2018- 2019).
• Educational assistant in Civil Engineering Department, AUTh (2009-2011)

Indicative list of publications:

• Journal peer reviewed publications (SCI): 29
• Conference peer reviewed publications: 45
• Peer reviewed books with publisher: 5
• Conference publications (in Greece): 16
• h-index (Google Scholar/Scopus): 21/19

Research Programs (in progress):

• MIRACA – MULTI HAZARD INFRASTRUCTURE RISK ASSESSMENT FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION. Horizon Europe Framework Programme (2021 – 2027, call: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CLIMA-02).

Member of Scientific Societies:

• Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece
• Member of the Hellenic Association for Earthquake Engineering - HAEE
• Member of the Hellenic Scientific Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering”