Department of Civil Engineering

Athanasia Kazantzi
Dr. Civil Engineer
Assistant Professor (awaiting appointment)

Tel: 23210 49...
Fax: 23210 49154
Email:kazantzi@ihu.gr

Degrees:

• Degree in Civil Engineering from the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece(2002)
• MSc -with distinction- in Structural Engineering from The University of Sheffield, UK (2004)
• PhD from the University of Surrey, UK (2008),
  "Probabilistic seismic performance assessment of steel moment resisting frames"

Short CV:

Athanasia Kazantzi holds a Degree in Civil Engineering from the Democritus University of Thrace (2002), an MSc -with distinction- in Structural Engineering from The University of Sheffield (2004) and a PhD (2008) from the University of Surrey. Following her PhD studies, that were completed in three years, she worked as a Graduate Design Engineer in a renowned engineering consulting firm in the United Kingdom.

Over the last decade, she is associated as a fellow researcher with the Institute of Steel Structures (The Lambda Lad group) at the National Technical University of Athens, while she has taught several undergraduate modules as an Adjunct Lecturer in Greek Universities. She has participated in several National, European and International research projects, funded by prestigious organisations, such as the Applied Technology Council (ATC), the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation and the EU Research Council Executive Agency. Her research work has been published in scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. She is a Chartered Engineer since 2003 (member of the Technical Chamber of Greece). She is now active as a freelance EngSineer, as an associate Senior Risk Engineer in a Switzerland-based company that operates in the field of business continuity and crisis management and as an, under contract, Academic Fellow in the Dept. of Civil Engineering at IHU.

Research Interests:

• Earthquake Engineering,
• Steel Structures,
• Seismic Vulnerability/Risk Assessment and Loss Estimation under Multiple Hazards,
• Performance-based design,
• Nonlinear static and dynamic analysis of structures

Indicative list of publications:

• A.K. Kazantzi, D. Vamvatsikos, ‘Practical performance-based design of friction pendulum bearings for a seismically isolated steel top story spanning two RC towers’, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 19: 1231-1248; 2021.
• A.K. Kazantzi, D. Vamvatsikos, E. Miranda, ‘Evaluation of seismic acceleration demands on building nonstructural elements’, Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), 146(7); 2020.
• A.K. Kazantzi, D. Vamvatsikos, ‘Intensity measure selection for vulnerability studies of building classes’, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 44(15): 2677-2694; 2015
• A.K. Kazantzi, D. Vamvatsikos, D.G. Lignos, ‘Seismic performance of a steel moment-resisting frame subject to strength and ductility uncertainty’, Engineering Structures, 78: 69-77; 2014 (special issue)
• A.K. Kazantzi, T.D. Righiniotis, M.K. Chryssanthopoulos, ‘Fragility and hazard analysis of a welded steel moment resisting frame’, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 12(4): 596-615; 2008