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Dimitrios S. Sophianopoulos
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Thessaly
Greece
Biography
Dimitrios Sophianopoulos is a Professor of Structural Stability, Dynamics and Steel Structures at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece. He is also the Former Director of the Laboratory of Strength of Materials and Micromechanics in the same Department and the Former Head of the Structural Engineering Division. Prof. Sophianopoulos earned his Ph.D. in 1997 from the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, Greece and his Bachelor in 1982 from the same Institution. He has published 55 papers in scholar journals and 71 refereed National and International Conference papers, with 770 citations in Scopus (h-index 9) and more than 1400 in Google Scholar (h-index 12). Prof. Sophianopoulos is a member of the Editorial Board of 5 International Journals, and serves as a Reviewer in more than 15 high impact international Journals of his field. He is also a member of ASCE, AIAA, Structural Stability Research Council, and ISCES. He has supervised three (3) completed PhDs (and 3 more in progress), and numerous Master and Bachelor's Theses. His Teaching experience includes undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate courses both in his country and abroad, as a visiting Professor. Please see below for specific details concerning personal data, employment, teaching, and academic achievements.
Research Interest
Nonlinear elastic and plastic analysis of steel framed structures, Direct Stability Analysis of steel structures, Nonlinear Static and Dynamic Stability of Structures, Steel, Aluminum and Wood Commercial Greenhouses, Analysis and Design, Bridge Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Analysis and Design, Catastrophe Theory, Nonlinear Dynamics, Masonry Structures, Offshore Structures (Stability and Dynamic Response)
