EDUCATION

Jan. 1982 – Sept. 1985

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ph.D. (Civil Engineering) – degree award date:  January 1986

Thesis Advisors: Prof. A. H-S. Ang and Prof. Y. K. Wen

Thesis Title: “Stochastic Differential Seismic Ground Motions and Structural Response”

Grade Point Average: 5.00/5.00  

Aug. 1980 – Dec. 1981 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

M.Sc. (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics) – degree award date:  January 1982

Advisor: Prof. R.M. McMeeking

Grade Point Average: 5.00/5.00

Sept. 1975 – June 1980            

Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Diploma (Civil Engineering) – degree award date:  June 1980

Diploma Thesis Advisor: Prof. G. Lianis

Thesis Title: “Applications of the Theory of Plasticity in Civil Engineering”

Grade Point Average: 9.00/10.00 – graduated 1st in class

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Engineering Seismology: Modeling of Spatially Variable Seismic Ground Motions,

Analysis of Seismic Spatial Array Data, Seismic Ground Strains, Site Effects in

Seismic Ground Motions, Wave Propagation Techniques.

Earthquake Engineering:

Linear/Nonlinear Structural Dynamics, Numerical Methods, System Identification,

Soil-Structure Interaction, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Seismic Response of Nuclear

Power Plants, Reinforced Concrete Highway Bridges, Concrete Gravity Dams and

Buried Pipelines.

Probabilistic Methods: Simulation and Conditional Simulation of Random Fields,

Signal Processing, Random Vibrations, Bayesian Model Updating, Blind System

Identification.

2000-                 Professor

Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Drexel University

2001-                 Affiliated Professor

                           Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

                           Drexel University

2003-2004         Visiting Fellow

                           Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

                           Princeton University

2002-2003         Program Director

                           Earthquake Engineering Research Centers

                           Division of Engineering Education and Centers

                           Directorate for Engineering

                           National Science Foundation (NSF)

1992-2000         Associate Professor  

Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering

Drexel University

1998-1999         Visiting Associate

                           NSF Visiting Professorship POWRE award

Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics

California Institute of Technology

1995-1996         Visiting Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki, Greece

1989-1992         Assistant Professor 

                           Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering

Drexel University

1985-1989         Assistant Professor 

Department of Civil Engineering

The City College of the City University of New York

1982-1985         Research Assistant 

Department of Civil Engineering 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1980-1982         Teaching Assistant

Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign