1.    Family name :                  Paraskevopoulos

2.    First names :                    Elias

3.    Date of birth :                 27/07/1977

4.    Nationality :                     GREEK

5.    Civil status :                     Married

6.    Education :

Institution : University of Thessaloniki / Engineering School
Date :          2001
Degree obtained : Degree in Civil Engineering
Institution : University of Thessaloniki / Engineering School
Date :          2001 – 2005
Degree obtained : PhD , Dr. Civil Engineer
Institution : University of Thessaloniki / Engineering School
Date :          2011-Today
Degree obtained : PostDoctoral Research / Mechanical Engineering Dpt

7.    Language skills :

Language Reading Speaking Writing
Greek 5 5 5
English 5 4 5
German 2 2 –

8.    Membership of professional bodies :

       Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece

9.    Other skills : (e.g. Computer literacy, etc.)

  • Computer programming (Delphi, Python, C++,VBA)
  • Finite element software (SAP2000, SciaEngineer, OpenSees, ANSYS, Adams, HyperWorks, Nastran)
  • C.A.S. (Matlab, Mathematica)
  • CAD and DTP (AutoCAD CorelDRAW)
  • Office applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

10.       Present position :

  • Member of Structural Engineering Team at Penelis Consulting Enginers SA
  • Software Development at 3pi Penelis Software Ltd.
  • Postdoctoral Researcher AUTh.

11.  Key Qualifications :                   

      His key qualifications include the static and dynamic analysis of Reinforced Concrete structures, Special Structures, Steel structures, Composite, Masonry, etc. He is an expert in finite element modelling and analysis of structures, multibody dynamic systems and in nonlinear dynamics.

12.  Honors and Scholarships          

2000-2001  The State Foundation of Scholarships (IKY) Award– Distinction in undergraduate courses

2002-2005       Scholarship “Herakleitos” for PhD Studies, AUTh

2011-2012       Scholarship of the Research Committee AUTh for Postdoctoral Studies

13.  Professional Experience Record :

2002-Today    Structural engineer. Structural analysis and design of complex structures, structural assessment and strengthening of existing structures and monuments, analysis of steel structures, tanks, masts, etc.

Selective list of projects:

2018 Ayia Napa Marine Project : Structural Verification of East Tower, Parasol &  Event Center Buildings Penelis Consulting Engineers SA (for TERNA Overseas LTD)
2017-18 Ptolemais Unit V (TERNA SA) : Structural analysis of Boiler House, ESP buildings and Conveyor belts (Verification of the Mitsubishi-Hitachi structural analysis and design Penelis Consulting Engineers SA (for TERNA Overseas LTD)
2016 Cosmopolis (Leroy Merlin) Structural analysis and retrofit of existing R/C buildings (~32.000m2) Redex SA
2015 Structural Analysis of masts (Wind, Vodafone, Cosmote) EDIL Hellas SA
2015 Red House (Monument Building) Restoration and rehabilitation of historical monument building in Thessaloniki Penelis Consulting Engineers SA (for DIMERA Group SA)
2014 Villa Morpurgo Restoration and rehabilitation of historical building in Thessaloniki Penelis Consulting Engineers SA (for DIMERA Group SA)
2014 Ellipse Building (USA) Residential, R/C Skyscraper in New York City, United States, Preliminary Structural Analysis Penelis Consulting Engineers SA
2013-14 Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Structural models of Opera and Library Buildings, Structural analysis and  design of Steel Structures, Pushdown analysis of ferrocement canopy Penelis Consulting Engineers SA (for JVIT Impregilo-Terna)
2013 Structural Analysis and check of Public-School Buildings in Alexandroupolis
2012 Voulkanou Church Structural analysis for restoration and rehabilitation of Voulkanou church (Messinia) Ministry of Culture and Sports, Greece
2012 Structural analysis and design of outdoor theater and refectory : Rehabilitation of Parmenion Capm, Alexandroupolis Municipality of Alexandroupolis
2011 Malliaris Building Structural analysis for restoration and retrofit of existing R/C building A.B. Vassilopoulos
2010 Structural analyss and design of tunnels in Peramos, Kavala
2010 SWastewater treatment plants in Kozani, Greece Dynamiki ergon SA

14.  Research Experience :

2018       Principal Investigator of research project: “RAIL-EQ “Seismic Reliability of Railway Bridges under high-speed trains using a novel formulation for constrained dynamical systems”

2014-2018    Research member in USA funded research projects – Altair Engineering: “Development of robust contact detection algorithm suite”, “Modelling of complex mechanical systems for industrial applications”

2006-2007    Research member in Hellenic funded research project: “Software development for analysis of structures requiring repair and retrofit”

2003-2005    Research member in Hellenic funded research project: “Correlation of structural damage to economic losses based on Greek earthquake available data”

2002-2005     Scholarship “Heirakleitos” for PhD Studies

15. Others:

Publications – Conferences:

Journal papers

  1.  Natsiavas, S. and Paraskevopoulos, E., “A boundary layer approach to multibody systems involving single frictional impacts”, Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, Accepted for publication, Vol. 14(1), 2019.
  2.  Natsiavas, S. and Paraskevopoulos, E., “An analytical dynamics approach for mechanical systems involving a single frictional contact using b-geometry”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 148-149, pp. 140-156, 2018.
  3. Paraskevopoulos, E. and Natsiavas, S., “A geometric solution to the general single contact frictionless problem by combining concepts of analytical dynamics and b-calculus”, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Vol. 95, pp. 117-131, 2017.
  4.  Natsiavas, S. and Paraskevopoulos, E., “Application of Newton’s law of motion to constrained mechanical systems possessing configuration manifolds with time-dependent geometric properties”, Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 85, pp. 2583-2610, 2016.
  5.  Paraskevopoulos, E. and Natsiavas, S., “Weak formulation and first order form of the equations of motion for a class of constrained mechanical systems”, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Vol. 77, pp. 208-22, 2015.
  6.  Natsiavas, S. and Paraskevopoulos, E., “A Set of Ordinary Differential Equations of Motion for Constrained Mechanical Systems”, Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 79, pp. 1911-1938, 2015.
  7.  Paraskevopoulos, E. and Natsiavas, S., “On Application of Newton’s Law to Mechanical Systems with Motion Constraints”, Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 72, pp. 455-475, 2013.
  8.  Paraskevopoulos, E. and Natsiavas, S., “A new look into the Kinematics and Dynamics of Finite Rigid Body Rotations using Lie Group Theory”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 50, pp. 57-72, 2013.
  9.  E.A. Paraskevopoulos, C.G. Panagiotopoulos and G.D. Manolis, “Imposition of timedependentboundary conditions in FEM formulations for elastodynamics: Critical assessment of penalty-type methods”, Computational Mechanics, Vol. 45(2-3), pp. 157-166, 2010.

10.  G.D. Manolis, C.G. Panagiotopoulos, E.A. Paraskevopoulos, F.E. Karaoulanis, G.N. Vadaloukasand A.G. Papachristidis, “Retrofit strategy issues for structures under earthquake loadingusing sensitivity-optimization procedures”, Earthquake and Structures, Vol. 1(1), pp. 109-127, 2010.

  1.  Paraskevopoulos, E. and Talaslidis, D. “Reduction of excessive energy in the fournodedmembrane quadrilateral element. Part II: Near incompressibility and J2 plasticity”,Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol.196pp. 356-370, 2006.
  2.  Paraskevopoulos, E. and Talaslidis, D. “Reduction of excessive energy in the four-nodedmembrane quadrilateral element. Part I: Linear theory-compressible materials”, ComputerMethods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol.194, pp. 3771-3796, 2005
  3.  Paraskevopoulos, E. and Talaslidis, D. “A rational approach to mass matrix diagonalizationin two‐dimensional elastodynamics,” International Journal for Numerical Methods inEngineering, Vol. 61(15), pp. 2639-2659, 2004.

14.  D.G. Talaslidis, G.D. Manolis, E.A. Paraskevopoulos, C.G. Panagiotopoulos, N. A. Pelekasis andJ.A. Tsamopoulos, “Risk Analysis of Industrial Structures under Extreme Transient Loads”,Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol.24(6), pp.435-448, 2004.

Book Chapters

1, Panagiotopoulos C. G., Paraskevopoulos E. A., Manolis G. D., “Critical assessment of penalty type methods for imposition of time-dependent boundary conditions in FEM formulations for elastodynamics”, Computational methods in earthquake engineering, Springer, pp. 357- 376, 2011.

2. E.A. Paraskevopoulos, C.G. Panagiotopoulos, D.G. Talaslidis,“Rational derivation of conserving time integration schemes: The moving-mass case”, Computational Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Springer, pp. 149-164, 2007.

Conference papers

  1. Natsiavas, S. and Paraskevopoulos, E., “An analytical study on the nonlinear dynamics during a single frictional contact of mechanical bodies”,IUTAM Symposium on Exploiting nonlinear dynamics for engineering systems – ENOLIDES 2018, NoviSad, Serbia
  2. N. Potosakis, E. Paraskevopoulos and S. Natsiavas, “An augmented lagrangian approach for multibody dynamics based on a three field weak formulation”,IUTAM Symposium on Exploiting nonlinear dynamics for engineering systems – ENOLIDES 2018, NoviSad, Serbia
  3. E. Paraskevopoulos, N. Potosakis,and S. Natsiavas, “Application of an augmented lagrangian methodology to dynamics of multibody systems with equality constraints”,9th GRACM 2018 International Congress on Computational Mechanics, Chania, Greece
  4. Natsiavas, S. and Paraskevopoulos, E., “A new set of equations of motion for constrained structures and a comparison of the effect of bilateral and unilateral constraints”, X International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2017, Rome, Italy
  5. Natsiavas, S. and Paraskevopoulos, E., “An augmented Lagrangian formulation for the equations of motion of multibody systems subject to equality constraints”, X International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2017, Rome, Italy
  6. Paraskevopoulos, E., Natsiavas, S., “Equations of motion for mechanical systems subject to acatastatic constraints”, VII European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS Congress, 5-10 June 2016, Crete Island, Greece.
  7. Natsiavas, S. and Paraskevopoulos, E., “A Geometric Derivation of the Equations of Motion for Mechanical Systems with Scleronomic Constraints”, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, 2-5 August 2015, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  8. Potosakis, N., Paraskevopoulos, E. and Natsiavas, S., “Numerical Integration of a New Set of Equations of Motion for Mechanical Systems with Scleronomic Constraints”, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, 2-5 August 2015, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  9. Natsiavas, S. and Paraskevopoulos, E., “Equations of Motion for Mechanical Systems Subject to Equality Motion Constraints”, 8th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, 12-15 July 2015, Volos, Greece.
  10. Potosakis, N., Paraskevopoulos, E. and Natsiavas, S., “A weak formulation for the numerical solution of the equations of motion of multibody systems subjected to scleronomic constraints”, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics, June 29 – July 2 2015, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
  11. Natsiavas, S. and Paraskevopoulos, E., “On a Consistent Application of Newton’s Law to Mechanical Systems with Motion Constraints”, 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XI), 2014, Barcelona, Spain.
  12. Natsiavas, S. and Paraskevopoulos, E., “On a consistent derivation of a set of ODEs of motion for multibody dynamics”, 3rd Joint International Conference on Multibody System Dynamics, June 30 – July 3, 2014, Busan, Korea.
  13. Gr. Penelis, G. Penelis, K. Paschalidis, V. Papanikolaou, E. Paraskevopoulos “T-H Dynamic and Nonlinear Static Analysis for the PV Canopy of the new Athens Opera House”, Second European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, 25-29 August, 2014, Istanbul, Turkey.
  14. Paraskevopoulos, E. and Natsiavas, S., “On a Consistent Application of Newton’s Law to Constrained Mechanical Systems”, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, 2-5 August 2013, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  15. Natsiavas, S., Paraskevopoulos, E. and Potosakis, N., “Α New Theoretical and Numerical Approach to Finite Rigid Body Rotations Based on Lie Group Theory”,ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, 2-5 August 2013, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  16. Natsiavas, S. and Paraskevopoulos, E., “Derivation and Investigation of Conditions on the Consistent Application of Newton’s Law to Constrained Mechanical Systems”, ECCOMAS Multibody Dynamics Conference,1-4 July 2013, Zagreb, Croatia.
  17. Paraskevopoulos, E. and Natsiavas, S., “A Νovel Study of Rigid Body Kinematics and Dynamics based on a Non-Riemannian Geometry”, ECCOMAS Multibody Dynamics Conference, 1-4 July 2013, Zagreb, Croatia.
  18. Paraskevopoulos, E. and Natsiavas, S., “Rigid Body Dynamics using a Novel Approach based on Lie Group Theory”, 4th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 12-14 July 2013, Kos Island, Greece.
  19. Christos  G.  Panagiotopoulos,  Elias  A.  Paraskevopoulos,  George  D.  Manolis,  “Critical Assessment of Penalty-type Methods for Imposition of Time-dependent Boundary Conditions in FEM Formulations for Elastodynamics”, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (CompDyn 2009), June 22-24, 2009, Rhodes, Greece, Paper No.220.
  20. Elias A. Paraskevopoulos, Chris G. Panagiotopoulos, Demosthenes G. Talaslidis, “Rational Derivation of Energy/Momentum Preserving Time Integration Algorithms. Application to Dynamic Response under Moving Vehicles”, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (CompDyn 2007), June 13-15, 2007, Rethymno,Crete, Greece.
  21. E.A. Paraskevopoulos, C.G. Panagiotopoulos, F.E. Karaoulanis, “Time dependent boundaryconditions using the finite element method”, First South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics (SEECCM-06), June 28-30, 2006, Kragujevac, Serbia and Montenegro.
  22. F.E. Karaoulanis, C.G. Panagiotopoulos, E.A. Paraskevopoulos, “Recent developments in Finite Element Programming”, First South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics (SEECCM-06), June 28-30, 2006, Kragujevac, Serbia and Montenegro.
  23. Paraskevopoulos, E. and Talaslidis, D. “Simple, locking-free triangular bending elements based on a modified Hu-Washizu principle”, 5th International Conference on Computation of Shell and Spatial Structures, June 1-4, 2005, Salzburg, Austria.
  24. Paraskevopoulos, E. and Talaslidis, D. “Locking reduction in 2D quadrilateral elements: Corotational Formulation, near incompressibility and J2 Plasticity”, 5th GRACM International  Congress  on  Computational  Mechanics,  29  June-1  July  2005,  Limassol, Cyprus.
  25. D.G. Talaslidis, G.D. Manolis, E.A. Paraskevopoulos and C.G. Panagiotopoulos, “Risk Analysis of Hazardous Industrial Structures due to Seismic Response”,13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (13th WCEE), August 1-6, 2004, Vancouver, Canada.
  26. Paraskevopoulos, E. and Talaslidis, D. “Reduction of excessive energy in four-noded membrane and bending quadrilateral finite elements”, European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Science and Engineering (ECCOMAS2004), 24-28 July 2004, Jyvaskyla, Finland.
  27. Paraskevopoulos, E. and Talaslidis, D. “Mass Matrix Lumping in Transient and Vibration Analysis of Flat Shells”, Computational Mechanics, WCCM VI in conjunction with APCOM’04, Sept. 5-10, 2004, Beijing, China
  28. Paraskevopoulos, E. and Talaslidis, D. “Locking reduction in low order 2d finite elements for elastodynamic problems ”, 7th National Congress on Mechanics, June 24-26, 2004, Chania, Greece
  29. Talaslidis, D.G. and Paraskevopoulos E.A., “A consistent corotational finite element formulation for shells” Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM V), July 7-12, 2002, Vienna, Austria
  30. I.N. Doudoumis, E.A. Paraskevopoulos, “Comparisons on the hysteretic behaviour of analytical macromodels for infill panels”, International Symposium on Concrete and Masonry Structures (ed. G.Penelis), 2000, Thessaloniki.
  31. George Gr.Penelis, Gregory G.Penelis, Konstantinos P. Paschalidis, Vasileios Papanikolaou and Elias Paraskevopoulos (2016), T-H Dynamic and Nonlinear Static Analysis for The PV Canopy of The New Athens Opera House, 17th Greek Concrete Conference, Thessaloniki, 2016
  32. Sotiria Stefanidou , George Gr.Penelis, Gregory G.Penelis, Elias Paraskevopoulos (2016), Restoration of the listed monumental building called (RED HOUSE) in Thessaloniki, 17th Greek Concrete Conference, Thessaloniki, 2016
  33. G.D. Manolis, C.G. Panagiotopoulos, E.A. Paraskevopoulos, F.E. Karaoulanis, G.N Vadaloukas,

A.G. Papachristidis, “Sensitivity analysis for retrofit of existing buildings to withstand earthquake-induced loads”, 3rd Greek Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Technical Seismology (3rd PCEEES), November 7-8, 2008., paper No. 1782 (in Greek)

  • A. Kappos, V. Lekidis, Th. Salonikios, K. Antoniadis, E. Paraskevopoulos, “Correlation of earthquake damage of R/C buildings to losses. Calibration  based on data from Athens (1999) and Thessaloniki (1978) earthquakes”, 15th Greek Concrete Conference, Alexandroupoli, 2016