Dr. Sotiria Stefanidou

1. Family name : Stefanidou

2. First names : Sotiria

3. Date of birth : 31/07/1983

4. Nationality : GREEK

5. Civil status : Married

6. Education :

Institution :	University of Thessaloniki / Engineering School
Date :	2006
Degree obtained :	Degree in Civil Engineering

Institution :	University of Thessaloniki / Engineering School
Date :	2006 – 2007
Degree obtained :	MSc Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Design of Structures, AUTh

Institution :	University of Thessaloniki / Engineering School
Date :	2016
Degree obtained :	PhD , Dr. Civil Engineer

7. Language skills :

Language	Reading	Speaking	Writing
Greek	5	5	5
English	5	5	5
German	5	4	4
French	5	4	4

8. Membership of professional bodies :

Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece
Member of the Hellenic Section for Earthquake Engineering
Member of Greek Scientific Society of Concrete Research

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

Finite element software (SAP2000, ETABS, SOFISTIK, SciaEngineer, OpenSees, Ruaumoko 3D)
Computer Programming (Fortran, Python)
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
Researcher at the Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (ITSAK/EPPO)
Postdoctoral Researcher AUTh.
Visiting Lecturer at the Technological Institute of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia and University of Thessaly.
Invited Lecturer in the Postgraduate Course on Earthquake Engineering of the Civil Engineering Department AUTh

11. Key Qualifications :

Her key qualifications include the static and dynamic analysis of Reinforced Concrete structures, Bridges, Special Structures, Steel structures, Composite, Masonry, etc. She is experienced in seismic analysis (linear and nonlinear methods), design and retrofit of structures, and vulnerability estimation.

12. Honors and Scholarships

2007 The State Foundation of Scholarships – Distinction in MSc Course

2011 Awarded as a PhD Student by the Research Committee AUTh

2016 Distinction for PhD Dissertation (Grade Excellent with distinction)

13. Professional Experience Record :

2006-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:

2019	Mexico (Boehringer Ingelheim) : Warehouse Building Structural Aanalysis and assessment of the steel building. Penelis Consulting Engineers SA
2018	Ayia Napa Marine Project : Structural Verification of East Tower, Parasol & Event Center Buildings Penelis Consulting Engineers SA (for TERNA Overseas LTD)
2017-2018	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
2016	Stardome Building (Bahrain) Residential Penelis Consulting Engineers SA
2015	Kasta tomb (Amfipolis) Structural analysis and design of propping Ministry of Culture and Sports, Greece
2015	Restoration and strengthening of I.N. Theotokou church in Pieria, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Greece
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)
2013-2014	Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Structural models of Opera and Library Buildings, Structural analysis and design of Steel Structures Penelis Consulting Engineers SA (for JVIT Impregilo-Terna)
2012	Structural analysis and design of steel sign Sato SA
2011	Structural analysis and design of steel repository building D.Bakatselos and Sons
2010	Structural analysis and design of Doiran Steel factory in Nikolits (4000m²) SIDENOR SA

14. Research Experience :

2019-	Postdoctoral Researcher at Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (EPPO/ITSAK):“Software development for the seismic protection of existing structures”
2018-	Postdoctoral Researcher AUTh: “RAIL-EQ “Seismic Reliability of Railway Bridges under high-speed trains using a novel formulation for constrained dynamical systems”
2017	Postdoctoral research AUTH: “Optimization of bridge retrofit in a multihazard environment”
2014-2015	Researcher in European and Hellenic funded research project: “RETIS-RISK: An integrated system for the assessment and management of seismic risk in urban and interurban road networks”
2013-2014	Researcher in European and Hellenic funded research project: “NAT-SEI-ISO: Innovative Design of Bridge Piers on Liquefiable Soils with the use of “natural” seismic isolation”
2010	Researcher in Hellenic funded research project: “Mechanical behavior of composite slabs during construction and serviceability stage (PANELCO)”
2007	Research member in European funded research project: “Development and management of protected areas of Natura2000 network using innovative practices”

15. Others:

Publications – Conferences:

Journal papers

1.	Sotiria P. Stefanidou and Andreas J. Kappos “Bridge Specific Fragility Analysis: When is it really necessary?”, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2018
2	Sotiria P. Stefanidou, Anastasios G. Sextos, Anastasios N. Kotsoglou, Andreas J. Kappos and Nikolaos Lesgidis, “Soil-structure interaction effects in analysis of seismic fragility of bridges using an intensity-based ground motion selection procedure”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 151, 2017, 366-380.
3.	Sotiria P. Stefanidou and Andreas J. Kappos, “Methodology for the development of bridge-specific fragility curves”, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, Vol. 46, 2017, 73-93.
4.	Sotiria P. Stefanidou, “Software for bridge-specific fragility analysis”, MOJ Civil Engineering, Vol. 3, Issue 5, 2017.
5.	Kappos, A., Sextos, A., Stefanidou, S., Mylonakis, G., Pitsiava, M., & Sergiadis, G., “Seismic Risk of Inter-Urban Transportation Networks”, Procedia-Economics & Finance 18, 2014, 263 – 270.
6.	Vassilis K. Papanikolaou, Sotiria P. Stefanidou, Andreas J. Kappos, “The effect of Preloading on the Strength of Jacketed R/C Columns” Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 38, 2013, 54-63.
7.	Andreas J. Kappos, Eleftheria D. Goutzika, Sotiria P. Stefanidou, Anastasios G. Sextos «Problems in Pushover Analysis of Bridges Sensitive to Torsion», Computational Methods in Earthquake Engineering, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0053-6_5, Vol. 21, 2011, 99-122.
8.	Andreas J. Kappos, and Sotiria Stefanidou, “A deformation-based seismic design method for 3D R/C irregular buildings using inelastic dynamic analysis” Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Vol.8(4), 2010, 875-895.
9. [U.R.]	A.Karatzetzou, D.Pitilakis, S.Stefanidou, “Earthquake-induced displacements of soil foundation structure systems”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering (2019)

Book Chapters

1.	Andreas J. Kappos and Sotiria P. Stefanidou, “A Performance-Based Seismic Design Procedure for 3D R/C Buildings, Explicitly Accounting for Deformation Control”, Advances in Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering, DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8746-1_14, Vol. 13(14), 2010, 149-159.

Conference papers

1.	Stefanidou S.P., Kappos A.J., “Seismic Capacity and Limit State Definition in Fragility Analysis of Retrofitted Bridge Piers”, 16^th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 18-21 June 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece
2.	Stefanidou S.P., Markogiannaki, O, Karatzetzou, A. , “Fragility Curves for As-Built and Retrofitted Bridges Considering Various Retrofit and Ground Improvement Methods for the Soil-Foundation-Superstructure System”, 16^th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 18-21 June 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece
3.	Goutzika E.D., Stefanidou S.P., Papanikolaou V.K., “The Effect of Deck Prestress Actions on the Seismic Performance of R/C Bridges”, 16^th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 18-21 June 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece
4.	Penelis, Gr.G., Paraskevopoulos, E.A. Stefanidou S.P., Paschalidis, K. “Structural Verification of the new PPC Boiler house in Ptolemaida V”, 16^th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 18-21 June 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece
5.	Stefanidou S.P., Kappos A.J., “Seismic Capacity and Demand Assessment in Bridge-Specific Fragility Analysis”, 6^th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Compdyn 2017, Rhodes Island, 15-17 June.
6.	Kappos A.J., Stefanidou S.P. “Importance of bridge-specific fragility curves in the seismic assessment of road networks”, 16^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 9-13 January 2017, Santiago, Chile
7.	Stefanidou S.P., Kappos A.J., “Efficiency of Different Retrofit Measures in Reducing Seismic Fragility Analysis of Bridges”, 16^th European Bridge Conference, 23^rd-25^th June 2015, Edinburgh, U.K.
8.	Stefanidou S.P., Kappos A.J., “Methodology for the Development of Structure-Specific Fragility Curves for Bridges in a Roadway Network”, 5^th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Compdyn 2015, Crete Island, 25-27 May.
9.	Kappos, A., Sextos, A., Stefanidou, S., Mylonakis, G., Pitsiava, M., & Sergiadis, G., “Seismic Risk of Inter-Urban Transportation Networks”, 4^th International Conference on Building Resilience, 8^th-11^th September 2014, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, U.K.
10.	Stefanidou S.P., Kappos A.J., “Retrofitting of Bridges for seismic vulnerability reduction”, 15^th European Bridge Conference, 8^th-9^th July 2014, London, U.K.
11.	Stefanidou S.P., Kappos A.J., “Optimum Selection of Retrofit Measures for R/C Bridges Using Fragility Curves”, 4^th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Compdyn 2013, Kos Island, 12-14 June.
12.	V.K. Papanikolaou, S.P. Stefanidou, A.J. Kappos, “The Effect of Preloading on the Strength of Jacketed R/C Bridge Piers” 15^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 23-28 September 2012, Lisbon, Portugal
13.	Stefanidou S.P. “Seismic assessment of an overpass bridge with a torsional fundamental mode using non-linear pushover and time-history analyses”, 21^st European Regional Earthquake Engineering Seminar, Istanbul, Turkey, 15-18 June 2010.
14.	Andreas Kappos and Sotiria Stefanidou, “A performance-based seismic design procedure for 3D R/C buildings, explicitly accounting for deformation control”, Corfu, 4-7 July 2009, ACES Workshop: Advances in Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering.
15.	Andreas Kappos, Eleftheria Goutzika, Sotiria Stefanidou, “An improved performance-based seismic design method for 3d r/c buildings using inelastic dynamic analysis”, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Compdyn 2007, paper no.1375
16.	Sotiria Stefanidou, Andreas Kappos, “Methodology for the development of fragility curves and their use for the design of retrofit measure” (in Greek), 18^th Greek Concrete Conference, Athens, 2018
17.	Sotiria Stefanidou, “Selection of the optimum bridge retrofit measure using structure-specific fragility curves” (in Greek), ETAM Conference, 2017
18.	Sotiria Stefanidou , Andreas Kappos, (2016), “Seismic fragility of retrofitted bridgrs exploring the effect of different retrofit measures” 17th Greek Concrete Conference, Thessaloniki, 2016
19.	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
20.	Sotiria Stefanidou, “Retrofit Measures of R/C Bridges and seisnic fragility of retrofitted bridges”, 17th Greek Concrete Conference, Thessaloniki, 2016