Prof. Dr. Georgios E. Stavroulakis is Professor at the Technical University of Crete, Director and founder of the Computational Mechanics and Optimization Laboratory, http://www.comeco.tuc.gr and Director of the Computer Aided Design Laboratory https://www.cadlab.tuc.gr/el/archi. He studied Civil Engineering and holds Diploma and Phd from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1985 and 1991 resp., and a Habilitation degree from the Technical University of Braunschweig, 2000. He is Privatdozent for Mechanics, at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany and Honorary Professor, at the Civil Engineering Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan He has served as a Dean of the School of Production Engineering and Management, 2011-2013, and Deputy-rector for Acacemic Affairs and Personel, Quality Assurance and Accretidation of the Technical University, 2013-2017.
Prof. Stavroulakis has participated in several European, and national (Greek and German) research projects. He is currently involved in the Erasmus+ Project DGTRANS “Transport of Dangerous Goods – Modernization of Curricula and Development of Trainings for Professionals in the Western Balkans HEIs” (https://dgtrans.pr.ac.rs/) and in the Erasmus+ Project SPHERE “Sustainable transportation within the framework of green deal” https://sphere.pr.ac.rs/, in the COST Action MODENERLANDS “Modular Energy Islands for Sustainability and Resilience” https://modenerlands.eu/, in the RISE Project ERA4CH “Earthquake Risk Platform For European Cities Cultural Heritage Protection” https://era4ch.eu/, in a national research project SAFE-AORTA “Clinical Decision Support System for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Disease Based on Artificial Intelligence Models” https://safe-aorta.gr/ as well as in two bilateral cooperation projects (IKYDA 2024 “Applications of Multi-Nech Helmholtz resonators as sound absorbers” with TU Braunschweig, Germany and Hubert Curien 2023 “Optimal design of nonlinear shunted piezoelectrics for broadband vibration suppression” with Le Cnam, Paris, France.Member of HSTAM Hellenic Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Board, www.hstam.ntua.gr, currently Vice-president and member of the GRACM Greek Association of Computational Mechanics Board, www.gracm.ntua.gr’
Fields of research are computational and contact mechanics, vibrations and acoustics, structural optimization and control, electromechanical smart structures, auxetics and metamaterials, parameter identification, data-based applications in mechanics. Author of more than 500 publications, including 18 books and textbooks, one patent and supervisor for 11 completed Doctoral theses and 4 in preparation.
