The Functionally Optimized Structures Group was founded in 2013 at the Cyprus University of Technology by Dr Stelios Yiatros, Lecturer in Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics. Its objective is to follow research in the area of functionally optimized structures, focussing on the structural stability, integrity and design of thin walled, functionally graded and integrated structural components. In the future we also envision to provide specialized design, modelling and experimental services for the Construction, Marine and Energy Industries.
The Group is a partner of the CUT Sustainable Energy Lab and collaborates with other Research Groups from Imperial College London, TU Berlin and Cranfield University. |
Staff
Dr Stelios Yiatros [PhD DIC MEng ACGI]
Group Coordinator / Lecturer in Structural Engineering Stelios is a Lecturer in Structural Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology, since October 2011. Before the commencement of his current employment, he was a Lecturer in Structural Design in the School of Engineering of Brunel University in London. He graduated with a Master in Engineering in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Imperial College London in 2006. He then pursued a PhD in nonlinear structural mechanics with a scholarship from EPSRC and the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London, which he completed in 2010. His research interests include modelling instabilities in thin-walled, sandwich and laminated structures, sustainable construction and engineering sustainability through biomimetic design. He is a licensed civil engineer in Cyprus having worked for short spells in the construction industry of Cyprus and the UK, as well as a freelancer for the offshore/marine industry in Cyprus. Stelios is currently a Marie Curie Fellow at Cranfield University's Centre of Offshore Renewable Energy Engineering and a co-founder of Chrysalis LEAP, a Cyprus based accelerator working with Climate-KIC to bring ClimateLaunchpad entrepreneurship programme in Cyprus and Greece. More information about Stelios can be found at his personal website. |
Dr Orestes Marangos [PhD MS BS]
Part-time Research Associate / Special Scientist Dr. Orestes Marangos was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. He received his B.S (2002) and M.S (2004) degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Kansas, in Civil Engineering in 2010. He has worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Bioengineering Research Center at the University of Kansas as a part of a multi-disciplinary team researching the development of next generation dentin adhesives. He is currently a research associate at the department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology investigating buckling behaviour of sandwich structures. His interests are in the area of applied mechanics, wave propagation in complex materials, quantitative non-destructive evaluation and scanning acoustic microscopy of biomaterials and interfaces techniques. So far, he has published 15 peer-reviewed articles in journals and conference proceedings, more than 30 reviewed abstracts, and more than 10 conference presentations. |
Mr Christodoulos Georgiou [BSc Materials, Civil Engineering]
Part-time Research Assistant / PhD Candidate Christodoulos Georgiou is a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics at Cyprus University of Technology. He holds two Bachelor’s degrees in Materials Science from the University of Patras (2008) and in Civil Engineering from the Cyprus University of Technology (2013). He is a Member of the Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber (ETEK) and Graduate Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), UK. Also, he was member of the Theory Group of the Research Unit “Nanostructured Materials Systems” of the Cyprus University of Technology and from the 2013 and currently a member of the “Functionally Optimized Structures Group” of the Cyprus University of Technology. His research field of interest involves computational materials science – Condensed Matter Physics; Study of structural properties of crystalline, amorphous and nanostructured using Monte Carlo simulations. Also, his research interests include nonlinear structural stability such as mode interaction and buckling localization in sandwich structures using semi-analytical methods and numerical methods (Finite Element). His current research focuses on the study of the nonlinear response with cores of graded properties and how these gradations can affect the response of nonlinear interactive phenomena. |
Mr Marios Papayiannis [ MSc MEng ]
Contract/ Affiliate staff Marios Papayiannis is a Civil Engineer (member of the Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber) who works as a Construction Consultant, self-employed Stuctural Engineer and as a fellow/collaborator in a number of research programs. He has completed a Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering at the University of Nottingham in the UK and a Master in Science in Civil Engineering and Sustainable Design at the Cyprus University of Technology. As a construction consultant he has worked in a number of both residential and industrial projects. He has successfully performed consulting in over 10 completed projects, working with more than 20 architects and engineers. As a structural engineer he has designed buildings from both reinforced concrete and steel structures.He is currently working as an affiliate within FOS in the analysis of the mechanical properties of Advanced Pore Morphology hybrid metal foams, which he sees as developing within retrofitting for strengthening of old infrastructure. Other research interests include the protection of people and nature from the constant and rapid growth of infrastructure, education of workforce in technical subjects and in working conditions (Health and Safety issues) but also in protection of rights at work in collaboration with the Cyprus Public Works Department, Department of Labour Inspection and Frederick University. For more information please visit Marios' profile in LinkedIn. |