• Date of Birth: 15th November, 1985 
• Place of Birth: Volos, Greece
• Nationality: Greek
• Address: Department of Mechanical Engineering,
       University of Thessaly,
       Pedion Areos, Volos 38334, Greece
• Phones: +30-6973585866, +30-2421074098
• Email: agpourna@uth.gr

• July 2008: Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (5-year professional degree), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Greece. “Theory of plates with Gradient Elasticity,” Grade 8.0/10, Advisor: Prof. A. Giannakopoulos.
• March 2011: Post-Graduate Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (equivalent to Μ.Sc.), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, Greece. “Structural capacity of HSS tubular members under axial compression and combined loading- Comparison with current provisions”, Advisor: Associate Prof. S.A. Karamanos.
• At Present: PhD Candidate on “Structural Integrity of Steel Hydrocarbon Pipelines with Local Wall Distortions,” Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, Greece. Advisor: Associate Prof. S.A. Karamanos.

• Research interests: Computational Mechanics, Structural Stability, Analysis and Design of Shells, Finite Element, Inelastic Behavior of Materials and Structures.

Participation in research projects:

• HITUBES- Design and Integrity Assessment of High Strength Tubular Structures for Extreme Loading Conditions. contract number: RFSR-CT-2007-00035, duration: September 2009 – March 2012
• ATTEL- Performance-Based Approaches for High Strength Tubular Columns and Connections under Earthquake and Fire Loadings. RFSR-CT-2007-00037, duration: September 2009 – March 2012
• ULCF- Ultra low cycle fatigue of steel under cyclic high-strain loading conditions. contract number: RFSR-CT-2011-00029, duration: June 2011 – December 2014

• George E. Varelis, Aglaia- Eugenia Pournara and Spyros A. Karamanos, “High-strength Steel Tubular Beam- Columns -Strength and Stability under Static and Cyclic Loading,” 6th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, Budapest, Hungary, September 2011.
• Aglaia-Eugenia Pournara and Spyros A. Karamanos, “Strength and Stability of High-Strength Steel Tubular Beam-Columns,” 7th National Conference of Steel Structures, Volos, Greece, September 2011
•  Aglaia-Eugenia Pournara and Spyros A. Karamanos, “Mechanical Behavior of Steel Pipes with Local Wall Distortions Under Cyclic Loading,” Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference, PVP2012, July 15-19, 2012, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
• Aglaia-Eugenia Pournara, Spyros A. Karamanos, Jan Ferino andAntonio Lucci , “Strength and stability of high-strength steel tubular beam-columns under compressive loading,” 14th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, September 2012, London.