Karamanos, Spyros

Spyros A. Karamanos was born in Athens, Greece, in 1967. He received his five-year Diploma in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, in 1989 with highest honors (GPA=9.58/10.0). He received his M.Sc. degree in 1991 and Ph.D. degree in 1993, in Structural Engineering & Mechanics from The University of Texas at Austin, USA (Dept. of Civil Engineering).

From January 1994 until December 1995, he fulfilled his military service requirements in the Greek Navy, as a Petty Officer, at the Public Works Department of the Navy General Staff (23-month mandatory service). During 1996, he was a Visiting Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Laboratory of Steel & Timber Structures at Delft University of Technology (Faculty of Civil Engineering), The Netherlands. From October 1996 until May 1999, he was a Structural Engineer in the Bridge Design Department of EGNATIA ODOS A.E., Thessaloniki, Greece.

In May 1999 he joined the Faculty of the University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, where he currently is Professor of Structural Mechanics at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. He is teaching the undergraduate courses Mechanics of Materials II, Finite Elements, Structural Mechanics and the graduate course on Structural Design of Infrastructure for Production, Storage and Transmission of Energy Resources.

During 2016-2019 he was Professor and Chair of Structural Engineering at The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, in parallel appointment with his professorship in Thessaly, where he taught courses on “Finite Elements” and “Structural Mechanics”.

The research interests of Spyros Karamanos include Structural Mechanics, Numerical Methods and Finite Elements, Structural Analysis and Design of Energy Infrastructure, Structural Stability, Inelastic Behavior of Structures, Analysis and Design of Metal Structures against Fatigue, and Earthquake Engineering. The applications of his research refer to infrastructure components and systems for production, transmission and storage of energy and water resources. Spyros specializes in structural mechanics and integrity of energy infrastructure systems. His research interests focus on buckling and fatigue of pipelines and offshore structures, mainly tubular components and systems, using computational (finite element) methods, and experimental testing. His research has been funded primarily by European research projects, with the participation of European steel and pipeline industry. Part of his research is funded by industrial partners in Greece, Europe and the US. He has published more than 90 papers in refereed journals, more than 170 papers in conference proceedings, 2 books in Elsevier and Springer, and has 1 US patent.

He is the Editor-in-Chief of the ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology (2023 – present) and Associate Editor of the ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice (2009 – present). He has been Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology (2008 – 2015) and Chairman of the ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Seismic Engineering Committee. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece and a professional Civil Engineer in Greece, member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is a reviewer of numerous scientific journals and conferences.

For more details on his research and teaching activities and recent publications visit Spyros Karamanos’s personal web page.