Avraam Konstantinidis (Ph.D.)
Affiliation: Laboratory of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
University/ Institution: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Department: Civil Engineering
Designation: Assoc Professor
Email: akonsta@civil.auth.gr
Country: Greece
Avraam A. Konstantinidis received his Diploma in Electrical Engineering in 1996 and his PhD in 2000, respectively, from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). He joined the General Department of AUTh as a Lecturer (5/2003-11/2010) and later became an Assistant Professor in the same Department (11/2010-9/2013). He moved to the Department of Civil Engineering (9/2013-12/2017) and he is currently an Assistant Professor (12/2017-present) and also acts as the Director of the Laboratory of Engineering Mechanics of AUTh (http://etem.civil.auth.gr/en/).
He was Advisor in 1 finished PhD Thesis (A. Kampouris, 2022) and 2 ongoing ones (V. Dimosthenes, A. Stouri), as well as Member of the 3-member Admission Committee in a number of completed PhD Theses at AUTh. He was also Αdvisor in 4 MSc Theses in the Interdepartmental Graduate Program Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies /NN, as well as a number of (completed) Undergraduate Theses at the Civil Engineering Department. He acts as a Reviewer in various scientific journals and National and International Funding Organizations. He received a total of ~1MEuros from the Region of Central Macedonia for purchasing scientific equipment, as well as a small national scientific grant (40 kEuros).
His research interests involve non-local modeling of material behavior at various scales (macro-, micro- and nano-scale), hybrid gradient-stochastic cellular automata simulations, as well as experiments for material characterization at the micro- and nano-scale (nanoindentation, microtension, confocal microscopy, sputter coating, 3D printing, etc.). He has published >65 journal as well as >15 proceedings articles.