Lectures
Lectures which took place at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA and might be of interest for the undergraduate and graduate students.
NTUA at the 104th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington DC, January 2025
Transport Conferences
Announcements for key Transport Conferences and Workshops in Greece, in Europe and worldwide are presented below, which might be of interest for the undergraduate and graduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA.
Ms. Anastasia Pneumatikou, Head of Traffic Planning & Studies of Nea Odos, Central Greece Road lecture, December 2024
Ms. Anastasia Pneumatikou, Head of Traffic Planning and Studies of the Nea Odos company, Central Greece road, gave a lecture entitled: “Road Safety in practice: The case of PATHE (Transformation of Skarfeia)” which took place on Monday December 16th at the Amphitheater of Railways and Transport of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA.
Mr. Chrysostomos Rizomyliotis, Managing Partner of Denco Transport Ltd. lecture, November 2024
Mr. Chrysostomos Rizomyliotis, Managing Partner of Denco Transport Ltd, gave a lecture entitled: “Traffic Studies – Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans” which took place on Monday November 25th at the Amphitheater of Railways and Transport of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA. Read more
ECTRI General Assembly Meeting, NTUA, Athens, November 2024
The 2024 Autumn General Assembly of the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI) took place with great success in Athens, Greece on November 25 & 26, 2024, hosted by the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).
George Υannis – 30 Marathons in 30 months to actively promote the adoption of 30 km/h speed limit in cities
George Yannis, Professor and Director of the Department of Transportation Planning Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), has successfully completed on Sunday 10 November 2024 in Athens his campaign to run 30 Marathons in 30 months in order to promote the 30km/h speed limit in cities worldwide. He has finished all Marathons in under 4 hours. Read more
Prof. Peter Savolainen lecture in NTUA, November 11th 2024
Peter Savolainen, Research Foundation Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University, gave a lecture which took place on Monday, November 11th 2024 at the Amphitheater of Railways and Transport of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA, entitled “Relating Available Stopping Sight Distance to Crash Risks: Insights from NCHRP 15-75”.
Diploma theses Exams, October 2024
The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering for the examination period of July 2024 took place with great success on on Tuesday October 29th, Wednesday October 30th and Monday November 4th 2024, at Railways Amphitheatre. Read more
NTUA Professors among the top 2% researchers in the world, November 2024
In a recently published study conducted at Stanford University (USA), using a range of parameters for each scientist’s research contribution and influence, million scientists data from Scopus database were analysed. According to this study 1,019 Greek scientists are contained in the global top 2%, among which 159 researchers from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). 25 Professors from the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA are among the top 2% researchers in the world (4 within the top-ten of NTUA), while 7 of them from the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, (5 within the top-ten of the School of Civil Engineering) 
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Internship at Citizen Parking & Services for Artificial Intelligence, October 2024
Cityzen Parking & Services, is looking for an undergraduate or graduate engineer with a specialization or interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for an internship or part-time employment. The objective is to help integrate AI into its business processes and further improve its services. Read more
Eva Michelaraki defended her Phd thesis on improving driver safety tolerance zone, October 2024
This PhD thesis was carried out at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens under the supervision of Professor George Yannis. Read more
Eng. Roberto Ventura lecture in NTUA, October 2nd 2024
Eng. Roberto Ventura, Assistant Professor at the University of Brescia (Italy), gave a lecture which took place on Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 at the Amphitheater of Railways and Transport of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA, entitled “Traffic Hazard on Main Road Bridges: Real-Time Evaluation and Management of the Risk Related to Design Load Overcoming Events”.
In this lecture, we will explore the risk of bridges within road networks due to traffic load hazards, a key focus of Eng. Ventura’s research. Bridges can experience failures that undermine their serviceability or even lead to collapse. Since traffic load hazards are among the primary causes of bridge failures, evaluating the associated risk and implementing real-time risk management strategies are essential for ensuring the safety of road infrastructures. Read more
Traffic sings restoration at NTUA Zografou Campus, August 2024
During summer holidays, the restoration of the traffic signs of the central part of the road network of NTUA Zografou campus was completed.
A total of: 90 signs marking dangerous places, 125 regulatory signs and 3 convex mirrors were installed with galvanized metal poles. The traffic signs have been placed according to Road Design Guidelines Manual (OMOE-KSO, OMOE-K3) and the Highway code, based on a traffic study prepared and provided by the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering.
PhD Research Assistant positions in Civil Engineering at University of Kentucky, August 2024
The Department of Civil Engineering at University of Kentucky is seeking highly motivated PhD-level Research Assistants (RAs) for a major interdisciplinary project titled “Physical Modeling of Hillslope Response to Climate Forcings”.
Candidates should have a Master’s degree in civil engineering or an equivalent, with a degree concentration in landslide or other natural hazard engineering, or geotechnical engineering with an
emphasis on slope stability in unsaturated soils, or geological engineering/engineering geology with an emphasis on modeling physical systems under climate forcings, or geo-engineering with an emphasis on modeling and analytics of remotely sensed hillslope data.
The start date is Spring 2025. Interested applicants should email Dr. L. Sebastian Bryson (sebastian.bryson@uky.edu) and submit their CV, transcripts, and evidence of academic scholarship.
More informations for these 2 positions can be found at 
Diploma Theses Exams, July 2024
The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering for the examination period of of July 2024 took place with greate success on Wednesday July 17th, Thursday July 18th and Friday July 19th 2024, at Railways Amphitheatre.
The students which defended their theses are as follows:
Constantine Kyriazis Cityzen Parking & Services CEO lecture, April 2024
NTUA at the 10th Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference, Dublin, April 2024
2nd Hi-Drive Summer School on Automated Driving, ICCS/ NTUA, April 2024
The I-SENSE-Group and the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) of the National and Technical University of Athens organises the second Hi-Drive Summer School on ‘Navigating the Future with Advanced and Safe Automated Driving’ within the framework of the EU project Hi-Drive. This year’s Summer School will be held on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 September 2024 in Athens, at the conference center of the Amarilia Hotel in Vouliagmeni. Read more
Diploma Theses Exams, March 2024
The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering for the examination period of March 2024 took place with greate success on Thursday March 21st and Friday March 22nd 2024, at Railways Amphitheatre.
The students which defended their theses are as follows: