Entries by Maria Kouaki

Diploma Theses Exams, July 2019

The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering took place with great success on July 12th 2019 at Railways Amphitheatre.

DTPE, LoTE and TTI Workshop, July 2019

On July 5th 2019 at the premises of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of the NTUA, a meeting was held between members, the Laboratory of Transportation Engineering of the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering of the NTUA and delegation from Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Greg […]

Eleven DTPE PhD students and Postdoctoral researchers awarded the NTUA Thomaidion Award, May 2019

Bradley Cliatt, Apostolos Ziakopoulos, Akis Theofilatos, Emmanouil Barmpounakis, Ioanna Pagoni, Dimosthenis Pavlou, Maria Pomoni, Dimitris Tselentis, Konstantinos Gkyrtis, Eleni Mantouka and Foteini Orfanou PhD students and Postdoctoral researchers of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA were awarded with the NTUA Thomaidion Award for outstanding publications in scientific journals or conferences proceedings for the year 2017.

Diploma Theses Exams, March 2019

The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering took place with great success on March 15th, 18th and 21st 2019 at Railways Amphitheater.

George Yannis was awarded the prestigious Francqui Chair in Belgium, March 2019

NTUA Professor George Yannis was recently awarded the prestigious Francqui Chair 2019, as proposed by Hasselt University.  The Francqui Chair is awarded every year by the Francqui Foundation to eminent academics which are promoting the development of higher education and scientific research in Belgium. The inaugural Lecture on 19 March 2019 focused on:  Road safety challenges in the digital era – Is […]

Eleni Papatzikou defended her PhD Thesis on Traffic Control with Risk Analysis Methods, February 2019

Eleni Papazatzikou has successfully defended her PhD dissertation titled: “Traffic Control under Dynamic Loading Conditions with Risk Analysis Methods”, on Monday February 4th 2018, at multimedia room 038 of the Network Management Center of NTUA. 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 […]

NTUA at the 98th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington DC, January 2019

The Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens contributed actively with several innovative scientific papers and presentations at the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), which took place in Washington DC on 13-17 January 2019 under the theme: Transportation for a Smart, Sustainable, and Equitable Future. […]

NTUA Road Safety Research ranked 2nd in Europe and 6th worldwide, 2019

Road Safety Research at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA is ranked 2nd in Europe and 6th worldwide according to a recent study published at the leading safety Scientific Journal Accident Analysis and Prevention. Moreover, NTUA Prof. George Yannis appears between the most productive scientific authors […]

V. Kyriakopoulos student of the School of Civil Engineering awarded with “Apostolos Chr. Yotis” Award, December 2018

Vasileios Kyriakopoulos student of the School of Civil Engineering NTUA, has been awarded with “Apostolos Chr. Yotis” Award, for the highest average grade at the mandatory courses Geometric Design of Roads (5th semester), Road Construction (6th semester) and at the mandatory of cycle course Design of Road and Airfield Pavements (7th semester), during the academic year 2017-2018. […]

1st Prize Award “Dimitrios Tsamboulas” to graduates/students of NTUA, December 2018

A team of NTUA graduates and students, consisting of Mr. Stathopoulos Spyros (graduate 2017), Mrs. Karakonstantinou Kalliopi (graduate 2018), Mr. Petroulakis Zacharias (student) and Mr. Vasilis Apostolopoulos (graduate 2018) that have drafted /are drafting their diploma thesis in the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, collaborated, claimed and received the 1st Prize in the Annual […]

Professor Andreas Loizos, distinguished Keynote Speaker at the 59th Annual Illinois Bituminous Paving Conference, December 2018

Professor Andreas Loizos has been the distinguished Keynote Speaker at the opening of the 59th Annual Illinois Bituminous Paving Conference with the lecture entitled: “Experiences in Performance Assessment of Engineering Low Energy Asphalt Mixes”. The 59th Annual Illinois Bituminous Paving Conference took place on December 11-12, 2018, in Champaign, Illinois, USA.

Presentation of the Department to the Civil Engineering School students, October 2018

On Friday 5th October 2018, Professor George Yannis, Director of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA, presented the transportation engineering courses cycle to the Civil Engineering undergraduate students of the 6th semester, within the framework of the information event for the courses’ cycles organized by the School of Civil Engineering.

Dimitris Tselentis defended his PhD Thesis on Benchmarking Driving Efficiency using Data Science Techniques, October 2018

Dimitris Tselentis has successfully defended his PhD dissertation titled: “Benchmarking Driving Efficiency using Data Science Techniques applied on Large-Scale Smartphone Data”, on October 3rd 2018. 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 Prof. G. Yannis.

Trinity College of Dublin Assistant Professor Bidisha Ghosh Lecture at NTUA, October 2018

Bidisha Ghosh Assistant Professor of the Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland gave a lecture on October 4th, 2018, at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering (Railways Amphitheater) of NTUA titled: “Cycling: Measurements, Impacts and Network Integration”.