Entries by Maria Kouaki

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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”.

Training Course Simulating with Aimsun Next, September 2018

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In the framework of the international conference hEART2018 co-organized by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), AIMSUN offered a training course on the use of the Aimsun Next Traffic Simulation Program. The seminar took place on September 4th, 2018 (09:30 – 17:30), at the Railways […]

Kochi University of Technology (KUT) Assistant Professor Hiroaki Nishiuchi Lecture at NTUA, September 2018

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Dr. Hiroaki Nishiuchi, Assistant Professor at the School of Systems Engineering of Kochi University of Technology (KUT) in Japan gave a Lecture on September 4th, 2018, at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA titled: “The change of passengers’ travel pattern and the level of service in public transport network”.

Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, NTUA ranked 15th in Europe, 2018

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The Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) was ranked 15th in Europe and 65th place worldwide among all Transportation Science & Technology Schools  according to the ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2018. NTUA road safety activities have contributed to this excellent performance. Accordingly, the NTUA Civil Engineering School was ranked 7th worldwide (3rd European) among all Civil Engineering Schools .    

Bar Ilan University (BIU) Professor Tova Rosenbloom Lecture at NTUA, June 2018

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Prof. Tova Rosenbloom, Chair in Research Institute of Human Factors in Road Safety in the Management department at Bar Ilan University (BIU) in Israel gave a Lecture on June 22nd, 2018, at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering (Railways Amphitheater) of NTUA titled: “Individual differences of road users and their impact on their performance”.

University of California at Berkeley (UCB) Professor Alexander Skabardonis Lecture at NTUA, May 2018

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Alexander Skabardonis, NTUA alumni and Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) gave a Lecture on May 31st, 2018, at 15:00, at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering (Railways Amphitheater) of NTUA titled: “Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs): Challenges and Opportunities for Traffic Operations”.