PERSONAL INFORMATION Name : Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos email : anastasios.vassilopoulos@epfl.ch Tel: 41 21 6936393 Fax: 41 21 6936240 SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS 1995: Dipl. Mechanical Engineer, University of Patras, Greece 2001: Dr Mechanical Engineer, Doctoral thesis in fatigue of composite materials from the Dept. Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece CURRENT POSITION Senior Scientist (MER), Composite Construction Laboaratory (CCLab), EPFL PREVIOUS POSITIONS 2006-2012 Research and Teaching Associate, Composite Construction Laboaratory (CCLab), EPFL 2002-2006 Assisstant Professor, Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Patras, Greece 2001-2003 Post-doctoral Research associate, (Part-time) Dept. Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics of the University of Patras, Greece. EDUCATION 1990 - 1995 Graduate student, Dept. Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece October 1994-January 1995 Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, U.K. (In the frame of Erasmus project for the final year thesis, under the supervision of Prof. R. D. Adams) 1995 - 2000 Research assistant, Dept. Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras. LANGUAGES English, Greek, French COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES (Member of) Council of the European Society of Composite Materials (ESCM) Council of the European Society of Experimental Mechanics (EuraSEM) The European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) The European Energy Research Alliance (EERA, JP WIND) The Technical Chamber of Greece (TCG) The Hellenic Association of Mechanical & Electrical Engineers SCIENTIFIC-RESEARCH INTERESTS Experimental methods for the study of the behavior of composite materials under static and fatigue loading Development of analytical methods for the study of the behavior of FRP composite materials under variable amplitude complex stress states Development of fatigue life prediction methodologies for composite materials and structures Design of constructions with composite materials
EDUCATION1992 Dr. sc. techn. (PhD)Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH)1983 Dipl. Bauing. ETH (MS civil engineering)Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH)EMPLOYMENT2007-present, Full Professor of Structural Engineering (100%)Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL)Civil Engineering Institute1998-2007, Associate Professor of Structural Engineering (80/100%)Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL)Structural Engineering InstituteFoundation of CCLab in 20001996-1998, Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering (50%)Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH)Department of Architecture1992-2004, Senior Project Engineer and Joint OwnerEngineering offices in Zug and Zurich1990-1992, Research ScientistSwiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH)Structural Engineering Institute1986-1990, Project EngineerArchitecture and engineering office Calatrava, Zurich1983-1986, Teaching and Research AssistantSwiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH)Structural Engineering Institute