Personal – Michalis Fragiadakis

Short Bio

Professor Michalis Fragiadakis is Professor of Structural Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Director of the Laboratory for Earthquake Engineering, and Head of the Structures Division. He holds degrees in Civil and Structural Engineering and an MSc in Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics from NTUA and Imperial College London, and received his PhD from NTUA. He has served as Assistant Lecturer at the University of Thessaly and as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pavia and the University of Cyprus.

His research focuses on earthquake engineering, nonlinear structural dynamics, performance-based seismic assessment, and fragility and reliability analysis of buildings, bridges, lifelines, pipelines, and critical infrastructure, as well as advanced computational and soft-computing methods for structural analysis and design. He has coordinated and contributed to numerous national and European research projects on seismic risk and resilience, and has authored many scientific publications in leading journals and international conferences.

Dr Fragiadakis is Vice President of the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organisation (OASP), a member of the Board of the Hellenic Society of Earthquake Engineering (HSTAM), and the Greek national delegate to the International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE).