Dr Spyridon Paschalis
Spyridon has industrial and academic experience. He specialises in the area of Structural Engineering and Construction Materials; he holds a PhD in the area of Strengthening of Structures Using Advanced Construction Materials, an MSc in Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Resistant Structures, an MEng in Structural Engineering and a PgCert in Teaching and Learning in Higher and Professional Education. Spyridon is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), which is the highest grade in the institution, as a recognition of his outstanding contributions to civil engineering. He is also recognised as a Chartered Civil Engineer, and he acts as a professional reviewer for the ICE. In addition, Spyridon is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Spyridon has seven years of experience in industry as a structural civil engineer. His duties included seismic design of structures, structural evaluation and strengthening of old structures and structures affected by earthquakes. Spyridon has also worked at the University of Bolton and the University of Brighton.
Spyridon’s research focuses on strengthening and retrofitting existing reinforced concrete and masonry structures, advanced materials, sustainable materials and earthquake engineering
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Qualifications
- PhD (University of Brighton)
- MEng (Democritus University of Thrace)
- MSc (Hellenic Open University)
- PgCert (University of Bolton)
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Memberships
Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng)Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE)Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
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Research and publications
Selected publications
Paschalis S, Lampropoulos A., Investigation of key parameters affecting the use of Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) as strengthening material, Structures Journal, 2024, Volume 62, April 2024, 106257, ISSN: 2352-0124
Rizzuto, J., Shaaban, I., Paschalis,S., Mustafa,T., Benterkia,Z., “Experimental and theoretical behaviour of large scale loaded steel mesh reinforced concrete Ground-Supported slabs”, Construction and Building Materials Journal, 327 (2022), ISSN 0950-0618
Paschalis S., Lampropoulos A., “Developments in the use of Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete as Strengthening Material”, Engineering Structures Journal, 233 ISSN 0141-0296
Lampropoulos A., Nicolaides D., Paschalis S., Tsioulou O., Size Effect On The Performance Of Ultra-High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) Layers, Materials Journal (2021), 14(19), 5714, ISSN: 1996-1944
Paschalis S., Lampropoulos A., Tsioulou O., “Experimental and numerical study of the performance of Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete–Reinforced Concrete for the flexural strengthening of full scale members”, Construction and Building materials journal, 186 (2018), pp.351-366, ISSN 0950-0618
Oti, A., Farrell, P., Berrais, A., McMahon, Paschalis, S , Boulbibane M., , Osman, Y., AL-Faraj, F., Duncan M., Learning opportunities and diversity of engineering students’ background in interdisciplinary group projects, Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning Journal 11(4), ISSN: 2042-3896
Paschalis S., Lampropoulos A., “Fiber content and curing time effect on the tensile characteristics of Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC)”, Structural Concrete Journal, 18 (2017), pp. 577-588, https://doi.org/10.1002/suco.201600075 , ISSN: 1751-7648
Paschalis S., Lampropoulos A., “Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete Under Cyclic Loading”, American Concrete Institute (ACI) Materials Journal, 113 (2016), pp.419-427, ISSN 1944-737
Tsioulou O., Lampropoulos A. and Paschalis S., “Combined Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) method for the evaluation of the mechanical characteristics of Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC)", Construction and Building Materials Journal, 131 (2016), pp 66-77, ISSN 0950-0618
Lampropoulos A., Paschalis S., Tsioulou O., Dritsos S., “Strengthening of reinforced concrete beams using Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC)”, Engineering Structures Journal, 106 (2015), pp. 370-384, ISSN 0141-0296
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Conferences
Paschalis S., Lampropoulos A., Rizzuto, J. , Towards Development of Sustainable Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC), SynerCrete’23-The International RILEM Conference on Synergising expertise towards sustainability and robustness of cement-based materials and concrete structures, Milos, Greece, 14-16 June 2023
Paschalis S., Lampropoulos A., “Investigation Of The Effectiveness of Steel Connectors At The Interface Between Ultra High-Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete and Concrete”, fib International Conference on Concrete Sustainability, 16-18 September 2021, Prague, Czech Republic
Lampropoulos A., Paschalis S., Tsioulou O, Dritsos S., “Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams: RC versus UHPFRC layers”, Iabse Congress, Resilient Technologies for Sustainable Infrastructure, 2-4 September 2020, Christchurch, New Zealand
Paschalis S., “Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete as Strengthening Material”, Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (SCMT5), 14-17 July 2019, London, UK, ISSN: 25153048
Paschalis S., Lampropoulos A., “Mechanical performance and cost correlation of Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC)”, 19th Congress of IABSE Stockholm 2016, 21-23 September 2016
Lampropoulos A., Paschalis S., Tsioulou O., Dritsos S., “Strengthening of unreinforced masonry structures using Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC)”, 19th Congress of IABSE Stockholm 2016, 21-23 September 2016
Lampropoulos A., Tsioulou O and Paschalis S., “Combined Non-Destructive Method for evaluating the mechanical performance of Ultra High Performance fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC)”, Fib symposium 2016, 21-23 November 2016, Cape town, Africa
Paschalis S., Lampropoulos A., “Size effect on the flexural performance of Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC)” In: HPFRCC-7 7th RILEM Workshop on High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites, Stuttgart, Germany, 1-3 June 2015
Lampropoulos A., Paschalis S., Dritsos S., “UHPFRC versus RC jackets for the seismic upgrade of columns In: Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges”, IABSE, International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG), 23-25 September 2015
Lampropoulos A., Paschalis S., Tsioulou O, Dritsos S., “Strengthening of existing reinforced concrete structures using Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Concrete Repair- Rehabilitation and Retrofitting IV, Leipzig, Germany, 5-7 October 2015
