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Dr Panagiotis Mergos

Senior Lecturer

School of Science & Technology Department of Engineering

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Overview

Dr Panagiotis Mergos graduated in Civil Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 2001. He subsequently obtained an MSc in Seismic Design of Structures from the same Department in 2002 and an MSc in Earthquake Engineering from the University of Pavia, Italy in 2003. In the same year, he carried out research on seismic isolation of bridges at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.

In the following years, Panagiotis worked as a researcher at the Aristotle University on research programs relative to the assessment of seismic risk and then as a professional structural engineer on projects associated with the static and seismic design, assessment and retrofit of important buildings and bridges.

In 2011, he completed his PhD at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in the field of seismic assessment of reinforced concrete structures. In 2012, he became a post-doctoral researcher at the Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, where he conducted research on the development of loading protocols for cyclic testing of structures. In 2013, Panagiotis was appointed Lecturer in Structural Engineering at City University, London.

Qualifications

  • PhD Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2011
  • MSc Earthquake Engineering, University of Pavia, Italy, 2003
  • MSc Structural Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2002
  • Diploma Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2001

Employment

  • Lecturer in Structural Engineering, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2013 - present
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, 2012 - 2013
  • Lecturer, Technological Educational Institute of Chalkida, Greece, 2011 - 2012
  • Structural Engineer, Stand Engineering Consultants, 2008 - 2011
  • Researcher, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2004 - 2007

Memberships of professional organisations

  • Chartered Engineer, Technical Chamber of Greece, 2001 - present

Teaching

BEng, MEng Civil Engineering

CV2406 Structural Design
CV3403 Structural Engineering

MSc Civil Engineering Structures

EPM715 Bridge Engineering
EPM717 Advanced Structural Analysis and Stability of Structures

Research

Current Research

Structural Optimisation
Performance-based design of structures
Assessment and retrofit of existing structures

Research students

Dimitrios Zimos

Further information: Second supervisor

Publications

Featured publications

  1. Mergos, P.E. Optimum design of reinforced concrete frames according to EC8 and MC2010 with genetic algorithms. .doi:10.7712/100016.2051.8233

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Chapters (2)

Conference papers and proceedings (20)

  • Mergos, P.E. (2019). Sustainable seismic design of RC frames with structural optimisation techniques. ociety for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics (SECED) 2019 Conference 9-10 September, London, UK.
  • Mergos, P.E. and Sextos, A. (2018). Multi-objective optimum selection of ground motion records with genetic algorithms. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering- 16ECEE 18-21 June, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Zimos, D., Mergos, P. and Kappos, A. (2017). A MODEL FOR NON-LINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF SUB-STANDARD REINFORCED CONCRETE MEMBERS. 6th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 15-17 June.doi:10.7712/120117.5520.17845
  • Mergos, P.E. and Kappos, A.J. (2015). A Combined Damage Index for Seismic Assessment of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Structures. The Fifteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering 1-4 September.doi:10.4203/ccp.108.144
  • Zimos, D.K., Mergos, P.E. and Kappos, A.J. (2015). SHEAR HYSTERESIS MODEL FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE ELEMENTS INCLUDING THE POST-PEAK RANGE. 5th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 25-27 May.doi:10.7712/120115.3565.1184
  • Mergos, P. and Kappos, A.J. (2014). Estimating strain penetration fixed-end rotations of reinforced concrete beam and column members. 2nd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology 24-30 August, Istanbul.
  • Mergos, P. and ?, (2013). RCCOLA-DBD: A computer program for direct displacement based design of RC bridge piers for limiting material strains. Vienna congress on recent advances in earthquake engineering and structural dynamics (VEESD) 28-30 August, Vienna, Austria.
  • Mergos, P. and Beyer, K. (2013). Developing loading protocols for quasi-static cyclic tests in regions of low to moderate seismicity. Vienna congress on recent advances in earthquake engineering and structural dynamics (VEESD) 28-30 August, Vienna, Austria.
  • Mergos, P., Beyer, K. and ?, (2012). Modeling shear-flexure interaction in equivalent frame models of slender RC walls. 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE) 24-28 September, Lisboa, Portugal.
  • Loukatos, N., Tzanetos, N., Mergos, P. and Kritikos, E. (2011). Seismic Retrofit of a 144m Road Prestressed Concrete Bridge. International Conference on Bridges and Soil-Bridge Interaction (IBSBI) 13-15 October, Athens, Greece.
  • Mergos, P. and Kappos, A.J. (2011). Local Damage Index for Seismic Assessment of Gravity Load Designed RC Structures. 7th International Congress on Computational Mechanics (GRACM) 30 June-2 July, Athens, Greece.
  • Mergos, P. and Kappos, A.J. (2011). Seismic Damage Analysis of RC Structures with Substandard Detailing. 3rd International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN) 25-28 May, Corfu, Greece.
  • Mergos, P. and Kappos, A. (2011). Seismic damage analysis of reinforced concrete structures with substandard detailing. COMPDYN’11 25-28 May, Corfu, Greece.
  • Mergos, P. and Kappos, A.J. (2009). Modeling Gradual Spread of Inelastic Flexural, Shear and Bond-Slip Deformations and their Interaction in Plastic Hinge Regions of R/C Members. 2nd International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN) 22-24 June, Rhodes, Greece.
  • Mergos, P. and Kappos, A. (2009). Modelling gradual spread of inelastic flexural, shear and bond-slip deformations and their interaction in plastic hinge regions of R/C members. COMPDYN’09 22-24 June, Rhodes, Greece.
  • Kappos, A.J. and Mergos, P. (2007). An Advanced Member-Type Model for the Seismic Assessment of Existing R/C Members. 7th National Congress on Seismology & Seismic Engineering 26-28 September, Lisboa, Portugal.
  • Kappos, A.J., Mergos, P., Penelis, G. and Stylianides, T. (2006). Second Level Pre-earthquake Assessment of Aristotle University Buildings. 15th Hellenic Conference on Concrete 25-27 October, Alexandroupoli, Greece.
  • Mergos, P. and Kappos, A.J. (2006). Seismic Assessment of RC Structures Using a Distributed Shear and Flexural Flexibility Model with Shear – Flexure Interaction. 2nd International fib Congress 5-8 June, Naples, Italy.
  • Sextos, A., Kappos, A. and Mergos, P. (2004). Effect of Soil Structure Interaction and Spatial Variability of Ground Motion on Irregular Bridges: The case of the Krystallopigi bridge. 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE) 1-6 August, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Mergos, P., Sextos, A. and Kappos, A. (2003). Seismic Assessment of a Major Bridge Using Pushover Analysis. International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES) 24-29 July, Corfu, Greece.

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