Spyros A. Karamanos, Ph.D.

Professor
Mechanical Engineering
University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

Contact Info:
Email: skara@mie.uth.gr
Phone: +30 24210 74086 
Web: https://karamanos.mie.uth.gr/

Education: 
Ph.D., Structural Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
M.S., Structural Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
B.S., Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

DEHub Related Research Expertise: 
Professor Spyros Karamanos specializes in structural mechanics and integrity of energy infrastructure systems, with emphasis on steel structural systems (platforms for offshore wind energy), steel pipelines for conveying hydrocarbons (oil, gas), hydrogen and water, and PVP components (liquid storage tanks, pressure vessels and piping). His research and professional interests focus on buckling and fatigue of pipes, vessels and offshore structures using computational (finite element) methods, and key experimental testing. His research has been funded primarily by European research projects, with the participation of European steel and by the steel pipeline industry. He is a professional engineer, registered in Greece. He has published more than 90 papers in refereed journals, and more than 150 papers in national and international conference proceedings. With DEHub, Prof. Karamanos will be exploring the use of digital twins in energy related applications that involve multimodal sensing coupled with real-time and advanced computational methods.

Professional Memberships: 
Honorary Visiting Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Editor-in-Chief, ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology
Member, ASCE Task Committee on Seismic Design of Buried Water & Wastewater Pipelines
Member, ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) 
Member, ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)