{"id":1089,"date":"2022-11-28T17:23:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T15:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/?page_id=1089"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:02:17","slug":"research-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/research-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The research activity of the Department of Civil Engineering of the School of Engineering at the International Hellenic University (IHU) covers the individual knowledge areas of the Civil Engineering discipline, as described in the Department&#8217;s Internal Regulations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basic scientific background.<\/li>\n<li>Building works and Infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Geotechnical Engineering and Environmental Shaping works.<\/li>\n<li>Hydraulic, Port and Environmental works.<\/li>\n<li>Transportation works and Technical Project Management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Further analysis of more specialised knowledge areas is provided in the Department&#8217;s Study Guide.<\/p>\n<h2>Research Strategy \u2013 Priority Research Axes<\/h2>\n<p>The Department&#8217;s current research strategy places emphasis on the priority research axes listed below. The research strategy and the priority axes are updated at regular intervals by the Department Assembly, taking into account the research interests, activities and projects of the academic staff, as well as research priorities set at national and international level.<\/p>\n<h3>Research Axis 1: Seismic behaviour and risk of the built environment<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Study of the seismic behaviour of structural works and infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>Assessment of seismic risk for structural works and infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>Instrumentation of structural works and monitoring of their response<\/li>\n<li>Seismic risk management through the application of new technologies (rapid post-earthquake damage assessment, development of interactive applications, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Dynamic response and soil-structure interaction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/axis1\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Research Axis 2: Assessment, upgrading and adaptive reuse of buildings and urban spaces, with a focus on sustainability and sustainable development<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Recording, surveying and evaluation of buildings, building systems and urban spaces using advanced tools and cutting-edge technologies<\/li>\n<li>Focus on architectural, structural, functional, energy and environmental issues<\/li>\n<li>Management, upgrading and adaptive reuse proposals aimed at improving quality, protection and living standards in the built environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/axis2\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Research Axis 3: Marine and Hydraulic Engineering \u2013 Hydrodynamic Interaction of Structures and Infrastructure<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Computational and experimental modelling of hydrodynamic interaction of structures<\/li>\n<li>Analysis and design of offshore wind turbines (floating and fixed-bottom)<\/li>\n<li>Development of technological maturity and hydrodynamic analysis of wave energy converter arrays<\/li>\n<li>Analysis and design of offshore wind farm infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>Monitoring and analysis of field measurements: (a) dynamic response, integrity and performance of marine structures, and (b) environmental quantitative and qualitative indicators of the marine environment<\/li>\n<li>Quantification and management of the resilience of coastal and offshore infrastructure and the marine environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/axis3\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Research Axis 4: Transportation works with emphasis on safety and sustainability<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Road transport with emphasis on road safety and sustainability<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable urban mobility<\/li>\n<li>Railway safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/axis4\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The research activity of the Department of Civil Engineering of the School of Engineering at the International Hellenic University (IHU) covers the individual knowledge areas of the Civil Engineering discipline, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1089","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1089"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2759,"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1089\/revisions\/2759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}