Nikos D. Lagaros

Nikos Lagaros is the Dean of the School of Civil Engineering at NTUA and Professor of Structural Optimization at the School of Civil Engineering. Prior moving to NTUA, he was Assistant Professor at the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Thessaly, Greece. In the past he also served as Visiting Professor at Department of Biological Engineering, Laboratory for Computational Biology & Biophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Dr. Lagaros obtained his BEng and PhD, both in Civil Engineering, from NTUA and he teaches classes on Structural Analysis, Optimization and Computer Programming. Dr. Lagaros is an active member of the computational mechanics research community. Among others, his publication track record includes more than 150 peer reviewed journal paper, 10 books and 25 book chapters while he has presented his work in numerous international venues. His h-index is 45 according to Google Scholar, with more than 6500 citations on his work.

Publications

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Techniques for Civil Engineering
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Techniques for Civil Engineering
Vagelis Plevris, Afaq Ahmad, Nikos D. Lagaros. © 2023. 385 pages.
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has drawn significant attention with respect to its applications in several scientific fields, varying from big data handling to...
Design Optimization of Active and Passive Structural Control Systems
Design Optimization of Active and Passive Structural Control Systems
Nikos D. Lagaros, Vagelis Plevris, Chara Ch Mitropoulou. © 2013. 414 pages.
A typical engineering task during the development of any system is, among others, to improve its performance in terms of cost and response. Improvements can be achieved either by...
Metaheuristic Optimization in Seismic Structural Design and Inspection Scheduling of Buildings
Metaheuristic Optimization in Seismic Structural Design and Inspection Scheduling of Buildings
Chara Ch. Mitropoulou, Vagelis Plevris, Nikos D. Lagaros. © 2013. 21 pages.
Optimization is a field where extensive research has been conducted over the last decades. Many types of problems have been addressed, and many types of algorithms have been...
Structural Seismic Design Optimization and Earthquake Engineering: Formulations and Applications
Structural Seismic Design Optimization and Earthquake Engineering: Formulations and Applications
Vagelis Plevris, Chara Ch Mitropoulou, Nikos D. Lagaros. © 2012. 456 pages.
Throughout the past few years, there has been extensive research done on structural design in terms of optimization methods or problem formulation. But, much of this attention...
Metaheuristic Optimization in Seismic Structural Design and Inspection Scheduling of Buildings
Metaheuristic Optimization in Seismic Structural Design and Inspection Scheduling of Buildings
Chara Ch. Mitropoulou, Vagelis Plevris, Nikos D. Lagaros. © 2012. 22 pages.
Optimization is a field where extensive research has been conducted over the last decades. Many types of problems have been addressed, and many types of algorithms have been...
Intelligent Computational Paradigms in Earthquake Engineering
Intelligent Computational Paradigms in Earthquake Engineering
Nikos Lagaros, Yiannis Tsompanakis. © 2007. 444 pages.
The enormous advances in computational hardware and software resources over the last fifteen years resulted in the development of non-conventional data processing and simulation...
Improved Seismic Design Procedures and Evolutionary Tools
Improved Seismic Design Procedures and Evolutionary Tools
Michalis Fragiadakis, Nikos D. Lagaros, Yiannis Tsompanakis, Manolis Papadrakakis. © 2007. 21 pages.
Four alternative analytical procedures are recommended by the design codes for the structural analysis of buildings under earthquake loading. The objective of this chapter is to...
Soft Computing Techniques in Probabilistic Seismic Analysis of Structures
Soft Computing Techniques in Probabilistic Seismic Analysis of Structures
Nikos Lagaros, Yiannis Tsompanakis, Michalis Fragiadakis, Manolis Papadrakakis. © 2007. 22 pages.
Earthquake-resistant design of structures using probabilistic analysis is an emerging field in structural engineering. The objective of this chapter is to investigate the...