Chair of Concrete Structures and Infrastructures Engineering
Head of the Chair of Concrete Structures and Infrastructures Engineering:
Univ. Prof. Dr. Dipl. Dipl. Ing. Panagiotis Spyridis
Biography of Mr. Spyridis:
Prof. Dr Panagiotis Spyridis was appointed to the Chair of Concrete Structures and Infrastructures Engineering on 1 May 2023. From 2018 until his appointment, he was a junior professor of Fastenings Engineering at the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Dortmund. Professor Spyridis graduated in civil engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) in 2006. He then worked for four years as a research assistant at the Institute of Structural Engineering at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. Here, he completed his doctorate in 2011 on the subject of "Behaviour of anchor groups under shear load - influence of assembly tolerances". He completed his doctoral studies with honours. He also completed an individual Master's degree in "Project Coordination in Tunnelling" at the same institution. Professor Spyridis' research focuses on the load-bearing behaviour and structural safety of structures as well as reliability and sustainability in design models. He works with innovative materials and construction techniques as well as applications in complex infrastructure projects.
Selected publications of Mr. Spyridis:
- Sustainable tunnel design: concepts and examples of reducing greenhouse gas emissions through basic engineering assumptions. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology Spyridis, P., & Bergmeister, K. (2024)
- Hybrid assessment of fiber orientation influence on the load resistance of anchors in SFRC. Civil Engineering Design Mellios, N., Losse, J., & Spyridis, P. (2024)
- Extended concrete capacity design method for anchors close to non‐rectangular edges. Structural Concrete Mellios, N., Spyridis, P., & Bergmeister, K. (2023)
- Self-compacting high-strength textile-reinforced concrete using sea sand and sea water. Materials Kryzhanovskyi, V., Avramidou, A., Orlowsky, J., & Spyridis, P. (2023)
- Virtual mini-lab concept for concrete fastenings in structural engineering education. International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation Spyridis, P., Yousef, A., Terkowsky, C., & Boettcher, K. E. (2023)
- Experimental investigations of power-actuated fastenings in TRC. Developments in the Built Environment Langenbeck, A. D., Spyridis, P., Beßling, M., & Orlowsky, J. (2023)
- Data-based modelling of the punching shear capacity of concrete structures. Engineering Structures Mellios, N., Uz, O., & Spyridis, P. (2023)
- Applications of shape memory alloys in structural engineering with a focus on concrete construction–a comprehensive review. Construction and Building Materials Molod, M. A., Spyridis, P., & Barthold, F. J. (2022)
- Comparison of tunnel collapse frequencies and tunnel failure probabilities. ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering Spyridis, P., & Proske, D. (2021)
(Full list of publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ACffVQsAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate)
Projects of Mr. Spyridis are (Participation as structural engineer or consultant):
- Crossrail/Elisabeth Line - London
- High-Speed Rail - California
- Attiko Metro Line 3 - Athens
- Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Extension - Virginia
- Confederation Light Rail Line - Ottawa
- Bank Station Capacity Upgrade - London
- Metrolinie 3 und 6 - Santiago de Chile
- Tex-Rail Commuter Railway - Dallas
- Al Khor Expressway – Doha
- Suki Kinari 884 MW Wasserkraftwerk - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Ship Canal Water Quality Project - Seattle
- NEO Pafilia Türme – Limassol
- Baltic Hub Deep Sea Container Terminal 3 - Gdansk
Members of the team at the Chair of Concrete Structures and Infrastructures Engineering:
Daniela Beyer
Office Manager of the Chair of Concrete Structures and Infrastructures Engineering
M. Eng. Christian Meier
Research assistant
Biography of Mr. Meier:
Mr. Christian Meier has been working as a research assistant at the Chair of Concrete and Masonry Structures at the University of Rostock since April 2024. His tasks include both teaching and research, as well as administrative activities at the chair. He studied civil engineering at the University of Wismar and completed his studies in 2010 as a Master of Engineering with a specialization in structural engineering. Before joining the Chair of Concrete and Masonry Structures, Mr. Meier worked as a project engineer and project manager in the field of structural engineering and bridge construction.
Mr. Meier gained experience in the engineering offices Inros-Lackner and Böger & Jäckle. His work involved large projects in all stages of structural design from preliminary and detailed design to implementation design, structural analysis and validation of existing bridges. He gained experience in university teaching through teaching assignments at the University of Wismar.
Mr. Meier qualified as a structural inspection engineer in accordance with DIN 1076 and successfully completed a diploma degree in economics in addition to his work as engineer. Prior to his academic career, he completed his vocational training as a carpenter with distinction and worked for several years in furniture construction, interior design, restoration of Sacred buildings and redevelopment of administrative and residential buildings.
Experience as a civil engineer was gained in the following projects, for example:
- Replacement bridge in the course of Fackenburger Allee over Deutsche Bahn tracks, Hanseatic City of Lübeck
- New railroad overpass and trough structure in Rheine, Steinfurt district
- Replacement bridges to repair the A 20 embankment at Tribsees, Vorpommern-Rügen district
- Replacement construction of the 1st Peuter Bridge (HPA), Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- Replacement construction of the Stör bridge A 23 near Itzehoe, Steinburg district (here also dismantling of the old Stör bridge)
Structural analysis and verification of load-bearing capacity and serviceability in accordance with recalculation guidelines, e.g:
- Uttrichshausen viaduct, A 7 near Fulda (here also structural design for dismantling)
- Structure 487-2, A 1/Fünfhausener Landweg, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- Mühlenbach viaduct, structure 633, A 7/Maldfedstraße, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- Structure 7156, B 437/A 29 in Varel, district of Friesland (here also proof of the announcement behavior in accordance with instructions for the inspection of bridges with prestressing steel at risk of stress corrosion cracking)
- Chloride repair and extension of parking garage in Kaltenkirchen, Segeberg district
- Upgrading of facilities against the effects of explosions and loss of coolant at the nuclear power plant Brunsbüttel, Dithmarschen district and Krümmel, Herzogtum Lauenburg district
- Reconstruction and basic repair of the lock in Münsterdorf, Steinburg district
- Noise protection systems on lines and overpass structures of Deutsche Bahn (various), Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and Niedersachsen
- Main structural inspections in accordance with DIN 1076 e.g: Levensau high bridge over the Kiel Canal; Brunsbüttel lock on the Kiel Canal and Heiligenstedten bascule bridge over the River Stör
M. Sc. Alhussain Yousef
Research assistant
Biography of Mr. Yousef:
Alhussain Yousef completed his Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Construction Operations and Management at Tishreen University in Syria. In 2018, he began his Master's studies in Structural Engineering at the Technical University of Dortmund. He wrote his Master's thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Panagiotis Spyridis at the Professorship of Fastenings Engineering, focusing on the modeling of power-actuated fasteners in steel fiber reinforced concrete.
After completing his Master's degree, he worked as a research associate at the Professorship of Fastenings Engineering, where he deepened his research in the areas of post-installed bonded anchors in normal concrete, power-actuated fasteners in concrete and fiber-reinforced concrete, as well as their interactions with cracks in concrete and their modeling using nonlinear finite element software.