Dr. Christos G. Papakonstantinou
Christos G. Papakonstantinou, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Rutgers University, 2003
- M.S. in Civil Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2000
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, Aristotelean University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1995
Contact Information:
- E-Mail: cpapakonstan@umassd.edu
- Phone: 508.999.8478
- Fax: 508.999.8964
- Office: Modular 1, Room 2
Biography:
Dr. Christos G. Papakonstantinou is Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
He received a B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, a M.Sc. from the University of South Carolina and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Rutgers University. His area of expertise is Engineering Materials and Structural Engineering.
Dr. Papakonstantinou worked in seismic structural design of reinforced concrete , rehabilitation and remodeling of existing buildings. He supervised construction of several new reinforced concrete buildings, as well as rehabilitation of old structures.
He is the author of several research papers published in national and international engineering journals in the area of Structural and Materials Engineering.
Dr. Papakonstantinou is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Concrete Institute (ACI), Society for Advanced Materials and Processing Engineering (SAMPE) and Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE).
Areas Of Interest:
- Advanced Composite Materials
- Concrete Coatings
- Geopolymer Systems
- Reinforced Concrete Technology
- Retrofit of Concrete Structural Elements
- Structural Engineering
Selected Publications:
Publications; Manuscripts
Christos G. Papakonstantinou, Michael F. Petrou, and Kent A. Harries, "Fatigue Behavior of RC Beams Strengthened with GFRP Sheets". ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Volume 5, Issue 4, November 2001, pp. 246-253
Christos G. Papakonstantinou, Perumalsamy N. Balaguru and Richard E. Lyon. "Comparative Study of High Temperature Composites". Composites Part B: Engineering, Volume 32, Issue 8, December 2001, pp. 637-649
Christos G. Papakonstantinou, Perumalsamy N. Balaguru and Michael F. Petrou. “Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened with Composites Subjected to Fatigue Loading”. American Concrete Institurte (ACI) Special Publication SP 206-3 “Concrete: Material Science to Application”, Detroit, April 2002, pp. 41-60
C. G. Papakonstantinou, and Perumalsamy N. Balaguru. “Fatigue Behavior of Polysialate Structural Composites”, ASCE Journal of Materials, April 2007, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp.321-328
C. G. Papakonstantinou and M. Tobolski. “Use of Waste Tire Steel Beads in Portland Cement Concrete Cement and Concrete Research”, Cement and Concrete Research, Volume 36, Issue 9, September 2006, pp. 1686-1691.
Christos G. Papakonstantinou, James Giancaspro, and Perumalsamy N. Balaguru. “Fire Response and Mechanical Behavior of Polysialate Syntactic Foams”, Composites Part A: Science and Manufacturing (Accepted - Available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2007.08.029)
James Giancaspro, Christos G. Papakonstantinou, and Perumalsamy N. Balaguru "Flexural Behavior of Inorganic Hybrid Composites with E-Glass and Carbon Fibers", Journal of Composite Materials (under review)
James Giancaspro, Christos G. Papakonstantinou, and Perumalsamy N. Balaguru "Fire Resistance of Inorganic Sawdust Biocomposite", Journal of Composite Science and Technology (under review)
James Giancaspro, Christos G. Papakonstantinou, and Perumalsamy N. Balaguru “Mechanical behavior of Fire-Resistant Biocomposite”, Composites Part B: Engineering (under review)
Christos G. Papakonstantinou, and Perumalsamy N. Balaguru. “Bond properties of confined corroded reinforcing steel”, ACI Materials Journal, (under review)
Christos G. Papakonstantinou and Konstantinos Katakalos. "MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF HIGH TEMPERATURE HYBRID CARBON FIBER/TITANIUM LAMINATES", ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology" (under review)
Christos G. Papakonstantinou and Konstantinos Katakalos. "Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams strengthened with a hybrid retrofit system", Structural Engineering and Mechanics (under review)
Publications; Book Chapters
Christos G. Papakonstantinou and Perumalsamy N. Balaguru, “Use of Geopolymer matrix for high temperature resistant hybrid laminates and sandwich panels.” Geopolymers, Green Chemistry and Sustainable Development Solutions, Geopolymer Institute, Editor: J. Davidovits, pp. 201-207, 2006.
Christos G. Papakonstantinou and Perumalsamy N. Balaguru. "Bond Characteristics and Structural Behavior of Inorganic Polymer FRP". Measuring, Monitoring and Modeling Concrete Properties, Editor: M.S. Konsta-Gdoutos, Springer Publishing, July 2006
Invited Papers/Presentations
C.G.Papakonstantinou and P.N. Balaguru, “Use of geopolymer matrix for high temperature resistant hybrid laminates and sandwich panels.” International Workshop on Geopolymers and Geopolymer Concrete GCC 2005, Perth, Australia, September 2005 (Sponsored by NSF).
C.G. Papakonstantinou, “Protective Coatings with Nano-Constituent Materials”, 2nd International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Construction, Bilbao, Spain, November 2005 (Sponsored by NSF).
Publications; Conference Proceedings
M.F. Petrou, J. Aidoo, K.A. Harries, and C.G. Papakonstantinou, "Fatigue Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams/Slabs Strengthened with GFRP/CFRP Sheets", Proceedings of the Fifth NSF National Workshop on Bridge Research in Progress, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oct. 8-10, 2001, pp 51-54.
J.A. Giancaspro, C.G. Papakonstantinou, P.N. Balaguru, R.E. Lyon. “Inorganic Matrix for Fireproof Composites and Sandwich Plates”, Proceedings of the Third Triennial Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference, Federal Aviation Administration, October 2001, Atlantic City, NJ
Christos G. Papakonstantinou, Perumalsamy N. Balaguru and Richard E. Lyon. “Hybrid Composite Panels with Fireproof Lightweight Core and Carbon Fiber Skin”. International SAMPE Symposium (Proceedings), v 47 II, 2002, p 1011-1021
K.W. Lee, C.G. Papakonstantinou and P.N. Balaguru. “High Strength Composites for Strengthening and Protective Coatings”, 9th International Conference of Composites Engineering, July 1-6, 2002, San Diego, California
C.G. Papakonstantinou and P.N. Balaguru, “High Temperature Lightweight Polysialate Syntactic Foams”, 10th International Conference on Composites /Nano Engineering, July 20-26, 2003, New Orleans, LA, pp.545-546.
C.G. Papakonstantinou and P.N. Balaguru, “Effect of Microsphere Size on the Properties of a Geopolymer Syntactic Foam”. New Horizons for Materials and Processing Technologies, Proceedings of the 2005 International SAMPE Symposium, v 50, 2005.
C.G. Papakonstantinou and L. Tsang, “An early investigation of High modulus Carbon Fiber/Titanium Laminates”, New Horizons for Materials and Processing Technologies, Proceedings of the 2005 International SAMPE Symposium, v 50, 2005.
C.G. Papakonstantinou and P.N. Balaguru, “Fire Testing of Geopolymer based Syntactic Foams”. Creating New Opportunities for the World Economy, Proceedings of the 2006 International SAMPE Symposium, v 51, 2006.
E. Aboelela, W. Edberg, C. Papakonstantinou, and V. Vokkarane: “Wireless Sensor Network Based Model for Secure Railway Operations”, International Workshop on eSafety and Convergence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks (eSCo-Wi ‘06) in conjunction with 25th IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC 2006), Phoenix, Arizona, pp. 623-628, April 10-12, 2006
C.G. Papakonstantinou and P.N. Balaguru, “Geopolymer Protective Coatings for Concrete ”. Proceedings of the 2007 International SAMPE Symposium, Baltimore, MD, v 52, 2007.
Conference Presentations
Christos G. Papakonstantinou, Ronald J. Garon and Perumalsamy N. Balaguru. “Inorganic Carbon Composite for Strengthening Plain Concrete Beams”, ACI Conference, April 21-24, 2002, Detroit, MI.
Christos G. Papakonstantinou, Perumalsamy N. Balaguru and Michael F. Petrou. "Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened with Composites Subjected to Fatigue Loading". ACI Conference, April 21-24, 2002, Detroit, MI.
Christos G. Papakonstantinou, Perumalsamy N. Balaguru and Richard E. Lyon. “Hybrid Composite Panels with Fireproof Lightweight Core and Carbon Fiber Skin”. SAMPE International Symposium, May 2002, Long Beach, CA.
C.G. Papakonstantinou and P.N. Balaguru, “High Temperature Lightweight Polysialate Syntactic Foams”, 10th International Conference on Composites /Nano Engineering, July 2003, New Orleans, LA
C.G. Papakonstantinou and P.N. Balaguru, “Effect of Microsphere Size on the Properties of a Geopolymer Syntactic Foam”. 2005 International SAMPE Symposium, May 2005, Long Beach, CA.
C.G. Papakonstantinou and L. Tsang, “An early investigation of High modulus Carbon Fiber/Titanium Laminates”. 2005 International SAMPE Symposium, May 2005, Long Beach, CA.
C.G.Papakonstantinou, “Use of geopolymer matrix for high temperature resistant hybrid laminates and sandwich panels.” International Workshop on Geopolymers and Geopolymer Concrete GCC 2005, Perth, Australia, September 2005.
C.G. Papakonstantinou, “Protective Coatings with Nano-Constituent Materials”, 2nd International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Construction, Bilbao, Spain, November 20
For More Information:
- Advanced Composite Materials
- Rehabilitation of Existing Structures
- Reinforced Concrete Analysis/Design
- Use of Recycled Materials in Concrete
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