George C. Manos
George Manos got his Diploma in Civil Engineering at Aristotle University, Greece and his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, at the University of Durham, England. He has served as visiting research fellow / professor at Imperial College, University of London, University of Bristol (England), University of California Berkeley (USA), Institute of Industrial Science of the University of Tokyo (Japan). He specializes in earthquake engineering and structural dynamics, with emphasis on experimental methods as well as numerical simulations of structural problems, with field of application building structures, industrial facilities, bridges, structures of cultural heritage and earthquake retrofitting.
He has professional experience for over 30 years as a consultant engineer for projects related to the earthquake resistant design and the strengthening of structures damaged by earthquakes, and he was responsible for numerous applied research programs related to earthquake resistant structures. He is the author of over 100 technical papers and he served as a reviewer to national and international journals. He served as a member in national and international committees related to the formation of specific design guidelines for earthquake resistant structures. He served as special advisor to the Ministry of Public Works of Greece during the post-earthquake effort of damaging seismic events and he participated in world-wide post-earthquake reconnaissance teams during the past 30 years. He has been the Reporter on the topic “Architectural Heritage in Seismic Areas” International Congress “More than 2000 years in the history of Architecture”, Paris 2001, ICOMOS-UNESCO
He has served (2006-2009) as a member of the Central National Council of Cultural Heritage Structures of the Greek Ministry of Culture and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Greek Organization for Anti-seismic Planning and Protection participating in various Scientific Committees under the auspices of this Organization (1993-2010). He also served (2006-2010) as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering in Thessaloniki-Greece
He currently serves as a faculty member of the specialized postgraduate course “Earthquake Design of Engineering Structures”, Dept. Civil Engineering, Aristotle University as well as faculty member of the specialized postgraduate course “Protection, Maintenance and Preservation of Cultural Heritage Structures”, School of Technology, Aristotle University and is the Director of the Laboratory of Strength of Materials and Structures, of Aristotle University.
He has served as member of the Scientific Committees and Session chairman in numerous International or National conferences on the subject of earthquake engineering, liquid storage tanks, masonry structures and cultural heritage structures and he has also served as a reviewer of scientific journals that include: Masonry International, Numerical Modeling, Structural Studies Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture, ASCE (Structural Division), Int. Journal Earthquake Eng. And Structural Dynamics, Earthquake Spectra.