The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering for the examination period of March 2026 took place with greate success on Friday March 13th and on Friday March 20th 2026, at Railways Amphitheatre and at teaching room 109. The students which defended their theses are as follows:
Dr Andreas Hula, scientist at Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), will give a lecture entitled “Safe Movements on Safe Infrastructure” which will take place on Friday February 6th 2026 at 15:00 at the Amphitheater of Railways and Transport of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA.
The International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) of the International Transport Forum (ITF/OECD), the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (HITE) are co-organizing the 8th IRTAD International Conference: Better Road Safety Data for Better Safety Performance which will be held in Athens, Greece, on 15-17 April 2026, with the support of FERSI and ECTRI. The objectives of the Conference are to discuss […]
Marios Sekadakis defended his PhD thesis titled “Safety Assessment and Behaviour Modelling of Take-Over Dynamics in Automated Driving: From Human Response to Network-Level Simulation” on Friday January 23th 2026 at 15:00 at the Railways Amphitheatre of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA, and online via a teleconference at the following link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/31922864453540?p=g8I9Li0ETBpsmuJcaa
Maria Oikonomou defended her PhD thesis titled “Multilevel crash risk assessment under autonomous vehicle integration: From partial to full autonomythrough urban traffic simulation” on Thursday January 22nd 2026 at 15:00 at the Railways Amphitheatre of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA, and online via a teleconference at the following link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/31922864453540?p=g8I9Li0ETBpsmuJcaa
The Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering actively contributed with several innovative scientific papers and presentations at the 105th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), which took place with great success in Washington DC from January 11th to January 15th 2026.
Emmanouil Kampitakis defended his Phd thesis titled “Decentralized Approaches to Perimeter Control in Urban Road Networks Using Artificial Intelligence Methods” on Tuesday December 16th 2025 at 9:30 at the Railways Amphitheatre of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA and online.
The International Road Federation (IRF) has honoured Professor George Yannis with the IRF Personality of the Year Award 2025, recognising his exceptional leadership, scientific contribution and global impact in advancing road safety and sustainable mobility. His academic influence is reflected in a remarkable publication record of over 1,000 scientific papers, widely cited around the world, and contribution in more than […]
On Wednesday, December 3, 2025, a technical visit was made to Athens International Airport (AIA) was conducted, in which 9th semester students of the Transportation Engineering Department of the School of Civil Engineering participated, as part of the educational activities of the Pavement Laboratory. The technical visit included an initial presentation at the offices of […]
As part of the educational activities of the transportation engineering cycle of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA, an educational visit was held to the Traffic Management Center of New Attiki Odos on Monday, December 1st, 2025. During the visit the students of the 7th semester had the opportunity to be informed about the basic traffic […]
The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering for the examination period of October 2025 took place with greate success on Tuesdeay November 11th and on Thursday November 13th 2025, at Railways Amphitheatre.
Charis Chalkiadakis defended his PhD thesis titled “Integrating the Concept of Generic Resilience in Urban Road Network Traffic Management” on Tuesday November 18th 2025 at the Railways Amphitheatre of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA and online. This PhD thesis was carried out at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering at the School of […]
As part of the educational activities of the transportation engineering cycle of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA, an educational visit was held to Traffic Magement Centrer of Attica Region on Monday, October 20th 2025. During the visit the students of the 9th semester had the opportunity to learn about the basic traffic issues affecting the […]
In a recently published study conducted at Stanford University (USA), using a range of parameters for each scientist’s research contribution and influence, million Scientists data from Scopus database were analyzed. According to this study 1,074 Greek scientists are contained in the global top 2%, among which 162 Scientists from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). 28 Scientists from the School of Civil […]
Saracakis Group of Companies in cooperation with NTUA and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport are organizing a Workshop on Safe Driving Behavior Courses, which will be held in Athens, on 12 November 2025. This Ιnitiative aims to educate the participants on safe driving, reduce serious traffic accidents and fatalities and save the lives of young people. National road safety experts […]
Stella Roussou, NTUA PhD Candidate & Researcher, received the Young Researcher Best Paper on Road Safety Award 2025 during the 12th International Congress on Transport Research 2025. The Award is granted jointly by the Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT/CERTH) and the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (HITE). The award concerned the paper titled: “Predicting Pedestrian Violations in Urban Intersections […]
The NTUA Road Safety Observatory won the Excellence in Road Safety Award of the the European Commission – People’s Choice – on 16 October 2025 in Brussels, in recognition for the great impact of the NRSO Campaign promoting 30km/h city-wide speed limits as the key policy for safer, healthier and greener cities. NTUA Prof. George Yannis mentioned that “Robust scientific evidence demonstrates that slower traffic can save […]
The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering for the examination period of June 2025 took place with greate success on Thursday July 17th 2025, at Railways Amphitheatre.
Simone Paradiso, NTUA PhD Candidate & Researcher, received the Best Poster Award during the Porsche Symposium for Scientific and Practical Progress in AI, which was held in Stuttgart, on 26 June 2025 as part of the GSERM St. Gallen Summer School 2025. The Symposium included keynote speeches, discussions and a poster session focusing on Generative AI with LLMs. The award […]
The Institute of Communications & Computer Systems (ICCS) together with International Road Federation (IRF) and several other Organizations, organized with great success the International Symposium Navigating the Future of Traffic Management in Athens, from June 29th to July 3rd 2025. This Conference focused on four thematic tracks: digitalization in traffic management, sustainable mobility strategies, integrated infrastructure systems, and road safety innovations. […]