NTUA Professors among the top 2% researchers in the world, November 2023

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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 analysed. According to this study 971 Greek scientists are contained in the global top 2%, among which 130 researchers from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). 21 Professors from the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA are among the top 2% researchers in the world (5 within the top-ten of NTUA), while 6 of them from the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, (5 within the top-eleven of the School of Civil Engineering). icon.url

 

NTUA – Telematics boosting mobility behaviour Workshop, Athens, November 2023

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The NTUA Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering is organising a Scientific Workshop titled “Telematics boosting mobility behaviour” which will be held at the NTUA Campus in Athens on November 22nd, 2023 at 14:30.

The rapid spread of innovative technologies in the field of telematics creates new opportunities to monitor, evaluate and improve driver behaviour through feedback tools, providing incentives to drivers for safer and greener behaviour, with spectacular results. During this workshop, the new interactive SafeRoadsMap tool for safe and green travelling in Greece will be released.

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Diploma theses exams, October 2023

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The examinations of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering for the examination period of October 2023  took place with great success from Wednesday November 1st to Friday November 3rd 2023, at Railways Amphitheatre and at teaching room 109.

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Prof. Eleni Vlahogianni receives the 2017-2020 ITSM Outstanding Research Paper High Commendation Award, Augoust 2023

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NTUA Professor Eleni Vlahogianni has received the 2017–2020 ITSM Outstanding Paper Award. The Award Judging Panel’s decision is based on the consideration of the following decision-making criteria: originality, citations, impact and importance. This decision has been announced in IEEE – Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, Vol. 15, Number 2, 2023, pp.272-274. 

Diploma theses exams, July 2023

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The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering for the examination period of July 2023 took place with great success on Monday July 17th and on Tuesday July 18th 2023, at Railways Amphitheatre.

The students which defended their theses are as follows:

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Professor Andreas Loizos keynote Lecture at the International Conference on Geophysics for GPR, July 2023

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The distinguished lecture of Professor Andreas Loizos at the International Conference on Geophysics for GPR “12th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar” held on 5-7 July 2023 in Lisbon with great success. The topic of the lecture “Advances and Challenges on GPR in Pavement Infrastructure” was about the latest developments in geophysics and radar in transportation infrastructure projects, with a special emphasis on the impact of AI.

 

Dr. Marko Sevrovic lecture in NTUA, June 23rd 2023

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Dr. Marko Ševrović  Associate Professor at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences of the University of Zagreb, gave a lecture which took place with great success on Friday, June 23rd 2023 at 13.30 at the Amphitheater of Railways and Transport of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA, entitled “Road Infrastructure Safety Assessments – the iRAP Methodology“.

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Dr. Klaus Bogenberger lecture in NTUA, June 9th 2023

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Prof. Dr. Klaus Bogenberger  , Chair of Traffic Engineering and Control at Technical University of Munich, gave a lecture which took place with great success on Friday, June 9th 2023 at the Amphitheater of Railways and Transport of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA, entitled “The MobilityCoin System”.

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Professor Emeritus John Golias appointed Minister at the new transitional Government of Greece, May 2023

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Professor Emeritus John Golias was appointed Minister of Infrastructure and Transport at the new transitional Government of Greece.

Professor Emeritus John Golias has been the Director of Traffic Engineering Laboratory of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, Dean of the School of Civil Engineering and Rector of National Technical University of Athens. He has been involved in all areas of transportation planning and engineering sector for more than 40 years through numerous research projects, engineering studies and committees in Greece and abroad and he is the author of a great number of published scientific papers, cited widely worldwide. He served also as Secretary General of the Ministry of Transport during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and Chairman of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers.

 

NTUA – Road Safety Research Challenges Workshop, Athens, May 2023

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NTUA within the framework of the Seventh UN Global Road Safety Week organised with great success a Scientific Workshop titled “Road Safety Research Challenges” which was held at the Railways and Transport Laboratory (and online) on May 19th, 2023 .

The objective of this Workshop was to highlight through an intensive flow of presentations the main findings and challenges of key road safety research projects carried out within the NTUA Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering.

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Telematics and Driver Behaviour Workshop, Athens, April 2023

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The NTUA Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering organised with great success a Scientific Workshop titled “Telematics and Driver Behaviour” which took place at the Amphitheater of Railways and Transport on April 4th, 2023. The Workshop was also available through Webex (https://centralntua.webex.com/wbxmjs/joinservice/sites/centralntua/meeting/download/764247dcf2d84520bdf1f583cef8bd96?siteurl=centralntua&MTID=mc22901c36e31c169cd8657a9e19d822c). Read more

Diploma Theses Exams, March 2023

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The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering for the examination period of March 2023 take place with great success on Monday March 20th 2023, at Railways Amphitheatre. Read more

NTUA – Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering ranked 4th in Europe, 2023

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The Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of Civil Engineering School at the National Technical University of Athens was ranked 4th in Europe this year and 26th worldwide among all Transportation Departments, with the best performance among all NTUA and Greek Universities Departments. This ranking is produced by EduRank‘s final score based on three parts: 45% Research performance, 45% Non-academic prominence and 10% Alumni score. Departments’ Director George Yannis stated that: “the persistence in scientific excellence of our highly qualified transportation engineers contributes to a future with efficient, green and safe transport systems in Greece, in Europe and globally”. icon.url

 

 

Online workshop “Data requirements for freight transport planning and operation”, February 2023

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The Laboratory of Railways and Transport of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA organized with great success on Wednesday 22-02-2023 between 16:30-19:30 an online workshop entitled: “Data requirements for freight transport planning and operation” in the framework of the research infrastructure “ENIRISST – Intelligent Research Infrastructure in Shipping, Supply Chain, and Transport”.

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New Book: Public Transport Optimization by Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis, January 2023

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The global publisher Springer published recently the Book Public Transport Optimization written by NTUA Assistant Professor Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis. Read more

New year event at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, January 2023

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The New Year Event of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering took place with great success on Monday, January 25th, 2023, at 14:30, at the Amphitheater of Railways and Transport with the participation of more than 65 members and students of the Department and the School of Civil Engineering. Read more

NTUA at the 102nd TRB Annual Meeting, Washington DC, January 2023

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The Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens contributed actively with several innovative scientific papers and presentations at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), which took place with great success in Washington DC from January 8th to January 12th 2023.

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Maria Saloniti student of the School of Civil Engineering awarded with “Apostolos Chr. Yotis” Award, December 2022

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Maria Saloniti student of the School of Civil Engineering NTUA, has been awarded with “Apostolos Chr. Yotis” Award, for the highest average of all courses of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering in relation to her fellow student with whom she equaled (9.33) in the mandatory courses “Roads Geometric Design” (5th semester), “Roads Construction” (6th semester) and at the mandatory of cycle course “Design of Road and Airfield Pavements” (7th semester), during the academic year 2021-2022.

 

Dr. Greg Erhardt lecture in NTUA, November 2022

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Dr. Greg Erhardt Associate Professor at University of Kentuky, gave a lecture  which took place with great success on Monday, November 28th 2022 at the Amphitheater of Railways and Transport of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA , entitled “Using Big Data to Measure the Effect of Ride-Hailing on Transit Ridership, Traffic Congestion and Traffic Safety”. The lecture was also available through Webex: https://centralntua.webex.com/meet/elenivl.

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Prof. George Yannis receives the EU TRAVisions 2022 Senior Researcher Award, November 2022

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NTUA Professor George Yannis has received the prestigious EU TRAVisions 2022 Senior Researcher Award during the European Commission Transport Research Arena Conference (TRA 2022), held on 14-17 November 2022 in Lisbon. Professor  George Yannis won the competition of EU Senior Researcher for Road Transport Research based on his exceptional and long-standing research contribution on Open Road Safety Decision Support Systems.