Department of Transport

Panagiotis Papantoniou PhD Thesis awarded European Friedrich List Prize, 2016

17/05/2016/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

Panagiotis Papantoniou, PhD Research Associate at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering in the School of Civil Engineering NTUA, has been awarded with the “European Friedrich-List-Prize, 2016” in transport by the European Platform of Transport Sciences EPTS and the Young Forum of European Transport Sciences (YFE) for his PhD Dissertation titled: ‘Risk factors, driver behaviour and accident probability. The case of distracted driving‘.

Presentation of the Department to the Civil Engineering School students, May 2016

17/05/2016/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

On Tuesday 17 May 2016, Professor George Yannis, Head of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA presented the transportation engineering courses cycle to the Civil Engineering undergraduate students of the 6^th semester, within the framework of the information event for the courses’ cycles organized by the School of Civil Engineering.

NTUA applied research awarded at the 42nd Panhellenic Medical Conference, May 2016

11/05/2016/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

NTUA presentation titled: ‘Mobility tests as a predictor of driving behavior of patients with Parkinson’s disease‘ won the best applied research award of scientific presentation paper at the 42nd Panhellenic Medical Conference, which took place on 11-14 May in Athens.

Diploma Thesis Exams, March 2016

31/03/2016/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering took place with great success on March, 17^th, 2016.

“Transport Genius of the Future” Competition, February 2016

11/03/2016/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

The FiA Region I organizes a Europe-wide Contest with the theme “How would you revolutionise transport in the future?” for young people aged from 18 to 22 in order to promote innovative thinking for the improvement of traffic and transportation in cities across Europe (and the world). The participants can submit their concept via “Transport Genius” website by 6 March 2016.

Five DTPE PhD students awarded the NTUA Thomaidion Award, February 2016

16/02/2016/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

Athanasios Theofilatos, Panagiotis Papantoniou, Emmanouil Barmpounakis, Ioanna Pagoni and Dimosthenis Pavlou PhD students at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA were awarded with the NTUA Thomaidion Award for outstanding publications in scientific journals or conferences proceedings for the year 2014.

New Year Event at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, January 2016

27/01/2016/in Latest News /by cmarinos

The New Year Event of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering took place with great success on Wednesday, January 27th , 2016, at 15:00, at the Amphitheater of Railways and Transport with the participation of more than 80 members and students of the Department and the School of Civil Engineering.

The Director of the Department presented the activities of the past year.

Dimitris Tsamboulas Memorial, December 2015

17/12/2015/in Latest News /by George Yannis

More than 200 colleagues and friends attended the Dimitris Tsamboulas (1950-2014) Memorial organised by NTUA Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering (DTPE) on Thursday 17 December 2015 at the NTUA Civil Engineering School Auditorium. During the Memorial Event it was announced that one classroom at the NTUA DTPE was named Dimitris Tsamboulas and that an award Dimitris Tsamboulas will be granted every two years by NTUA DTPE and the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers for the best student Diploma Thesis (first award was granted last November).

Programme of the Dimitris Tsamboulas Memorial

University of Massachusetts Assistant Professor Eleni Christofa Lecture at NTUA, December 2015

14/12/2015/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

Dr. Eleni Christofa, NTUA Alumni and Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UMass Amherst gave a Lecture on December 14^th, 2015 at the Railways Amphitheater of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of NTUA titled: “Signal control strategies for improved person mobility and air quality in multimodal transportation systems”.

Akis Theofilatos defended his PhD thesis on accident probability and severity, November 2015

09/11/2015/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

Akis Theofilatos has successfully defended his PhD thesis titled: “An advanced multi-faceted statistical analysis of accident probability and severity exploiting high resolution traffic and weather data“. This PhD thesis was carried out at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens under the supervision of Prof. George Yannis.

NTUA Graduate student Ioanna Pagoni awarded the Dimitris Tsamboulas Young Research Award, November 2015

05/11/2015/in Latest News /by cmarinos

Ioanna Pagoni, a PhD Student of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the National technical University of Athens was awarded with the “Young Research Award in memory of Dimitris Tsamboulas” during the 7th International Congress on Transport Research – ICTR 2015 with the paper entitled “Game theoretic analysis of the supply and demand in Aviation Market”.

HIT/HITE – 7th International Congress on Transportation Research, Athens, November 2015

05/11/2015/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

The 7th International Congress on Transportation Research, organised by the Hellenic Institute of Transport and the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers took place in Athens, on 5-6 November 2015. The main topic of the Congress was: “From basic research to innovative application”.

NTUA Graduate student Paraskevi Katahanaki awarded the Matthew Karlaftis Young Research Award, November 2015

05/11/2015/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

Paraskevi Katahanaki, Graduate student of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens was awarded with the “Young Research Award in memory of Matthew Karlaftis” during the 7th International Congress on Transport Research in November 2015, for her paper titled: “Multivariate Statistical Methods for explaining Powered Two Wheelers’ Traffic in Urban Arterials”.

Diploma Thesis Exams, November 2015

03/11/2015/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering took place with great success on November, 3^rd and 4^th, 2015.

Fotis Mertzanis defended his PhD thesis on Stopping Sight Distance, October 2015

30/10/2015/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

Fotis Mertzanis has successfully defended his PhD thesis titled: “Contribution to the Investigation of Stopping Sight Distance in three-dimensional space”. This PhD thesis was carried out at the Department of Transportation, Planning and Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens under the supervision of Emeritius Professor C. Abacoumkin.

The Department research activities were presented at the Researcher Night, September 2015

25/09/2015/in Latest News /by George Yannis

The Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering was present at the pan-European initiative of “Researcher Night”, which took place with great success on 25-27 September 2015 at the central campus of the National Technical University of Athens. The main research activities and achievements of the Department in the field of innovative transportation systems were presented to the numerous visitors of the Researcher Night.

Panagiotis Papantoniou defended his PhD thesis on driver distraction, August 2015

31/08/2015/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

Panagiotis Papantoniou has successfully defended his PhD thesis titled: “Risk factors, driver behaviour and accident probability. The case of distracted driving”. This PhD thesis was carried out at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens under the supervision of Prof. George Yannis.

Professor John Golias appointed Minister at the new transitional Government of Greece, August 2015

28/08/2015/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

Professor John Golias was appointed Minister for Reconstruction of Production Environment and Energy at the new transitional Government of Greece. It is the first time that a Transportation Engineer as well as a Faculty Member of the NTUA Department of Transportation Planning is appointed Minister at the Greek Government.

Diploma Thesis Exams, July 2015

17/07/2015/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering took place with great success on July, 17^th, 2015. The students which defended their theses are as follows: Read more

Panagiotis Papantoniou awarded outstanding Conference Poster, London July 2015

06/07/2015/in Latest News /by Maria Kouaki

Panagiotis Papantoniou, NTUA PhD Candidate and Researcher at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering in the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens has been awarded with the outstanding conference poster award of the 1st International Conference on Transport & Health – Changing Perspectives, organised by the University College London and the Transportation Public Health Link, which took place in London, 6-8 July 2015.