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Lecturer in Civil Engineering, Aston University; [email protected]

Visiting Academic Fellow, University of Cambridge; [email protected]

'Haris' is the short version of my ID forename 'Charalampos'

PhD Supevision Statement: I am conducting research on Smart/Digital Infrastructure for Sustainable Civil Engineering Systems. This is an area that combines civil engineering with data science, systems engineering, ICT, electronics and photonics. I welcome phd applications from students with background or aspirations in any of these areas, with interest to develop further their digital abilities and benefit from cross-disciplinary research with AIPT at Aston University, CSIC at Cambridge University, UKCRIC, UC Berkeley, UK infrastructure owners, engineering firms and ICT companies.

2019 New Civil Engineer TechFest 'Rail Visionary Award'

Haris Alexakis is assistant professor (UK lecturer) in Civil Engineering at Aston University, UK and academic visitor at Cambridge University, UK. He is the head of the new research group 'NOESIS – Novel Opto-Electronic Systems for Infrastructure Sustainability' based in AiPT – Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, and the representative of Aston in the Executive Board of UKCRIC – 'UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities'.

His research currently focuses on smart and resilient infrastructure by combining multi-sensing information, structural analysis and statistical modelling. As research associate at the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction, he developed an autonomous structural health monitoring system with acoustic emission sensors, fibre optic strain and temperature sensors, and high-sensitivity accelerometers for detecting deterioration in ageing bridges. Before his appointment at Aston and Cambridge, he was adjunct assistant professor at the University of Central Florida, USA. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Civil and Structural Engineering, a master’s degree in Seismic Design of Structures and awarded a PhD in Limit Analysis and Earthquake Resistance of Masonry Structures from the University of Patras, Greece. He worked for a decade as consultant structural engineer, leading the restoration and seismic reinforcement of many historic structures.

Ageing Infrastructure

Smart Bridges

Structural Health Monitoring (fibre optics, acoustic emission sensors)

Structural Analysis of Masonry/Historic structures

Signal Processing and Data Analytics

Structural Dynamics

Lecturer in Civil Engineering, Aston University, UK (2020 - present)

Academic Visitor, University of Cambridge, UK (2020 - present)

Research Associate in Infrastructure Monitoring and Modelling, University of Cambridge, UK (2017-20)

Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida, USA (2017)

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Central Florida, USA and University of Patras, Greece (2014-16)

Postgraduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching in Higher Education (2022); Aston University, UK

Doctorate (2013); Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece. Thesis title: "Limit State Analysis and Earthquake Resistance of Masonry Arches." Advisor: Professor Nicos Makris

MSc in Seismic Design of Structures (2007); Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece. Dissertation title: "Seismic Isolation of Bridges." Advisor: Professor Michael N. Fardis

BSc & MEng in Civil Engineering (2005); Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece.

Main ongoing research projects:

Co-Investigator (coordination team) - "ECSTATIC - Engineering Combined Sensing and Telecommunications Architectures for Tectonic and Infrastructure Characterisation." RIA Horizon Europe. Budget: €5.5M. Coordinator: Aston University (AiPT). Consortium: 14 European partners

Principal Investigator - "Condition assessment of ageing bridges with ultrasonic patches and other complementary sensing technologies". Royal Society International Exchanges. Partners: Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Budget: £12k

Grant author and project leader - "Concrete bridges damage localisation and characterisation with Acoustic Emission Sensors." Partners: Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction and Highways England. Funded by Highways England. Budget: £220k

Leading researcher - "Data-centric Bridge Assessment - The Marsh Lane Bridge." PI: Prof. Matthew DeJong, University of California, Berkeley. Co-funded by The Alan Turing Institute and Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction. Budget: £122k

EC4MCI - Monitoring and Management of Civil Infrastructure

EC2SAN - Structural Analysis and Numerical Modelling

EC31OC - Final Year Project

EC31CP - Independent Civil Engineering Project

EC1SRS - Study and Research Skills (joint programme with Northeast Forestry University, China)