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PERSONAL INFO

Theodoros P. Gerostathis,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Naval Architecture,
Faculty of Technological Applications,
Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens.

Address: Ag. Spyridonos, 121 100 Aegaleo
Tel.: 210 – 538 – 5808
Tel. / Fax: 210 – 591 – 1442
email: tgero@teiath.gr

ACADEMIC DEGREES

  • 2004 Doctor of Engineering, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.
  • 1997 Diploma in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • 2007 – Today Department of Naval Architecture, Faculty of Technological Applications, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Assistant Professor.
  • 2006 - 2008 School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Adjunct Professor.
  • 2004 – 2007 Department of Naval Architecture, Faculty of Technological Applications, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Adjunct Professor.

COURSES

  • 2008 – Today Fluid Mechanics II (undergraduate), Department of Naval Architecture, Faculty of Technological Applications, Technological Educational Institute of Athens.
  • 2008 – Today Fluid Mechanics I (undergraduate), Department of Naval Architecture, Faculty of Technological Applications, Technological Educational Institute of Athens.
  • 2008 – 2010 Computer Applications to Ship Design I (undergraduate), Department of Naval Architecture, Faculty of Technological Applications, Technological Educational Institute of Athens.
  • 2006 – 2008 Fluid Mechanics (undergraduate), Department of Naval Architecture, Faculty of Technological Applications, Technological Educational Institute of Athens.
  • 2004 – 2008 Computer Applications to Ship Design (undergraduate), Department of Naval Architecture, Faculty of Technological Applications, Technological Educational Institute of Athens.
  • 2008 - 2009 Special subjects of applied mathematics and use of symbolic languages on mathematical and physical problems (postgraduate), Program of postgraduate studies: Marine and Sea Technology and Science, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.
  • 2006 – 2008 Ship dynamics & laboratory (undergraduate), (former title: Ship dynamics in waves and ship motion control) School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.
  • 2005 – 2006 Ship dynamics in waves and ship motion control (undergraduate), School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.
  • 2004 – 2006 Parallel and Network Computing (postgraduate), Program of postgraduate studies: Mathematical Modelling in Modern Technologies and Financial Engineering, School of Applied Mathematical & Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens.

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

  • 2009 – Reviewer in “10th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation”, (FAST 2009).
  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2013 - Reviewer in “International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering”, (ΟΜΑΕ).
  • 2007 - Session chair in the thematic area of “Marine Environment-Waves” of “International Congress of the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean”, (IMAM).

MEMBERSHIPS

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Wave phenomena in the sea environment, including surface gravity waves, acoustic waves in water column, propagation-scattering .
  • Free surface hydrodynamics and wave-current-body interaction.
  • Parallel and distributed scientific computing with applications on wave propagation problems in sea environment. Development of numerical models using computer clusters and computational grids.
  • Development of integrated software packages concerning the sea environment (geographical background, databases of environmental parameters, numerical models) for solving composite scientific and technical problems.
  • Multiresolution analysis and wavelets.
  • Computer aided ship design (CASD), computer aided geometric design (CAGD).

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Participated for many years in a number of projects, funded by European and Greek national resources (selected projects):
  • 2013 – Today, “Augmenting ship propulsion in rough sea by biomimetic-wing system” (BIO-PROPSHIP), National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Funding: General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) - National Strategic Reference Framework of Greece (NSRF). ARISTEIA Programme.
  • 2012 – Today, “Estimating the effects of Climate Change on SEa level and WAve climate of the Greek seas, coastal Vulnerability and Safety of coastal and marine structures (CCSEAWAVS)”. Aristotle University of Athens. Funding: National Strategic Reference Framework of Greece (NSRF). THALES Programme.
  • 2011 – Today, “An integrated system for monitoring ship’s emissions and operating parameters with application to optimal management of the ship energy demands during operation (e-greenship)”. Technological Educational Institute of Athens (TEI-A). Funding: Greek General Secretariat for Research and Technology.
  • 2012, “Marine Renewable Integrated Application Platform (MARINA Platform)”. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Funding: EU, FP7.
  • 2008–2012, “Exact geometry simulation for optimized design of vehicles and vessels (EXCITING)”. Hellenic register of shipping – National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Funding: EU, FP7.
  • 2005 – 2007 “Study of wave-current interaction problems in nonhomogenous sea environment and applications”, Operational Programme for Education and Initial Vocational Training, (in greek ΕΠΕΑΕΚ- ΙΙ), Pythagoras ΙΙ. NTUA. Funding: EU and national.
  • 2004-2006 “Development of models for predicting waves in sea and coastal environment and exploitation to the optimization of naval technology for marine pollution problems”, ARCHIMEDES I, ΕΠΕΑΕΚ. Dept. of Naval Architecture, Faculty of Technological Applications, Technological Educational Institute of Athens. Funding: EU and national.
  • 2005 “Elimination Units for Marine Oil Pollution (EU-MOP)”. NTUA. Funding: EU - FP6.
  • 2002 –2005 “Development and Application of Validated Geophysical Ocean Wave Products from ENVISAT ASAR and RA-2 Instruments (ENVIWAVE)”. NTUA. Funding: EU, Environment.
  • 2001 – 2003 “An Advanced Lightweight Architecture for Accessing Scientific Collections (ARION)”. NTUA. Funding: EU, IST.
  • 1997 – 2000 “A European-wide offshore/nearshore statistical toolbox and data base for timely wave climate assessment (EUROWAVES)” . NTUA. Funding: EU, MAST-III.
  • 1994-1997 “Systematic study of the hydroacoustic characteristics of the Aegean Sea (AMFITRITI)”. NTUA. Funding: national.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

A. JOURNAL PAPERS
  1. Gerostathis, T.P., Koras, G. and Kaklis, P. 1998, Numerical experimentation with the Roulier-Rando fairness metrics, Mathematical Engineering in Industry, Vol. 7, No.2, pp.195-209.
  2. Belibassakis, K.A., Athanassoulis, G.A., Gerostathis, Th., 2001, A coupled-mode system for the refraction-diffraction of linear waves over steep three dimensional topography, Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 23, pp. 319-336.
  3. Athanassoulis, G.A., Belibassakis, K.A., Gerostathis, Th., 2002, The POSEIDON nearshore wave model and its application to the prediction of the wave conditions in the nearshore/coastal region of the Greek Seas, Journal of Atmospheric & Ocean Science, Vol 8 (2-3), pp. 201-217.
  4. Gerostathis, Th., Politis, K., Belibassakis, K.A., Athanassoulis, G.Α., 2007, A Wavelet Galerkin technique for the wave-current-seabed interaction in variable bathymetry regions, Bulletin of the Greek Mathematical Society, Vo.54, 167-178.
  5. Gerostathis, T., Belibassakis, K.A., Athanassoulis, G.A., 2008, A coupled-mode model for the transformation of wave spectrum over steep 3d topography. A Parallel-Architecture Implementation, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, JOMAE, Vol.130.
  6. Belibassakis, K.A., Gerostathis, T.P., Athanassoulis, G.A., 2011, A coupled-mode model for water wave scattering by horizontal, non-homogeneous current in general bottom topography, Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 33(4), pp. 384-397.
  7. Belibassakis, K.A., Gerostathis, Th.P., Kostas, K.V., Politis, C.G., Kaklis, P.D., Ginnis, A.I., Feurer, C., 2013, A BEM-isogeometric method for the ship wave-resistance problem, Ocean Engineering, Vol.60, pp. 53-67.
B. PAPERS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (REVIEW BASED ON FULL PAPER)
  1. Athanassoulis, G.A., Belibassakis, K.A., Gerostathis, Th., 2000, A coupled-mode theory for the diffraction of water waves by localized scatterers over a parallel-contour bathymetry, WAVES 2000, Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Wave Propagation, organized by SIAM and INRIA, Spain, June 2000.
  2. Athanassoulis, G.A., Belibassakis, K.A., Gerostathis, Th., 2002, A coupled-mode model for acoustic scattering by a general seafloor topography, 10th Congress of International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean, ΙΜΑΜ 2002, Rethymnon-Crete.
  3. Barstow, S., Mørk, G., Lønseth L, Schjølberg, P., Machado, U., Athanassoulis, G., Belibassakis, K., Gerostathis, T., Stefanakos, Ch., Spaan, G., 2003, WORLDWAVES: Fusion of data from many sources in a user-friendly software package for timely calculation of wave statistics in global coastal waters, 13th Intern. Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2003, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
  4. Barstow, S., Mørk, G., Lønseth L, Schjølberg, P., Machado, U., Athanassoulis, G., Belibassakis, K., Gerostathis, T., Stefanakos, Ch., Spaan, G., 2003, WORLDWAVES: High quality coastal and offshore wave data within minutes for any global site, 22nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2003, Cancun, Mexico.
  5. Gerostathis,Th.P., Belibassakis, K.A. and Athanassoulis, G.A. 2005, A coupled-mode, phase-resolving model for the transformation of wave spectrum over steep 3D topography. A parallel architecture implementation, 24th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2005, Halkidiki, Greece 12-17 June.
  6. Belibassakis,K.A., Hatzikonstadis, G.K., Theotokatos, Ch.N., Stefanakos, Ch.N., Sarantopoulos, S., Gerostathis, Th., Georgiou, Y.G., 2005 New challenges in the education of Naval Architects in TEI of Athens, WSEAS International Conference on Engineering Education, Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece, July 8-10.
  7. Athanassoulis, G.A., Belibassakis, K.A., Gerostathis, T., 2006, Wave data along ship routes in the Mediterranean Sea, 9th Int Conf. on Stability od Ships and Ocean Vehicles, STAB2006, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  8. Belibassakis K.A., Th.P. Gerostathis and Athanassoulis G.A., 2007, A coupled-mode technique for the prediction of wave-induced set-up and mean flow in variable bathymetry domains 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2007, San Diego, USA.
  9. Belibassakis, K.A., Gerostathis, T., Athanassoulis, G.A., 2007, A phase-resolving, coupled-mode model for wave-current-seabed interaction over steep 3D bottom topography. Parallel architecture implementation, 17th Intern. Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2007, Lisbon.
  10. Belibassakis, K.A., Gerostathis, T., Athanassoulis, G.A., 2007, Calculation of wave-induced set-up in variable bathymetry regions and groundwater flow in permeable beaches by a coupled-mode method, 8th HSTAM International Congress on Mechanics, Patras, Greece.
  11. Belibassakis, K.A., Gerostathis, T., Athanassoulis, G.A., 2007, Wave-current systems in variable bathymetry regions, 12th International Congress of the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean IMAM2007, Varna Boulgaria.
  12. Belibassakis, K.A., Gerostathis, T., Athanassoulis, G.A., 2008, A weakly nonlinear couple-mode model for wave-current-seabed interaction over general bottom topography, 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2008, Estoril, Portugal.
  13. Belibassakis, K., Gerostathis, Th, Politis, C., Kaklis, P., Ginnis, A., Mourkogianis, D., 2009, A novel BEM-isogeometric method with application to the wavemaking resistance problem of bodies at constant speed. 13th Congress of Int. Maritime Assoc. of the Mediterranean, IMAM2009.
  14. Belibassakis, K., Gerostathis, Th, & Athanassoulis G.A., 2010, A coupled-mode model for the transformation of wave systems over inhomogeneous sea/coastal environment 29th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2010, Shanghai.
  15. Belibassakis, K., Gerostathis, Th., Kostas, K., Politis, C. Kaklis, P., Ginnis A. and Feurer, C., 2011, A BEM-isogeometric method with application to the wavemaking resistance problem of ships at constant speed, 30th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2011, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  16. Belibassakis, K.A., Athanassoulis, G.A., Gerostathis, Th.P. 2013, Hydroelastic analysis of Very Large Floating bodies over variable bathymetry regions, 10th HSTAM International Congress on Mechanics, Chania, Crete, Greece.
  17. Belibassakis, K.A., Politis, G.K., Gerostathis, Th.P., 2013, Calculation of ship hydrodynamic propulsion in rough seas by non-linear BEM with application to reduction of energy losses in waves, 32th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2013, Nantes, France.
  18. Belibassakis, K.A., Athanassoulis, G.A., Gerostathis, Th.P., Katsardi V., 2013, Transformation of wave conditions in nearshore and coastal areas by a 3D coupled-mode wave model Intern. Maritime Association Mediterranean Conference, IMAM 2013, La Coruna, Spain.
C. PAPERS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (REVIEW BASED ON ABSTRACT)
  1. Athanassoulis, G.A., Belibassakis, K.A., Gerostathis, Th., 2000, A coupled-mode theory for the scattering of acoustic waves from localized 3D scatterers superimposed over a parallel contour bathymetry, 5th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, Lyon 2000.
  2. Stefanakos, Ch.N., Gerostathis, Th.P., Athanassoulis, G.A., Houstis, C., Vavalis, E., 2002, Building ontologies of environmental applications for a digital library of scientific collections”, 16th International Symposium Environmental Informatics, EnviroInfo 2002, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, September 25-27.
  3. Steve Barstow, Gunnar Mørk, Lasse Lønseth, Peter Schjølberg, Gerassimos Athanassoulis, Kostas Belibassakis, Theodore Gerostathis and Gerard Spaan, 2003, WORLDWAVES: High quality coastal and offshore wave data within minutes for any global site, Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries, COPEDEC VΙ 2003, Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 2003.
  4. Steve Barstow, Gunnar Mørk, Lasse Lønseth, Peter Schjølberg, Ulla B. Machado, Gerassimos Athanassoulis, Kostas Belibassakis, Theodore Gerostathis and Gerard Spaan, 2003, WORLDWAVES: High quality coastal and offshore wave data within minutes for any global site, Coasts and Ports 2003, Auckland, New Zealand.
  5. Johnsen H., Kallos G., Krogstad H., Athanassoulis G., Barstow S., Heiberg H., Carretero J.C., Chapron B., Queffeulou P., Morales G., Emmanouil G., Galanis G., Gerostathis T.P., Belibassakis K.A., Stefanakos C.N., Croize-Fillon D, 2005, Development and Application of Validated Geophysical Ocean Wave Products from ENVISAT ASAR and RA-2 Instruments, poster presentation, 4th EuroGOOS Conference – Brest – France – June 6-9, 2005.
  6. Athanassoulis, G.A., Belibassakis, K.A., Gerostathis, Th., 2006, Long-term wind and wave data for Port & Harbour Engineering: Exploiting existing offshore data and numerical models to get a timely, site-specific nearshore analysis, 4th Hellenic Conference on Port Engineering, Athens, November 2006 (in Greek).
  7. Belibassakis, K.A., Gerostathis, T., Athanassoulis, G.A., 2008, Wave – current – seabed interaction over general bottom topography, Coastal Technology (Coast 2008), International Workshop, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, May 29-30, 2008.
  8. Ginnis, A.I., Kostas, K.V., Feurer, C., Belibassakis, K.A., Gerostathis, Th.P., Politis, C.G., Kaklis, P.D., 2011, “A CATIA® Ship-Parametric Model for Isogeometric Hull Optimization with Respect to Wave Resistance” in ICCAS 2011 Trieste 20-22 September proceedings.
  9. Politis, C.G., Belibassakis, K.A., Kostas, K.V., Gerosthathis, Th.P., Kaklis, P.D., Ginnis, A.I. and Feurer, C., 2012, “A BEM-Isogeometric method with application to the wavemaking resistance problem of surface piercing and fully submerged bodies”, in IGAA 2012, Isogeometric Analysis and Applications, March 12-16 2012, Linz, Austria.
  10. Kostas, K.V., Ginnis, A.I., Kaklis, P.D., Politis, C.G., Belibassakis, K.A., Gerosthathis, Th.P. and Feurer, C., 2012, “Isogeometric ship hull optimiza-tion with respect to wave resistance” in IGAA 2012, Isogeometric Analy-sis and Applications, March 12-16 2012, Linz, Austria.
  11. Athanassoulis, G. A., Belibassakis, K. A. and Gerostathis, Th.P., 2012, Offshore to nearshore wave spectrum transformation, taking into account wave – current – seabed interaction, World Congress on Advances in Civil, Environmental, and Materials Research 2012 (ACEM’ 12), Seoul, Korea, August 26-30, 2012.
  12. Ginnis, A.-A.I, Duvigneau, R., Politis, C., Kostas, K., Belibassakis, K., Gerostathis, T., Kaklis, P.D., 2013, A multi-objective optimization environment for ship-hull design based on a BEM-isogeometric solver, V International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2013), Hamburg, Germany.
D. MONOGRAPHS / BOOKS
D1. ACADEMIC WORKS
  1. Gerostathis, Th.P., Non-linear variational techniques for faring tensor product Bezier and B–spline surfaces, Diploma Thesis, Dept. of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 1997.
  2. Gerostathis, Th.P., Wave propagation in the nearshore/coastal environment using models appropriate for parallel processing, Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 2004.
D2. BOOKS
  1. Athanassoulis, G.A., Stefanakos, Ch.N., Gerostathis, Th.P., Gaillard, P., Ravazzola P., Kontolios, Ch., Arrivet, L., Cavaleri, L., Bertotti, L., Sclavo,M., Ramieri, E., Dentone, L., Noel, C., Viala, C., Lefevre, J.-M. “Wind and wave Atlas of the Mediterranean Sea”, Athens (iv+34+386pp.), April 2004.
E. VARIOUS
Author or co-author of reports of research projects.