Road Safety Research at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA is ranked 2nd in Europe and 6th worldwide according to a recent study published at the leading safety Scientific Journal Accident Analysis and Prevention. Moreover, NTUA Prof. George Yannis appears between the most productive scientific authors worldwide in the field of road safety. This ranking is based on a systematic analysis of all road safety studies published on Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) between 2000 and 2018.

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The Basketball team of students of the School of Civil Engineering took the first place in the Basketball Championship of the National Technical University of Athens. A total of 18 teams from the NTUA’s Schools participated in the championship. The games were held in the closed gym of the Zographou campus. The event began in March 2018 and the final four was held in December of the same year. The winning was composed by the following students (in alphabetical order):

• Thodoris Agoris
• Giorgos Vitsos
• Kostas Vlachakis
• Akis Golemis
• Panayiotis Dimitriadis
• Romanos Ioannides
• Vassilis Kallimoyiannis
• Alexandros Siamopoulos
• Kostas Fakopoulides

The School congratulates the winners and wishes them success in all areas.

On September 15th-23rd, 2018, the Dean of the School of Civil Engineering, Mr. N. D. Lagaros and the Director of MSc in "Analysis and Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures" Mr. V. Koumousis visited, upon invitation, the University of Fuzhou located in the homonymous city in China as well as the Graduate School of the University of Tsinghua, located in Shenzhen, China. The purpose of the visit was to explore forms of collaboration on educational and research level with the two Chinese Universities. It should be noted that Tsinghua University ranks among the 10 best Universities of the world in Engineering Sciences in most international rankings (Shanghai, QS, USNews).

The delegation of the School of Civil Engineering visited laboratories of different departments in Fuzhou and Tsinghua Universities and met with the faculty members of these laboratories examining the possibility of collaboration. Official meetings were held with the Secretary and Chairman of the University Council, Mr. CHEN Yongzheng (Fuzhou University) and Associate Dean, Prof. YANG Rui Dong (Tsinghua University). Delegations of both Universities had visited the NTUA during June 2018. It was agreed with Mr. CHEN Yongzheng (Fuzhou University) to develop bilateral contacts aiming to:

• The establishment of International Joint Labs with subjects related to "Harbor Works" and "Protection of Monuments and Cultural Heritage".

• Co-operation at research level through submission of joint research proposals in the framework of bilateral and European programs calls. Exploration of creating joint postgraduate education programs.

• Exploration of creating joint postgraduate education programs. With Prof. YANG Rui Dong (Tsinghua University) was discussed the possibility of signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the institutional level and agreed to develop bilateral contacts aimed at:

• Τhe collaboration on Sanitary Engineering issues (with Professor GUAN Yuntao, Directorate of Environment) and Energy (with Professor JIANG Yuelu, Directorate of Marine Sciences).

• Co-operation at the research level through submission of joint research proposals in the framework of bilateral and European programs calls.

• The exchange of students and faculty members

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For second time, NTUA is ranked seventh in the world in the Civil Engineering field according to Shanghai Ranking 2018. In Europe it is ranked 3rd, after the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and the Polytechnic University of Madrid.

Its ranking is also excellent in other major fields of the School of Civil Engineering:

• Transportation Science and Technology: No 51-75
• Water Resources: No 101-150

Also, the NTUA appears in other subjects, some of which are also (secondary) fields of the School of Civil Engineering, and most importantly:

• Marine/Ocean Engineering: No 32

which is major field of the School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. The list given in the link below contains detailed information for all universities of Greece.

In addition, in the subject of Civil Engineering, two other engineering schools of the country appear in the ranking:

• Patras: No 101-150
• Thessaloniki: No 151-200

25 July 2018

D. Koutsoyiannis, Dean

The image from the QS website for NTUΑ shows:

• the relative drop in the ranking of the National Technical University (from rank 400-410 in 2018 to rank 446 in 2019),
• the significant contribution in the good ranking of the recognition of NTUA's research (Citations per Faculty),
• the very low ranking of the NTUA as regards the ratio Faculty to Students and the even lower ranking in terms of International Students,
• the decisive contribution of the School of Civil Engineering to the overall classification of the NTUA (the rank #42 referred to above as QS WUR by Subject Ranking corresponds to the subject of Civil Engineering).

7 June 2018

D. Koutsoyiannis, Dean

In 2001, with the thesis of the then postgraduate student of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA Evgenia Arapaki (see link below), an initiative begun to construct the small dam Damte in South-Western Ethiopia as a pilot project to deal with the intense drought problems in Ethiopia. The project was accomplished (in 2006), with full funding from Greek sources and with the participation of other students and professors of the School.

Now the graduating student of the School Ioanna Kouki is working in the frame of her diploma thesis on the assessment of the dam. Between 8/5 and 14/5/2018, a mission of the School took place in the area with the said student and the member of the Lab Teaching Staff Dr. Haris Saroglou. The mission was made possible thanks to the support and organization of the Ethiopian Honorary Consul in Greece, Terina Armenakis, who managed to find sponsors for the mission. (The School did not contribute financially). The purpose of the visit was to inspect the current situation, assess the operation of the dam and identify any problems.

This small scale irrigation dam is a characteristic example of the positive effect that Civil Engineering works can have on the living conditions of people and local societies.

The General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU 2017) took place in Vienna in the week of 8-13 April 2018 with 15 000 delegates from 106 countries and 17 300 presentations. Undergraduate and postgraduate students, and teachers from the School of Civil Engineering (30 scientists in total) presented about 50 papers (oral or poster). The students made a good impression on the international audience of the conference, highlighting the high level of studies, research and student-teacher collaboration at our School. At the same time, they were also rewarded with their participation in the international scientific process, the acquaintance with the world's leading protagonists, and the recognition of their work.

The School congratulates its students for their diligence and their successful presentations, which are an advertisement of the School, and wishes them to keep up the good work. At the same time, it regrets that it was unable to support them financially, which would have been unthinkable for the other 105 participating countries.

Demetris Koutsoyiannis

School's delegates in front of their poster presentations.

The traditional dinner of the School's delegation, after the end of the conference, at the Cafe Vienne (a historic restaurant that dates back to 1839 with a former name of Zum Griechen - For Greeks). The dinner was also honoured by the attendance of the newly elected President of EGU Professor Alberto Montanari (Darcy Medal 2018, fourth on the left side of the table), as well as Professor Pierluigi Claps of the Politecnico di Torino (fifth on the same side) and the doctoral candidate Alonso Pizarro from Chile who remained in the School for eight months in the course of his dissertation (third on the same side).

Despite the School's distinctions in the world, its infrastructure generally appears to be in poor condition, at least from outside.

In particular, for 15 days, its (single) amphitheater has a severe damage due to poor maintenance (although some attribute the problem to climate change).

The justly protesting students are informed that damages are not the responsibility of the School but of the Central Administration of the NTUA. The School has neither a Technical Service nor the right to intervene in building matters.

Once the damage was discovered, the Deputy Rector was informed by the Dean, highlighting the risks involved. Also the Technical Service was informed by the Technical Staff of the School, Mr. P. Segos, and the damage was recorded to the relevant monitoring system with the following description:

"Restoration of part of the suspended ceiling because of its partial disorganization from incoming rainwater. Repair is considered to be extremely urgent because there is a great risk of fatal injury to students and users from the likely fall of fragments of damaged ceiling due to disorganization. "

We publicly express our hope for immediate repair.

D. Koutsoyiannis

According to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018, which was published yesterday, the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA, subject: Civil and Structural Engineering) maintains its position despite the dramatic drop in staff and budget over the last eight years. In particular, it remains at position 42, same as in 2017. Similarly, in terms of ranking among European Schools, the School is at position 11 (compared to 12 in 2017). The School has best performance in terms of the recognition of its research work (ranks 23 and 24 in the world for the "Citations per paper" and "H index" criteria, respectively). The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) and the University of Patras are also included in the Civil Engineering lists, at positions 101-150 and 151-200, respectively.

In the relevant QS report, which can be retrieved from the link given below, the universities are classified into 48 subjects and 5 broader subject categories, and the first 50 are listed per subject. In this report, Greece appears twice, one of which is for the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA. (The AUTH appears for the subject of Classical Studies and Ancient History, which was first introduced this year in the list of QS subjects).

In the complete tables, accessible from the link given below, NTUA is still the first in Greece in Engineering and Technology, at rank 124 (compared to 113 in 2017). It is still included in the category Natural Sciences at rank 247 (compared to 240 in 2017), again first in Greece. Also, NTUA is included in the following subjects at the corresponding positions:

• With improved ranking
  • Engineering - Electrical & Electronic, 51-100 (vs. 100-151 in 2017)
  • Physics & Astronomy, 151-200 (vs. 201-250 in 2017)
    
• With same rank
  • Computer Science & Information Systems, 101-150
  • Architecture, 101-150
  • Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing, 101-150
  • Engineering - Chemical, 151-200
  • Statistics & Operational Research, 151-200
    
• With lower ranking
  • Materials Sciences, 251-300 (vs. 201-250 in 2017)

In all these subjects NTUA is the first (if not the only one) in Greece. Finally, for the first time, NTUA is also included in the (marginal for NTUA) subject Law and Legal Studies (position 251-300, same as the AUTH and the NDC).

1 March 2018

D. Koutsoyiannis, Dean