Cognitive Object:Economics of Wood Businesses and Marketing of Wood Products

Department :Forestry, Wood Sciences & Design

Hours of cooperation with students : Monday-Wednesday 16:00-18:00

papadio@uth.gr

Short Biography

Dr. Ioannis Papadopoulos is a 1st-level Professor at the University of Thessaly in the Department of Forestry, Wood Sciences & Design with the subject of “Economics of Wood Businesses & Marketing of Wood Products”. He is the Director for seven (7) consecutive years (2015-2022) of the Postgraduate Program “Advanced Methods of Wood Product Manufacturing” with 3 specializations: a) Product Design, b) Wood Technology, c) Management & Marketing). He is the President of the Department of Forestry, Wood Sciences & Design of the School of Technology of the University of Thessaly and Director of the institutionalized Laboratory “Forest Economics, Marketing, Innovation & Entrepreneurship” of the Department of Forestry, Wood Sciences & Design of the University of Thessaly.

He is a regular member of the MODIP of the University of Thessaly, as well as of the Strategic Planning Unit of the University of Thessaly. He has participated in many international and national scientific committees, and European & national research programs (over 60), of which 25 as a scientific manager and 35 as a member of a research team. He has been a trainer in several national and international seminars for entrepreneurs from various sectors on topics such as: Production, Marketing, Costing, Business Administration & Finance, Ecological Innovation, Circular Economy, New Product Development, Productivity Improvement, etc., while he is a consultant to several companies.

His current research interests are: business marketing, market research, economic analysis, costing, business networking (clusters), innovation, circular economy, bioeconomy, reconstruction of areas after forest fires. He teaches the following courses: Marketing of Wood Products, Costing of Production of Wood Products and Services, Management of Forest Organizations & Businesses, Forest Economics (at undergraduate level) and Marketing of New Products, Marketing of Bioproducts, Modern Methods of Production Costing, Research Methodology (at postgraduate level).

He has published over 240 total papers and articles in various international and national conferences, scientific & industry journals, articles, books, collective volumes, etc. He has presented scientific papers at international conferences in the following countries: Greece, America (N.Y. Los Angeles), Japan, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Cyprus, etc. He has participated in several international and national scientific committees, while he is a reviewer of several scientific papers at international conferences and journals, as well as a member of academic and scientific journal committees.

According to Google Scholar, there have been more than 455 bibliographic references to the published work of I. Papadopoulos (h-index 10). He has organized scientific workshops and conferences, participating with many speeches and presentations. He is a member of many scientific organizations and associations, and has served as a member of evaluation committees for educational, research and administrative work at the Department and Institutional levels.

Cognitive Object:Expert Systems, Fuzzy Cognitive Networks and Knowledge Representation

Department :Energy Systems

Hours of cooperation with students : Tuesday-Thursday 16:00-18:00

elpinikipapageorgiou@uth.gr

2410684567

Short Biography

Dr. Elpiniki Papageorgiou is a Professor at the Department of Energy Systems of the University of Thessaly, Gaiopolis, Larissa, with a research subject of “Expert Systems and Knowledge Representation”. She received her PhD from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Technology of the University of Patras in 9/2004, her MSc in Medical Physics (2000) and her BA in Physics from the same University (1997). Her scientific interests are Fuzzy Cognitive Maps, Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems, Knowledge Systems, Intelligent Systems, Decision Support Systems, Knowledge Mining and Machine and Deep Learning Algorithms.

Cognitive Object:Road construction

Department :Forestry, Wood Sciences & Design

Hours of cooperation with students : Monday-Wednesday 16:00-18:00

gpapageor@uth.gr

2441064717

Short Biography

Dr. Grigorios P. Papageorgiou is a Professor at the Department of Forestry, Wood Sciences & Design (DEXYS) of the University of Thessaly (UT), with a subject area of ​​expertise of “Road Construction”. He is a graduate Civil Engineer and holds a PhD from the University of Thessaly. Additionally, with the aim of a more complete approach to road construction in terms of its sustainable integration into the environment, he obtained postgraduate diplomas from the Hellenic Open University (HOU), in “Environmental Design of Infrastructure Projects” and in “Environmental Design of Cities and Buildings”.

At the same time, guided by the knowledge of modern teaching methods, he obtained a certificate of Pedagogical and Didactic Competence from the Higher School of Pedagogical and Technological Education. In the academic year 2013-2014 and from 2015 to date, he is a consultant-professor and thesis supervisor in the Postgraduate Studies Program (MSC) “Management of Technical Projects” of the National Academy of Sciences, since 2018 in the MSC “Modern Technologies of Environmental Management Projects” of the General Department of Larissa of the University of Thessaloniki and since the academic year 2020-2021, in the MSC “Multifunctional Management of Forest Ecosystems and Bio-economy” of the Department of DEXYS.

Additionally, he is a member of the teaching staff of the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program “Modern Technologies for Environmental Risk Management”, which is scheduled to operate from the academic year 2022-2023. He has given guest lectures in the field of road project management and has supervised over fifty postgraduate and undergraduate/diploma theses.

He has many years of professional experience as a freelancer, infrastructure estimator, safety trainer, expert, auditor and investment/infrastructure evaluator. His current research interests are in the fields of road infrastructure management, pavement management, smart roads and environmental harmonization of road projects.

He has published over fifty papers and articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, international and national conferences, technical journals, collective volumes, etc.

He is a reviewer in internationally recognized scientific journals, with an impact index (IF). He is, among others, a member of the Association of Greek Transport Engineers and a certified valuer of the Organization ‘The European Group of Valuers’ Associations’ (TEGoVA).