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).