Dr. Nikolaos Th. Fourniotis is a Civil Engineer (University of Patras, 2004), with Master of Science (M.Sc. 2005) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. 2009) degrees from the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Patras. He serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of the Peloponnese where he teaches 5 undergraduate courses, as well as 2 courses in the Department's Graduate Program. In addition, he is a member of the Collaborating Educational Staff of the Hellenic Open University (H.O.U.) in the Master's Degree Program: Engineering Project Management (DCHT).

He is the supervisor of 1 PhD thesis, a member of the advisory committee of 3 PhD theses and a member of the 7-member examination committees of 3 PhD (completed). He is the supervisor of 2 Master Theses at the Department's Graduate Program where he serves, 21 Master Theses at the H.O.U. and more than 28 Bachelor or Diploma Theses in the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of the Peloponnese.

He is the author or co-author of 22 peer-reviewed research articles in scientific Journals, 29 articles in refereed conference proceedings and 10 abstracts in scientific conferences, as well as 1 educational textbook entitled "Elements of Design of Water Supply and Sewerage Works" (ISBN 978-960-9427-89-0). He has served as a referee of about 20 journal and conference proceedings articles. Since 2004 he has been a member of Greek scientific committees, councils and associations, as well as scientific committees of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-TCG). In addition, he has been or is a member of the organizational and/or scientific committee of conferences (WWETC2014, HydroMediT 2021, E.Y.E. 2022, DMPCO 2023). He serves or served as the principal investigator of 1 funded research project and a member of the research team in 15 more funded research projects.

He is the Scientific Supervisor of Student Internship in the Department of Civil Engineering where he serves. From 2021 he serves as a member of the Technical Council of the University of the Peloponnese. He served as a Specialist Scientist of the Management Body of Messolonghi Lagoon (Oct. 2014 – Jan. 2019). He provided services as a Technical Consultant for Scientific Support, to the Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and Ionia in Hydraulic Engineering issues (Nov. 2012 – Dec. 2014).

His main research interests lie in the hydrodynamics of geophysical flows and coastal circulation, the advection-dispersion/ transport of pollutants in inland and coastal waters, as well as the study of turbulent open-channel flows.

COURSES:

Undergraduate Courses

• Hydraulics I (5^th Semester)
• Water Supply and Sewage Works (7^ο Semester)
• Hydraulics ΙΙ (6^ο Semester)
• Hydrology – Flood-Protection Works (6^ο Semester)
• Maritime Hydraulics – Harbour Engineering (8^ο Semester)

Postgraduate Courses

• Flood risk assessment and flood mitigation practices (Α Semester)
• Coastal protection works against erosion and natural disasters (Β Semester)

Selected Publications

Dimas, A.A., Fourniotis, N.Th., Vouros, A.P., Demetracopoulos, A.C. (2008). “Effect of bed dunes on spatial development of open-channel flow”, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 46, Νο. 6, pp. 802-813.

Fourniotis, N.Th. and Horsch, G.M. (2010). “Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Wind-Induced Barotropic Circulation in the Gulf of Patras”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 37, Νο. 4, pp. 355-364.

Fourniotis, N.Th. and Horsch, G.M. (2012). “Simulation of the Far-Field Dilution of Effluents into the Gulf of Patras (Greece)”, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 868-879.

Fourniotis, N.Th. (2012). “A Proposal for Impact Evaluation of the Diversion of the Acheloos River, on the Acheloos Estuary in Western Greece”, International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 1793-1802.

Fourniotis, N.Th. and Horsch, G.M. (2013). “The Fate of Pollution due to a River: A numerical study for south-eastern coasts of the Gulf of Patras (Greece)”, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, Vol. 22, No. 12, pp. 3448-3457.

Fourniotis, N.Th. and Horsch, G.M. (2015). “Baroclinic Circulation in the Gulf of Patras (Greece)”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 104, pp. 238-248.

Horsch, G.M. and Fourniotis, N.Th. (2017). “Wintertime Tidal Hydrodynamics in the Gulf of Patras, Greece”, Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 33, Issue 6, pp. 1305–1314.

Fourniotis, N.Th. (2018). “Erosion of the thermocline in the Gulf of Patras, due to a severe wind event”, Global Nest Journal, Vol. 20, Issue 1, pp. 136-146.

Fourniotis, N.Th., Horsch, G.M. and Leftheriotis, G.A. (2018). “On the Hydrodynamic Geometry of Flow-Through versus Restricted Lagoons”, Water, Vol. 10, Issue 3, 237 (16 p.).

Horsch, G.M. and Fourniotis, N.Th. (2018). “On Strong Nearshore Wind-Induced Currents in Flow-Through Gulfs: Variations on a Theme by Csanady”, Water, Vol. 10, Issue 5, 652 (14 p.).

Fourniotis, N.Th., Horsch, G.M. and Leftheriotis, G.A. (2018). “Wind and Tide-Induced Hydrodynamics and Sedimentation of Two Tidal Inlets in Western Greece”, Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering, Vol. 62, Νο. 4, 851-857.

Koutrouveli, Th.I., Dimas, A.A., Fourniotis, N.Th. and Demetracopoulos, A.C. (2019). “Groyne spacing role on the effective control of wall shear stress in open-channel flow”, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 167-182.

Fourniotis, N.Th., Vouros, A.P. and Dimas, A.A. (2019). “Pier Shape Effect on Backwater Rise and Drag Force in Open-Channel Flow”, International Review of Civil Engineering (I.RE.C.E.), Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 170-175.

Fourniotis, N.Th., Leftheriotis G.A. and Horsch, G.M. (2021). “Towards enhancing tidally-induced water renewal in coastal lagoons”, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 21, Issue 2, pp. 343-360.

Perdios, A., Kokosalakis, G., Fourniotis N.Th., Karathanasi, I. and Langousis, A. (2022). “Statistical framework for the detection of pressure regulation malfunctions and issuance of alerts in water distribution networks”, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, Vol. 36, Issue 12, p.p. 4223-4233.

Serafeim, A.V., Kokosalakis, G., Deidda, R., Fourniotis, N.Th. and Langousis, A. (2022). “Combining statistical clustering with hydraulic modeling for resilient reduction of water loses in water distribution networks: Large scale application to the city of Patras in Western Greece”, Water, Vol. 14, Issue 21, 3493 (18 p.).

Serafeim, A.V., Perdios, A., Gkikas, D., Fourniotis, N.Th. and Langousis, A. (2022). “OX FreeSurf: Automated Free Surface Calculation in Open-Channel Flow”, Water Utility Journal, EWRA, Vol. 30-31, p.p. 33-42.

AREAS OF INTEREST

• Marine Hydrodynamics

• Turbulent open-channel Flow – Free Surface Flows.

• Environmental Hydraulics - Hydrodynamic Circulation of Geophysical Flows.

• Simulation of the advection-dispersion/ Transport of Pollutants in the Water Environment.

• Coastal Circulation.

• River Hydraulics.

• Hydrodynamics of lagoons.

• Water renewal of closed, semi-enclosed water bodies

• Simulation of urban hydraulic works – Water supply networks