Dr. Angeliki Papalou received the Diploma in Civil Engineering (Dipl. Ing.)  from the University of Patras (1986), the MSc (1990) and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Southern California (1993). She is an Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department of the University of the Peloponnese specializing in the Statics and Seismic Protection of Buildings with emphasis in the Structural Control of Structures. She is also the Director of the Master Program of the same Department with title Seismic Protection of Structures from Natural Hazards. She also served as Dean of the School of Engineering of the University of the Peloponnese (6/2019-1/2023).

She worked as an Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department of the Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece (2016-2019) where she also served as Dean of the School of Engineering (2018-2019), as an Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department of the Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece (2013-2016), as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Renovation and Restoration of Buildings of the Technological Educational Institute of Patras (2005-2013) where she also served as Head of the Department (2008-2010), as an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Department of Robert Morris University, Moon Township, Pennsylvania (2001-2005), as Lecturer in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1997-2001), as Research Associate in the Computational Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1995-1997) and as a Structural Engineer in the Nabih Youssef and Associates, Los Angeles, California (1993-1994).

She is the author of scientific articles in international journals and scientific conferences (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Um9NU0YAAAAJ&hl=en), one book, and a chapter of a book. She was the principal investigator and member of research groups of funded research projects She is reviewer for more than twenty international scientific journals and member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ACSE), the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) and the American Mechanics Institute.

Her research interests are focused in the protection of structures from natural hazards, in the experimental testing of seismic response and structural control of structures, in the seismic protection of historic artifacts, structures and in analysis and strengthening of structures.

Undergraduate Courses

1. Applied Statics
2. Reinforced Concrete Design
3. Seismic Design of Structures
4. Steel Structures
5. Architecture of Structural Forms

Graduate Courses

1. Seismic Protection of Structures and Structural Control
2. Design of Structures for Fire Protection

Selected Publications

1. Papalou A. (2023). “An Experimental Study of the Effectiveness of Particle Tuned Mass Dampers”. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. doi 10.1007/s12205-023-0261-3 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12205-023-0261-3
2. Papalou A. (2022). “Effects of the design configuration on the performance of compartmental particle dampers”. International Journal of Civil Engineering, doi.org/10.1007/s40999-022-00739-8
3. Baros D.K., Papalou A. (2021). “Parametric Analysis of the Dynamic Response of Multi-Drum Columns”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2019.1657986
4. Papalou A., Baros D.K. (2019). “Assessing Structural Damage after a Severe Wildfire: A Case Study”, Buildings, doi:10.3390/buildings9070171
5. Lu Z., Zhou Y., Yang T., Papalou A. (2019). “Special Issue: Resilience and Sustainability of Civil Infrastructures under Extreme Loads”, Sustainability, doi:10.3390/su11123292
6. Lu Z., Zhou Y., Yang T., Papalou A. (2018). “Special Issue: Development and Application of Nonlinear Dissipative Device in Structural Vibration Control”, Applied Sciences. doi:10.3390/app8060857.
7. Papalou A. (2016). “Examining the Dynamic Response of Classical Columns”, International Journal of Civil Engineering, doi.org/10.1007/s40999-016-0110-6
8. Papalou A., Strepelias E., Roubien D., Bousias S. and Triantafillou T. (2015). “Seismic Protection of Monuments Using Particle Dampers in Multi-Drum Columns”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2015.06.004
9. Papalou A. and Strepelias E., (2015). “Effectiveness of Particle Dampers in Reducing the Monuments’ Response under Dynamic Loads”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2014.943913
10. Stavroulaki M. E. and Papalou A., (2014). “Parametric Analysis of Multi-Leaf Masonry Walls”, International Journal of Conservation Science.
11. Papalou A., Bielak J., Bazan E., (2012). “Effects of Isolated Spread Footings on the Dynamics of Soil-Structure Interaction”, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenviromental Engineering, doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29GT.1943-5606.0000675
12. Papalou A. and T. C. Triantafillou, (2011). “Analytical and Experimental Study of Strengthening of RC Members Using Mechanically Fastened FRP-Systems”, Composite Letters, doi: 10.1177/096369351102000104
13. Papalou A. and J. Bielak, (2004). “Nonlinear Seismic Response of Earth Dams with Canyon Interaction”, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2004)130:1(103)
14. Papalou A. and S. F. Masri, (1998). “An Experimental Investigation of Particle Dampers under Harmonic Excitation”, Journal of Vibration and Control, doi.org/10.1177/107754639800400

Her research interests are focused in the protection of structures from natural hazards, in the experimental testing of seismic response and structural control of structures, in the seismic protection of historic artifacts, structures and in analysis and strengthening of structures.