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Konstantia Makra

SHORT CV

 

MAKRA KONSTANTIA

Dr Civil Engineer

Senior Researcher ITSAK

Date/place of birth: 14/06/1972, Alexadroupolis, Greece

Family status: Married with one child

Tel:(+30) 2310 476081, int. 118

Fax:(+30) 2310 476085

e-mail: makra [AT] itsak.gr

Social Media Presence: ResearchGate, Google Scholar, Scopus, ORCID, LinkedIn


Full publications list 1997-2018

 

Educational Background

  • Diploma in Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece, 1996
  • PhD in Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece, 2000

Research Interests

Geotechnical Engineering with emphasis to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and especially with:

  • Soil dynamics
  • Strong motion site characterization and soil categorization
  • Empirical and theoretical studies on strong ground motion
  • Site effects
  • Microzonation studies
  • Soil Structure Interaction
  • Seismic behavior and design of geotechnical structures
  • Numerical and analytical methods in geotechncial earthquake engineering

Research and professional experience

  • Private civil engineer, 1997-2002
  • Participation in research projects at the Civil Engineering Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1997-2002
  • Teaching experience in undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the Civil Engineering department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1998 - 2016
  • Teaching experience in postgraduate courses at the Department of Geology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, (2014-present)

Membership of Scientific Organizations

  • Technical Chamber of Greece
  • Hellenic Association of Civil Engineers
  • Hellenic Society for Earthquake Engineering
  • Hellenic Society of Soil Mechanics Foundation Engineering
  • International Society of Soil Mechanics Foundation Engineering
  • Organizing Committee of the 4th International Conference in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (4ICEGE 2007, Thessaloniki, Greece)
  • International Scientific Committee of the 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 2018

Scientific Achievements

  • Referred Scientific publications (journals, conferences and special editions): 76
  • Other scientific publications: 12
  • Invited papers in scientific conferences (co-author): 5
  • Reviewer for scientific journals and conferences: 10
  • Research projects: 28 (4 acting as scientific responsible)
  • Citations (excluding self-citations): 520+

Selected publications (in International refereed journals and books during the last 5 years)

  • Riga E., K. Makra & Κ. Pitilakis, 2018. Investigation of the effects of sediments inhomogeneity and nonlinearity on aggravation factors for sedimentary basins. Ιn Press, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, DOI 10.1016/j.soildyn.2018.01.016

  • Theodoulidis N., G. Cultrera, C. Cornou, P.Y. Bard, T. Boxberger, G. Di Giulio, A. Imtiaz, D. Kementzetzidou, K. Makra and the Argostoli NERA team, 2017. Basin Effects on Ground Motion: The Case of a High-Resolution Experiment in Cephalonia (Greece). Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, DOI 10.1007/s10518-017-0225-4

  • Rovithis E., Kirtas E., Bliziotis D., Maltezos E., D. Pitilakis, Makra K., Savvaidis A., Karakostas Ch., & V. Lekidis, 2017. A LiDAR-aided urban-scale assessment of soil-structure interaction effects: The case of Kalochori residential area (N. Greece). Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, DOI 10.1007/s10518-017-0155-1.

  • Riga E., K. Makra & Κ. Pitilakis, 2016. Aggravation factors for seismic response of sedimentary basins: A code-oriented parametric study. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, DOI 10.1016/j.soildyn.2016.09.048

  • Theodoulidis Ν., Ch. Karakostas, V. Lekidis, K. Makra, B. Margaris, K. Morfidis, Ch. Papaioannou, E. Rovithis, T. Salonikios & A. Savvaidis, 2016. The Cephalonia, Greece, January 26 (M6.1) and February 3, 2014 (M6.0) earthquakes: near-fault ground motion and effects on soil and structures. Bull Earthquake Eng, 14:1–38, DOI 10.1007/s10518-015-9807-1

  • Makra, K. & F. Chavez-Garcia, 2016. Site effects in 3D basins using 1D and 2D models: an evaluation of the differences based on simulations of the seismic response of Euroseistest. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 14:1177-1194, DOI 10.1007/s10518-015-9862-7

  • Raptakis D. & K. Makra, 2015. Multiple estimates of soil structure at a vertical strong motion array: Understanding uncertainties from different shear wave velocity profiles. Engineering Geology, 192, 1–18, DOI 10.1016/j.enggeo.2015.03.016

  • Manolis G.D., S.L. Parvanova, K. Makra & P.S. Dineva, 2015. Seismic response of buried metro tunnels by a hybrid FDM-BEM approach. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, DOI 10.1007/s10518-014-9698-6

  • Manolis G.D., K. Makra, P.S. Dineva & T.V. Rangelov, 2013. Seismic motions in a non-homogeneous soil deposit with tunnels by a hybrid computational technique. Earthquakes & Structures, 5(2):161-205, DOI 10.12989/eas.2013.5.2.161