Research Activity

Scientific Supervisor of Research Projects

Current research projects



TRIQUETRA: Toolbox for assessing and mitigating Climate Change risks and natural hazards threatening cultural heritage

2023-2025 (ongoing project)
Cultural heritage (CH) provides evidence of past events and contributes to current wellbeing. Preserving CH for future generations requires an understanding of the challenges. In this context, the EU-funded TRIQUETRA project will explore the effects of climate change and natural hazards on CH, including climate-related hazards, extreme water, snow and ice hazards, geological and geophysical hazards, structural damage hazards, chemical and biological hazards as well as related compound and cascading effects. It will create an evidence-based assessment platform that will allow precise risk stratification through a three-step approach of risk identification, quantification and mitigation. The platform, along with a database of available mitigation measures and strategies, will act as a Decision Support Tool towards efficient risk mitigation and site remediation.
A total of 21 organizations from 7 countries participate in the project, including 8 Universities and Research Organizations and 6 Cultural Heritage Authorities. The project started on 01/01/2023 and will last for 3 years. The TRIQUETRA project is funded from the EU HE research and innovation programme under GA No. 101094818.






3D-BioPerioDontis: Bioabsorbable three-dimensional (3D) printed scaffolds for personalized treatment of periodontitis

2021-2023 (ongoing project)
The main objective of 3D-BioPerioDontis is the development of new biomaterials for the fabrication of innovative bio-absorbable 3D printed scaffolds for personalized therapy of periodontitis, which will act simultaneously as drug delivery systems for controlled delivery of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The most important individual sub-objectives of the project are the following: (i) development of a methodology for creating 3D models of the hard tissues of the oral cavity of patients using CBCT (cone-beam computed tomography) data; (ii) development of a methodology for designing 3D scaffolds for personalized treatment of periodontitis, using 3D models of hard tissues of the oral cavity of patients; (iii) development of a management software for the entire production cycle of scaffolds; (iv) collection of CBCT data for patients with periodontitis; (v) creation of 3D models of the hard tissues of the oral cavity of multiple patients; (vi) 3D design and printing of 3D periodontitis scaffolds for multiple patients.
The project is co-financed by the European Union and Greek national funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, under the call RESEARCH - CREATE - INNOVATE (project code: T2ΕΔΚ-01641).

Related papers:

A. Kapourani, M. Koromili, S. Verykokou, C. Angelopoulos, C. Ioannidis, V. Valkanioti, M. Chatzitheodoridou and P. Barmpalexis. "Comparison of FDM and SLS printing of periodontal scaffolds using 3D models derived from CBCT scans," in 4th European Conference on Pharmaceutics, March 2023, Marseille, France.

S. Verykokou and C. Ioannidis, "An Overview on Image-Based and Scanner-Based 3D Modeling Technologies." Sensors, vol. 23, 2023, 596, doi:10.3390/s23020596.

Verykokou, S., Ioannidis C., Angelopoulos, C., 2022. Evaluation of 3D modelling workflows using dental CBCT data for periodontal regenerative treatment. Journal of Personalized Medicine, vol. 12(9), 1355. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm12091355




Completed research projects

• 'Information System for Multi-level Documentation of Religious Sites and Historic Complexes' (METEORA); Funded by: EPAnEK 2014-2020, European Union; duration:July 2018- July 2021
• '3D documentation of the Temple of Pythios Appolon in the Ancient Acropolis of Rhodes and the alternative proposals for its restoration'; Funded by: Ephorate of Antiquities of Dodecanese; duration: January - August 2018
• 'Automated techniques for a 4D scene reconstruction', Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation, duration:2017-2019
• 'Three dimensional Geometric Documentation in the Holly Area of Meteora'; Funded by: Holly Monastery of Saint Stefanos Meteora; duration: July - December 2017
• '5Dimensional Multi-Purpose Land Information System (5D MUPLIS)'; Funded by: Greece - Israel Bilateral R&D Project; duration: 2014-2015
• 'Development of an aerial remote sensing system of low altitude for the support of satellite image processing in archaeological research', Bilateral Cooperation between Cyprus and Greece; Funded by: Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus; duration: April 2012 - October 2013
• 'Investigation of the potential of High Resolution TerraSAR-X data as source of Ground Control Linear Features for the georeference of High Resolution optical images (MTH1032)'; Funded by: German Aerospace Center (DLR), German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD); duration: January 2011 - December 2013
• 'Determination of the administrative boundaries between the Municipalities of Keratsini-Drapetsiona and Perama through an investigation of the Administrative Decisions for their definition'; Funded by: Municipality of Keratsini-Drapetsiona; duration: December 2011 - June 2012.
• 'Research on the combined used of high resolution optical and SAR data using free-form linear features matching'; Co-funded by the European Union (European Social Fund - ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program "Education and Lifelong Learning" of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) - Research Funding Program: Heracleitus II; duration: September 2010 - August 2013
• 'Georeferencing of historical aerial photos using linear features'; Funded by: NTUA - Basic Research Programme 2010; duration: December 2010 - November 2012
• 'Development of a digital photogrammetric system for stereoscopic calculation of distances', Funded by: FOTOPO S.A.; duration: November 2010 - October 2011
• 'ACCAES (ACCessibility on archaeological Sites): Application des nouvelles technologies cartographiques et des systemes d' informationsgeographiques (SIG) a l' amelioration des conditions d' accessibilite des personneshandicapees et des personnes a mobilitereduite aux sites archeologiques'; Funded by: Bilateral Cooperation between France and Greece; duration: 24 months (2005-2007).