ResearchProjects
I am involved in many research projects of the Laboratory for Maritime Transport. My first project was SAFEDOR where I was a member of the team that performed the initial steps of the FSA (Formal Safety Assessment) on tankers.
My next big project was the ship emissions study that was performed for the Hellenic
Chamber of Shipping (HCS) with the following objectives: (a) develop a
web-based tool for calculating the exhaust gas emissions (CO2, SO2
and NOx) of specific types of ships under a variety of operational
scenarios, and (b) produce various statistics of CO2 emissions,
based on data from the world fleet database.
Here you can find the report of the study and the web-based tool for calculating ship emissions.
In
the meanwhile, since I am the webmaster and IT responsible of LMT -as
you can see computers are a hobby of mine- I redesigned the
websites of two EU-funden projects (CHINOS and EU-MOP).
Ph.D-related projects: I was mainly involved in two projects that are very related to my studies.
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The first one is in the context of a strategic
research and development collaboration agreement that has been signed
between Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Ship design optimisation and effective bulk transportation are the two main topics initially selected. Read more...
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The second one is a three-year research program funded by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) to help shipping ‘Go Green’. The program is expected to assess current approaches
to evaluating the risks associated with a given design and will attempt
to identify solutions and methodologies that take the environmental
dimension into account. Already this topic is being debated within
IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) and is coordinated
by Prof. Harilaos Psaraftis who is the Head of the LMT laboratory and,
also, my Ph.D. supervisor.
The second element of the study will
examine the complex challenge of reducing ship air emissions while
promoting operational efficiencies. Read more...