Konstantinos Tsavdaridis
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Konstantinos Daniel Tsavdaridis | |
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| Born | 30 June 1983 |
| Alma mater | City, University of London Imperial College London |
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| Institutions | University of Leeds |
Konstantinos Daniel Tsavdaridis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δανιήλ Τσαβδαρίδης; Born in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a professor at the School of Civil Engineering of the University of Leeds, known for his work on lightweight steel and steel-concrete composite structures and particularly for the design of novel perforated beams and tall buildings.
Tsavdaridis received his degree in civil engineering from City, University of London in 2005. He continued his studies at Imperial College London, where in 2006 he received a MSc and a DIC in general structural engineering. In 2010 he completed his PhD in structural engineering at City, University of London under the supervision of Professor Cedric D'Mello.[1]
Career and research
After completing his PhD, he spent two years at City as lecturer in structural engineering and in 2012 moved to the University of Leeds as assistant professor.[1] Tsavdaridis' research is focused on the development and the application of novel designs for structural forms of beams, connections and flooring systems.[2] He has majorly contributed in understanding the behaviour of lightweight structural forms under normal and seismic loads and other systems in the area of structural engineering and built environment.[3] His major contribution is that of the design of long-span steel perforated (cellular and castellated beam) I-beams with standard and nonstandard web opening shapes while focusing on the buckling of thin-shell members
Awards and honours
Tsavdaridis was promoted to associate professor at the age of 32, and soon after he was awarded as the youngest Fellow from the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) in the UK.[4] In 2019, he won a Senior Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK for his work on pioneering metallic connections for modular construction.[5][6]