Non-invasive hysteretic devices for earthquake-resistant structures; selection and scaling of earthquake ground motion; seismic redesign of structures; nonlinear modelling of RC; timber-to-concrete, timber-to-ferrocement, FRC–to-steel and RC-to-FRC composite/hybrid members; antiseismic rocking columns.

Expanded list of research interests:

• Structural Engineering, Structural Earthquake Engineering, Structural Dynamics
• Development of low-cost hysteretic energy dissipation devices of low invasivity for passive control of earthquake resistant structures (yield and friction devices): Dissipative bracing and devices locally incorporated at beam-column joint regions
• Practical engineering procedures for selection and scaling of real earthquake accelerograms for nonlinear time-history analysis
• Seismic redesign (repair, upgrading, retrofitting) of existing structures
• Nonlinear analysis of earthquake-resistant structures
• Modelling of confined concrete under reversed cyclic loading for seismic analysis
• Development of modern composite & hybrid structural members (timber-to-concrete, timber-to-ferrocement, fibre reinforced concrete-to-steel and reinforced concrete-to-fibre reinforced concrete)
• Seismic analysis of earthquake-resistant structures with rocking members

If you are a PhD applicant and your research interests match some of mine I'll be glad to hear from you. 

Selective list of Master dissertations that I have suggested and supervised in the past

• Performance of simple fork connections made of steel fibre reinforced concrete subject to out-of-plane actions - Samuel James Honeker, 2020 
• Seismic upgrading of RC structures using non-invasive local incorporation of steel C-devices: Application on soft-storey buildings - Olivia Huges, 2020
• Seismic retrotif of beam-column pocket connections of precast RC frames under out-of-plane actions - Mohammed Yaqoob, 2019
• Nonlinear seismic analysis of steel frames with eccentric bracing - Waleed Alsaadi, 2019
• Seismic retrofit of RC framed structures using steel walls - Darius Byramji , 2019
• Seismic response of structures with rocking columns - Daria Gorokhova, 2018 
• Dynamic effects of inter-vehicular collision on a simple bridge - Leonard Davoux, 2017
• Seismic retrofitting of bridges using hysteretic energy dissipation devices - Lucy Griffiths, 2016
• Selection and scaling of natural earthquake records for nonlinear time-history analysis of inelastic RC buildings - Pavlos Parastatidis, 2016
• Estimation of the elastic sway stability of mono-pitched portal frames - Harry Bradbury, 2015
• Experimental behaviour of a timber-to-concrete composite beam - James Hodder, 2015
• Dynamic response of simple continuos bridges under travelling loads - Marinos Vaos, 2015
• Bending moments in shallow reinforced concrete basements: A parametric study using the finite element method and nonlinear Winkler soil springs - Ben Tubb, 2013
• Effect of size and degree of fitting to design spectrum of a family of scaled natural accelerograms on the estimation of inelastic demands - Konstantinos Tsaklidis, 2011
• Comparison of scaling criteria of natural accelerograms: Implications on the variability of ductility demands of MDOF systems - Konstantina Stamogianni, 2010
• Ground motion prediction equation for Housner Intensity for Europe, Mediterranean region and the Middle East - Charilaos Poulos, 2010
• Graphic aids for the preliminary design of dissipative bracing for seismic retrofit: Calibration study using records from a European strong motion database - Elias Toskas-Tasios, 2010
• Comparative study of instrumental earthquake intensities using European strong ground motion recorded on stiff soil - Tilemakos Vlachos, 2008
• Elastic seismic analysis of earth dams using a bidimensional finite element model - Christos Borovas, 2005
• On the effectiveness of tension-only bracing in earthquake-resistant framed buildings, Mallipody Vijayayakumar, 2004
• Evaluation de procedimientos de diseño de refuerzo transversal por confinamiento, Carlos Alberto Miramontes Zapata, 2001
• Estudio parametrico de sistemas de contraventeo con disipadores histereticos, Yazmin Cabrera Garcia, 2001
• Evaluacion de criterios de escalacion de accelerogramas naturales en el analisis de sistemas inelasticos con varios grados de libertad, Omar Apango Vera, 2001