Eleftheria Efthymiou

Eleftheria Efthymiou

Assistant Professor

Email: eefthymiou@uttyler.edu
Department: Civil Engineering

Biography

Courses Taught:

CENG4412: Reinforced Concrete & Steel Design

CMGT 4313: Construction Applications for Concrete

CMGT 4385: Commercial Construction

Teaching Interests:

Dr. Efthymiou’s teaching interests include the areas of Structural Engineering and Structural Dynamics. She has also taught classes on the fundamental principles of engineering such as Statics and Strength of Materials.

 

Research Interests:

Structural Dynamics; Earthquake Engineering; Engineering Seismology; Bridge Engineering

Select Journal Publications:

J.1.

Efthymiou, E., Makris, N. (2022), “Pulse-period–moment-magnitude relations derived with wavelet analysis and their relevance to estimate structural deformations”, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, Vol. 51(7), pp. 1636–

J.2.

Efthymiou, E., Camara, A. (2022), “Multi-angle and nonuniform ground motions on cable-stayed bridges”, Earthquake Spectra Vol. 38(2), pp. 1438–1462.

J.3.

Efthymiou, E., Camara, A. (2021) “Inelastic response of cable-stayed bridges subjected to non-uniform motions”, Bull Earthquake Eng. Vol. 19(6), pp. 2691–2710.

J.4.

Efthymiou, E., Camara, A. (2017), “Effect of spatial variability of earthquakes on cable- stayed bridges”,Procedia Engineering, Vol. 199, pp. 2949–2954.

J.5.

Camara, A., Efthymiou, E. (2017), “Deck–tower interaction in the transverse seismic response of cable-stayed bridges and optimum configurations”,Engineering Structures, Vol. 124, pp. 494–506.

 

Select Conference Proceedings:

C.1.

Efthymiou, E., Camara, A. (2021), “Ground motion spatial variability and cable-stayed bridges: do we need to consider the asynchronous motion?”, Proceedings, IABSE Congress Ghent, September 22 – 24, 2021, Ghent (Belgium)

C.2.

Camara, A., Efthymiou, E. (2018), “Optimum deck and tower configurations for the transverse seismic response of cable-stayed bridges”,Proceedings, 40th IABSE Symposium, September 19 – 21, 2018, Nantes (France)

C.3.

Efthymiou, E., Camara, A. (2018), “Spatial variability effects on long-span cable-stayed bridges”, Proceedings, 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16ECEE), June 18 – 21, 2018, Thessaloniki (Greece)

C.4.

Efthymiou, E., Camara, A. (2018), “Cable-stayed bridges under spatially variable ground motions”, Proceedings, 20th Young Researchers’ Conference – Institution of Structural Engineers (20YRC-IStructE), April 10, 2018, London (UK) — 2nd Prize Winner – Poster Competition

C.5.

Efthymiou, E., Camara, A. (2017), “The Effect of multi-angle, spatially variable seismic motions on cable-stayed bridges”, Proceedings, 6th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN), June 15 – 17, 2017, Rhodes (Greece)

C.6.

Efthymiou, E., Camara, A. (2016), “Spatially variable seismic ground motions and their effect on cable-stayed bridges: The role of the tower”, Proceedings, 19th Congress of IABSE, September 21 – 23, 2016, Stockholm (Sweden)

C.7.

Efthymiou, E., Camara, A. (2016), “Spatial Variability Effects of the Seismic Action in Cable-Stayed Bridges and Modelling Techniques”, Proceedings, IABSE Conference Geneva, September 23 – 25, 2015, Geneva (Switzerland)