Robert L'Hermite Medallist 2012: Dr. Dimitrios G. Aggelis

The RILEM L’Hermite Award for 2012 is being conferred on Dr. Dimitrios G. Aggelis of the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Greece, 'in recognition of his outstanding contribution to research on wave propagation through engineering materials, and the assessment and monitoring of structures through nondestructive techniques.'

Dimitrios G. Aggelis is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Greece, since 2008. He obtained a PhD degree from the Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics Department of the University of Patras (Greece) in 2004. He has also worked at Tobishima Corporation (Japan) as a Research Fellow from 2006 to 2008. His expertise lies in the field of characterization of cementitious materials, expanding  also to composites and metals, through the analysis of wave propagation parameters. He is also active in the development of nondestructive methodologies for damage detection, and monitoring and maintenance of highway bridges, tunnels and other structures.