Koliou Research Group
Research Statement:
Dr. Koliou's research interests span the fields of structural dynamics and earthquake engineering, and multi-hazard performance-based design for system functionality and community resilience. Through these areas, Dr. Koliou's research group focuses on developing sustainable structural systems and hazard-resistant communities accounting for economic and social aspects. The research philosophy involves analytical, computational and experimental investigations for the understanding of the response properties of complex structural systems and investigations of economic and social impacts of the performance of those systems under various hazards. The ultimate goal is to contribute to the well-being of communities by developing novel resilient structural designs and systems against various natural and man-made hazards, and formulating fundamental mathematical frameworks to assess system functionality and community resilience under multiple hazards.
Research Areas:
Nonlinear Modeling for Collapse Assessment of Wood-Frame Structures
Funded Research Projects:
Develop Risk-based Multi-objective Cross-asset Budget Planning and Allocation Framework for the City of Sugar Land Integrated Asset Management System (IAMS)
PI: I. Damnjanovic (Texas A&M University); co-PI: M. Koliou (Texas A&M University)
Sponsor: City of Sugar Land, TX
Project Period: 11/1/2019 – 4/30/2021
Cooperative Research to Enable Mass Timber in Multi-Family Housing
PI: J.W. van de Lindt (Colorado State University); co-PI: M. Koliou (Texas A&M University)
Sponsor: US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Project Period: 9/20/2019 – 9/20/2021
Designing for and Assessing Functional Recovery in Seismic Retrofit of Existing Concrete Buildings: A Framework
PI: A. B. Liel (University of Colorado - Boulder); co-PI: M. Koliou (Texas A&M University)
Sponsor: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Project Period: 8/1/2019 – 7/31/2022
Lead Institution: Texas A&M University; Lead PI: H. Muliana; co-PI: M. Koliou;
PIs: Stefano Gonella (University of Minnesota), N. Kalantar (California College of the Arts)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Period: 6/1/2019 – 5/31/2021
PI: M. Koliou (Texas A&M University - Civil Engineering); co-PIs: P. Sideris (Texas A&M University - Civil Engineering), W. Yan (Texas A&M University - Architecture)
Sponsor: Texas A&M President's Excellence fund for Triads in Transformation (T3)
Project Period: 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2020
Lead PI: M. Koliou (Texas A&M University); PI: C. Pantelides (Univ. of Utah); co-PIs: S. Dashti (Univ. of Colorado - Boulder), K. Ryan (Univ. of Nevada - Reno)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Project Period: 5/15/2018 – 4/30/2020
Project website: https://nherirapidusjapan.engr.tamu.edu/
Damage Assessment of Residential Infrastructure Impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
PI: M. Koliou (Texas A&M University); co-PI: S. G. Paal (Texas A&M University)
Sponsor: National Association of Home Builders
Project Period: 8/1/2018 – 2/28/2019
Residential Infrastructure: Understanding Performance and Enhancing Resilience of Coastal Housing Communities
PI: M. Koliou (Texas A&M University)
Sponsor: Enhance Scholarly and Creative Activities (PESCA) Grant Program - Texas A&M University
Project Period: 5/1/2018 – 4/30/2020
PI: M. Koliou (Texas A&M University); Senior Personnel: W.G. Peacock (Texas A&M University)
Sponsor: DOC-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) / TAMU-Sea Grant
Project Period: 12/18/2017 – 12/17/2018
Full-Scale Testing of Cross-Laminated Timber Diaphragm In-Plane Shear and Development of a Design Guide for Practitioners
PI: W. Pang (Clemson University); co-PIs: P. Layton (Clemson University), D. Rammer (Forest Products Laboratory) and M. Koliou (Texas A&M University)
Sponsor: US Department of Agriculture
Project Period: 10/1/2017 – 9/30/2020