Short Bio

Dr. Sideris is an Assistant Professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining Texas A&M, Dr. Sideris was an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he also served as the Director of the Structures and Materials Testing Laboratory. He received his Master's (2008) and Ph.D. (2012) in Civil Engineering from the University at Buffalo - SUNY. He also holds a diploma in Civil Engineering (2005) from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Prior to joining the University of Colorado at Boulder, Dr. Sideris was appointed as Post-doctoral Research Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer at the University at Buffalo - SUNY (September 2012 - May 2013).

Dr. Sideris is dedicated to impactful teaching and novel research. He has taught courses on Experimental Methods, Structural Dynamics, Reinforced Concrete Design, Statics, Mechanics of Solids, Applied Mathematics and Numerical Methods, and Computer Programming. His research focuses on mitigating the effects of natural hazards on on the built environment through understanding of the behavior of existing structures and the development of new resilient systems incorporating novel response mechanisms and advanced materials. His research primarily focuses on two major thrust areas: Resilient and Sustainable Structures and Computational Mechanics for Damage, Softening and Structural Collapse. Within those areas, Dr. Sideris research includes the development of the systems of Hybrid Sliding-Rocking columns and the system of Polymer-enhanced Columns, the study of aging effects in materials and structures, integration of energy harvesting in structural design, the Gradient Inelastic beam theory with a respective flexibility-based formulation, path-following methods for quasi-static analysis of nonlinear structures, structural damping modeling, and constitutive modeling of polymers for structural applications. As part of his research endeavors, Dr. Sideris has conducted large-scale shake table and quasi-static testing of bridges and nonstructural components, material characterization testing, and seismic performance assessments of structures, ad has developed various computational models for the analysis of structures.

Dr. Sideris is an Associate Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and serves in the ASCE/SEI Seismic Effects Committee and the ASCE/EMI Computational Mechanics Committee. He also serves as a reviewer for several journals, including the Journal of Structural Engineering, Journal of Bridge Engineering, and Journal of Engineering Mechanics. Prof. Sideris is also a Young Affiliate Member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies, and serves as a member of the TRB's AFF-50 Standing Committee on Seismic Design and Performance of Bridges.

A list of Awards and Honors for Dr. Sideris are included here...