Manolis Chatzis

Manolis Chatzis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford and a Tutorial Fellow at Hertford College. His research focuses on dynamic systems and earthquake engineering, particularly modeling risks for unanchored structural and non-structural components subjected to ground motions.

• University of Oxford - Department of Engineering Science
• Hertford College - Tutorial Fellow

His work on system identification and observability of nonlinear systems aims to optimize sensor setups for infrastructure reliability. Recent publications address discontinuous Kalman filters for non-smooth dynamics, energy loss in rocking bodies, and experimental validation of seismic response models. Applications span seismically isolated buildings, museum artifacts, hospital equipment, and supercomputers.

Key research trends include:

• Nonlinear dynamics of rocking/sliding systems
• Bayesian identification methods
• Energy dissipation mechanisms
• 3D motion tracking algorithms
• Sensor fusion and data-driven modeling

His publications since 2010 demonstrate interdisciplinary collaboration across civil, mechanical, and computational engineering domains.