Marios Theofanous

Marios Theofanous is an Associate Professor in Structural Engineering at the University of Birmingham's Department of Civil Engineering within the School of Civil Engineering. His expertise spans experimental and numerical analysis of steel, stainless steel, and high-strength steel structures at cross-sectional, member, and system levels. He also focuses on FRP-strengthened concrete structures, structural fire engineering, and semi-rigid connections.

Education:

• PhD in Structural Engineering (Imperial College London, 2010)
• MSc in Structural Steel Design & Business Management (Imperial College London, 2006)
• Dipl. Ing. in Civil Engineering (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2005)

Research Interests:

• Experimental and numerical analysis of structural steel systems
• Stainless steel and high-strength steel structural behavior
• FRP-strengthened concrete rehabilitation
• Structural fire safety and fire engineering principles
• Bolted connection mechanics and semi-rigid behavior
• Seismic design methodologies for metallic structures

Recent Research Trends: Recent publications (2021-2025) focus on hybrid steel-stainless steel cross-sections, bolted connection performance under cyclic loading, and corrosion effects in bimetallic systems. There's emphasis on high-strength steel retrofits, aluminum structural sections under biaxial loading, and numerical modeling of fracture mechanics in steel components.

Awards & Reviews: Serves as reviewer for Thin-Walled Structures, International Journal of Steel Structures, and Open Journal of Civil Engineering. No specific named awards listed.

Advising & Grants: Indicates willingness to supervise PhD/MSc students in structural fire engineering, stainless steel robustness, deformation-based seismic design, and FRP-strengthened systems. No grant details provided in text.

Labs & Teams: Collaborates with international teams (e.g., Japanese, German researchers) on steel structural behavior studies but no specific lab affiliations mentioned.