Nicolas Hadjipantelis

Nicolas Hadjipantelis serves as an Assistant Professor in Structural Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cyprus, where he conducts research in steel structures and teaches courses on steel structures and structural stability at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He founded and leads the Metal Structures Laboratory at UCY, which houses an advanced Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) system for producing complex metal structures.

Dr. Hadjipantelis holds a PhD in Steel Structures from Imperial College London, where he was awarded a full President's Scholarship. His undergraduate studies at the University of Bristol yielded an MEng in Civil Engineering with Study Abroad (first class honors), including a research year at UC Berkeley. Prior to joining UCY in August 2020, he worked as a Research Fellow at Imperial College London in collaboration with the Alan Turing Institute.

His research focuses on cutting-edge metal fabrication technologies, particularly WAAM for structural applications, alongside traditional steel structure domains including cold-formed steel, prestressed systems, and structural stability. His laboratory has produced over one ton of WAAM test specimens for material, member, and system-level testing. His methodology combines experimental testing across multiple scales with advanced finite element simulations (GMNIA) and energy-based analytical approaches.

Dr. Hadjipantelis's publication record demonstrates consistent output in top structural engineering journals including Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), Engineering Structures, Thin-Walled Structures, and Journal of Constructional Steel Research. His research trajectory shows evolving focus from fundamental studies on prestressed cold-formed steel to pioneering work on WAAM technology development, with recent publications addressing environmental impacts, polar temperature performance, and ductile fracture mechanisms of additively manufactured steel.

• Imperial College President's Scholarship (PhD funding)
• Prize-winning conference presentation (2018 Young Researchers' Conference of the Institution of Structural Engineers)

As founder of UCY's Metal Structures Laboratory, Dr. Hadjipantelis has established a significant research infrastructure for WAAM technology in structural engineering. His professional affiliations include Associate Membership in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Graduate Membership in the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), and full membership in the Scientific and Technical Chamber of Cyprus (ETEK) and the Society of Civil Engineers of Cyprus (SPOLMIK). His work bridges computational modeling, experimental validation, and practical design code development for next-generation steel structures.