Professor Evangelos Boulougouris

Head Of Department

Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

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Personal statement

An academic and a chartered, professional engineer with an internationally recognized reputation for research and knowledge exchange in naval architecture, ocean and marine engineering. Strong researcher in the field of safety of marine operations and design for safety for more than 25 years, receiving a number of international awards for his work.


He is currently the Research Director of the Maritime Transport Unit at NAOME and deputy Director at the  Safety Research Centre, sponsored by RCCL and DNVGL. Co-inventor for a pending patent and PI and Co-I in EU and UK funded research and KE projects. KE project coordinator in UK and for EU-funded training courses.

Very committed to professional institutions through work as Fellow with the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) in UK and Member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) in US and the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE). Maximizing the impact as a member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects’ International Maritime Organisation Standing Committee, he has participated in Ship Design & Construction (SDC2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) and the International Intercessional correspondence group developing the new regulations for the international shipping. Member of the International Towing Tank Committee (ITTC) Technical Committee on Stability in Waves. Member of the Stability R&D Committee associated with the International Conference on the Stability of Ships and Offshore Structures (STAB). Member of the IMarEST Alternative Fuels from Shipping Special Interest Group and SNAME’s SD-11: Post Incident Safety Assurance Panel.

He has produced more than 150 publications in journals and international peer-reviewed conferences, he is the co-editor of the Proceedings of STAB 2015 and has 6 chapters in books.

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Research Interests

Safety of marine operations; Design for safety; Holistic Ship Design; Multi-objective Ship Design optimisation; Survivability of Ships; Vulnerability of ships and offshore structures; Damage Stability; Stability in Waves; New Intact Stability Criteria; Direct assessment of ship stability (damage and intact) in waves; Collision avoidance simulation; Ship evacuation and the impact to safety and security; Alternative Fuels from Shipping; Advanced Marine Vehicles; Crashworthiness of ship structures; Autonomous Ships; Warship design and susceptibility.

Professional Activities

IMO MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE 76th Session
Participant
10/6/2021
Stability and Safety in electric vessels
Organiser
9/6/2021
Safety in Marine Fuel Cells
Organiser
8/6/2021
1st International Conference on the Stability and Safety of Ships and Ocean Vehicles (STAB&S) 2021
Chair
7/6/2021
Suez Canal blockage: how cargo ships like Ever Given became so huge, and why they’re causing problems
Recipient
1/4/2021
Interview to BBC Breakfast on 29/03/21
Recipient
29/3/2021

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Projects

Arctic connections - webinar
Robertson, Mark (Principal Investigator) Boulougouris, Evangelos (Co-investigator) Xu, Xue (Co-investigator)
03-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2024
Retrofitting towards climate neutrality (GreenMarine)
Lazakis, Iraklis (Principal Investigator) Boulougouris, Evangelos (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2027
Double efficient pilot fuel free ceramic hydrogen combustion engine technology for marine applications
Theotokatos, Gerasimos (Principal Investigator) Boulougouris, Evangelos (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
Carnot Marine Vessel APUs - Feasibility Study
Theotokatos, Gerasimos (Principal Investigator) Boulougouris, Evangelos (Co-investigator) Lazakis, Iraklis (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
NEPTUNE CMDC
Boulougouris, Evangelos (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Theotokatos, Gerasimos (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
Intelligent marine engines health assessment system based on digital twins and data driven models
Theotokatos, Gerasimos (Principal Investigator) Boulougouris, Evangelos (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2023

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Professor Evangelos Boulougouris
Head Of Department
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

Email: evangelos.boulougouris@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3875