Professor Iraklis Lazakis

Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

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Personal statement

I joined the Dpt of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering (NAOME) at the University of Strathclyde in 2007 as a phd researcher while starting my academic career in 2011 (currently Reader of Maritime Operations and Maintenance). I principally teach Analysis tools for marine design, Principles of Marine design and production, System availability and maintenance, asset and risk management in addition to Offshore renewables subjects such as marine operations, maintenance and reliability, systems condition monitoring project management.

The above mentioned areas also reflect my key research and knowledge exchange interests which include among others ship operations, systems maintenance and reliability, ship systems condition monitoring, risk analysis tools and methodologies, system criticality assessment, shipyard manufacturing and productivity, asset management, wind-wave-tidal energy devices installation, operation and maintenance.

I am also currently involved in key departmental and Faculty-wide positions. In all the above activities my role is to support the NAOME nd university scope and interests as well as helping colleagues in achieving greater success in research funding applications, academic publications and knowledge exchange activities.

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Area of Expertise

Throughout the last few years I have developed and enhanced my expertise in areas including ship operations, systems maintenance and reliability, ship systems condition monitoring, risk analysis tools and methodologies, system criticality assessment, shipyard manufacturing and productivity, asset management, wind-wave-tidal energy devices, renewable projects operation and maintenance, project management.

Prize And Awards

SNAME West of Europe Section (WES) best paper award
Recipient
26/7/2023
SNAME Graduate Paper Honor Prize Winner 2022
Recipient
29/9/2022
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Certificate of Excellence
Recipient
6/1/2022
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Certificate of Excellence
Recipient
22/9/2020
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Certificate of Excellence
Recipient
22/9/2020
Certificate of appreciation
Recipient
7/2/2020

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Qualifications

Esteem

O&M session champion/chair in Taiwan and Japan for the EPSRC-funded EPENET (Edinburgh-Pacific Partnership of Excellence in New Energy Technologies) project, workshops and events held in Hsinchu (Taiwan) and Kyoto (Japan) at the beginning of March 2013

ISSC committee IV.2 member 2012-2015. The International Ships and offshore Structures Congress is a prestigious event held every three years. It is a forum for the exchange of information by experts undertaking and applying marine structural research. The aim of the ISSC is to further understanding in the various disciplines underpinning marine structural design, production and operation through internationally collaborative endeavours.

ISSC 2012 committee observer

Laureate of the Edelman awards 2012. The Franz Edelman competition attests to the contributions of operations research and analytics in both the profit and non-profit sectors. The purpose of the Franz Edelman competition is to bring forward, recognize and reward outstanding examples of operations research, management science and advanced analytics in practice in the world

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Publications

Advancements and challenges of onboard carbon capture and storage technologies for the maritime industry : a comprehensive review
Ahmed Yaseen Adnan, Lazakis Iraklis, Mallouppas George
Marine Systems & Ocean Technology Vol 20 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40868-024-00161-w
A novel shipyard performance measurement approach through an integrated Value Engineering and Risk Assessment (VENRA) framework using a hybrid MCDM tool
Baihaqi Imam, Lazakis Iraklis, Supomo Heri
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment Vol 238, pp. 911-932 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1177/14750902231219533
Development of a hierarchical clustering method for anomaly identification and labelling of marine machinery data
Velasco-Gallego Christian, Lazakis Iraklis, Cubo-Mateo Nieves
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Vol 12 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12101792
Development of a novel integrated value engineering and risk assessment (VENRA) framework for shipyard performance measurement : a case study for an Indonesian shipyard
Baihaqi Imam, Lazakis Iraklis, Kurt Rafet Emek
Ships and Offshore Structures Vol 19, pp. 1118-1133 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1080/17445302.2023.2228115
Systems reliability and data driven analysis for marine machinery maintenance planning and decision making
Daya Abdullahi Abdulkarim, Lazakis Iraklis
Machines Vol 12 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12050294
Analysis of attention mechanisms for the prediction of ship fuel oil consumption
Velasco-Gallego Christian, Lazakis Iraklis, Polaki Vedanjali
63rd International Congress of Naval Architecture Marine Technology and Maritime Industry (2024)

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Teaching

Since my appointment at the Dpt of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde i have been teaching the following modules/subjects:

Undergaduate level

Analysis tools for marine design, Principles of Marine design and production, System availability and maintenance

Postgraduate level

System availability and maintenance

Industrial Doctoral Centre for Offshore renewables (IDCORE): marine operations, maintenance and reliability, systems condition monitoring, project management

 

I am also currently supervising a number of undergraduate, postgraduate and Phd students regarding their individual projects/thesis, acting as lead supervisor on subjects such as: systems maintenance and reliability, ship systems condition monitoring, risk analysis, criticality assessment, shipyard manufacturing and productivity, asset management, wind-wave-tidal energy devices, renewable projects operation and maintenance, project management.

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Professional Activities

Phd viva
Examiner
22/5/2023
Yorkshire Post report on Petrel vessel accident at Leith drydock
Recipient
14/4/2023
The Scotsman report on Petrel vessel accident at Leith drydock
Recipient
14/4/2023
Western Daily Press report on Petrel vessel accident at Leith drydock
Recipient
14/4/2023
The Times report on Petrel vessel accident at Leith drydock
Recipient
14/4/2023
Righting toppled ship in drydock will be ‘very complicated’, warns marine expert
Recipient
13/4/2023

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Projects

Calmac vessel survey
Lazakis, Iraklis (Principal Investigator)
Calmac vessel survey and research review related to corrosion issues during a vessels lifecycle.
01-Jan-2024 - 09-Jan-2024
Initial development of a simulation/optimisation framework for advanced offshore renewables operations, maintenance, and logistics (AKT)
Lazakis, Iraklis (Principal Investigator)
25-Jan-2024 - 24-Jan-2024
Royal yacht Britannia structural survey
Lazakis, Iraklis (Principal Investigator) Gunbeyaz, Sefer Anil (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2024
Retrofitting towards climate neutrality (GreenMarine)
Lazakis, Iraklis (Principal Investigator) Boulougouris, Evangelos (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2027
OWA Vessel Emission Metric Development (VEMD)
Lazakis, Iraklis (Principal Investigator) Theotokatos, Gerasimos (Co-investigator)
Offshore Wind Association project on vessel emission metric
06-Jan-2021 - 08-Jan-2022
Carnot Marine Vessel APUs - Feasibility Study
Theotokatos, Gerasimos (Principal Investigator) Boulougouris, Evangelos (Co-investigator) Lazakis, Iraklis (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022

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Contact

Professor Iraklis Lazakis
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

Email: iraklis.lazakis@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3070