Professor Iraklis Lazakis
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
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.
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 Faculty Advisor of the Year award
- Recipient
- 16/10/2024
- 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
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
Publications
- CO2 capture for marine applications – Land-based testing of single stage membrane process
- Pettersen Torbjørn, Sandru EM, Sivasamy KS, Chisca S, Unander TE, Mallouppas George, Lazakis Iraklis, Sandru Marius
- 13th Trondheim Carbon Capture, Transport and Storage (CCS) conference (2025)
- Developing a methodology for interoperable simulation tools for optimising sustainable ship operations
- Sykas Dimitrios, Lazakis Iraklis
- Annual Conference of Marine Technology 2025 (2025)
- Developing and employing a virtual reality application for enhancing ship operations and onboard safety
- Sykas Dimitrios, Lazakis Iraklis
- Annual Conference of Marine Technology 2025 (2025)
- Paving the way towards maritime decarbonisation : application of a Risk Based Certification for carbon capture system
- Ahmed Yaseen Adnan, Lazakis Iraklis, Polaki Vedanjali, Mallouppas George, Sandru Marius, Pettersen Torbjørn, McKellar Oliver, Cross Alex
- 20th International Congress of the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean (2025)
- Evaluation of predictive models for reducing wind turbine power converter failure downtime for a wind farm operator ssing SCADA data
- Moros Demitri, Ashton Ian G, Berrabah Nassif, Lazakis Iraklis, Searle Kit D
- Wind Energy Science (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-84
- Highlights and future research areas from ISSC 2022
- Wang Xiaozhi, Hermundstad Ole Andreas, Underwood James, Garbatov Yordan, Ehlers Sören, Josefson B Lennart, Kolios Athanasios, Lazakis Iraklis, Horn Agnes Marie, Pegg Neil
- Marine Structures Vol 101 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marstruc.2024.103746
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.
Professional Activities
- Strategic Themes: Applied AI Workshop
- Participant
- 17/1/2025
- Phd viva
- Examiner
- 22/5/2023
- The Times 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
- 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
Projects
- Decarbonising UK Shipping: Industry Engagement on Onboard Carbon Capture
- Ahmed, Yaseen (Principal Investigator) Lazakis, Iraklis (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2025
- Fingal hotel/vessel structural survey
- Lazakis, Iraklis (Principal Investigator) Gunbeyaz, Sefer Anil (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
- Low Cost Underwater Glider
- Aktas, Batuhan (Principal Investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Lazakis, Iraklis (Co-investigator)
- 31-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- 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
Contact
Professor
Iraklis
Lazakis
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
Email: iraklis.lazakis@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3070