Dr. Nikolaos P. Ventikos

Work Packages / Deliverables: WP3, WP4, WP5 / D3.1, D4.1, D4.2, D4.3, D5.1, D5.2, D5.3

Other Information

- Diploma (M.Eng.) Shipyard of Mechanical Engineer, National Technical University of Athens (1994).
- Doctoral Diploma School of Naval Architecture, National Technical University of Athens (2002) "Development of an Assessment Model for Gravity, Causes and Effects of Marine Petroleum Pollution: The Case of Maritime Transport in Greece and the Saronic Gulf. "

Research interests:

Safety analyzes and risk assessment in maritime transport, assessment and combating marine pollution from ships (eg dealing with airborne emissions, maritime balloon issues, etc.), study, management, reliability and training of the human factor in shipping, man-centered ship design, shipwreck management, shipping resilience study, maritime transport protection and development of statistical models.

Research experience:

Participation in 7 research projects funded by the European Commission, as coordinator as well as in a number of research projects as a research engineer. He is the author of 7 scientific papers and has participated in work at 4 international scientific conferences. Participation in 26 research and development projects, 7 of which as Project Coordinator or scientific director. He is the author of 25 scientific papers and four monographs and has participated with work in 74 international scientific conferences. He is a reviewer in twenty-nine international scientific journals.

Selected recent scientific publications:

Sotiralis P., N.P.Ventikos, Hamann R., Golyshev P., Teixeira A.P. (2016), “Incorporation of human factors into ship collision risk models focusing on human centred design aspects”, Reliability Engineering and System Safety Journal, 156: 210-227.

Ventikos N.P., Louzis K., Koimtzoglou A., Delikanidis P. (2016), “Enhanced Decision Making through Probabilistic Shipwreck Risk Assessment: Focusing on the Situation in Greece”, Frontiers in Marine Science, 97 (3).

Chatzinikolaou S.D., Ventikos N.P. (2015), “Holistic framework for studying ship air emissions in a life cycle perspective”, Ocean Engineering, 110 (Part B): 113-122.

Ventikos N.P., Sotiralis P. (2014), “Probabilistic oil outflow: the tanker fleet in the context of risk analysis”, International Journal of Shipping, Transport and Logistics, 6: 552-570.

Ventikos N.P., Sotiropoulos F.S. (2014), “Disutility analysis of oil spills: Graphs and trends”, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 81 (1): 116-123.

Ventikos N.P., Lykos G.V., Padouva I. (2014), “How to achieve an effective behavioral-based safety plan: the analysis of an attitude questionnaire for the maritime industry”, WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, 13 (1): 1-24.

Ventikos N.P., Koimtzoglou A., Louzis K. (2014), “Shipwreck: A crisis with challenging solutions”, Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response, 4: 160-174.

Ventikos N.P. and Sotiralis, P (2016) Optimizing the transportation of heavy parts inside the engine room in the context of crew centred design. In: Ergoship 2016, 6-7 April 2016, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.