Professor Philotheos Lokkas was born in Larissa and graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), where he was granted a scholarship.

He continued for a postgraduate degree MSc at the University of Manchester, UK, (UMIST) and later for a PhD at the University of London, UK, (UCL). In this period, he was also given a certificate on the Information Technology.

He has been a tenured Professor at the University of Applied Sciences (TEI) of Thessaly, where he was elected once as a Deputy Rector of the University and three times as a Head of the Civil Engineering Department, where he lectured 11 different modules, but mainly Mechanics and Strength of Materials.

Out of the TEI campus he has also lectured:

·    for 3 years the module Earthquake Resistant Structures in English, at a Postgraduate Program of the University of West Attica, Greece,

·    as a visitor Professor at the SYDDANSK University, Denmark,

·    at various seminars for Civil Engineers covering special scientific sectors,

·    a series of Information Technology modules, for engineers or teachers Greeks or foreigners.

Finally he lectured the module ‘Computer based Concrete Constructions’, at the postgraduate studies program ΑDοΑp in Trikala, Greece.

During his academic career he was an evaluator of European programs, he participated at different Hellenic (NARIC) committees for recognition of studies abroad and was involved at various research programs.

His articles have been published in Greece and abroad with significant references. He speaks Greek (mother tongue), English, French and German.

Today he is an Emeritus Professor.

For more information please visit his Full CV.