Research Interests
- Earthquake engineering
- Structural robustness
- Material efficiency
- Steel structures
- Reinforced concrete structures
- Heritage masonry
Dr Maria Liapopoulou
Dr Maria Liapopoulou is a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge.
DR Liapopoulou's research focuses on understanding current practices in structural and construction engineering. She holds an MEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an MSc (Dist) and a PhD in Earthquake Engineering from Imperial College London. During her PhD, she developed predictive models for the collapse of structures under realistic earthquake loading. Maria also has teaching experience as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Imperial and as a supervisor at Cambridge, and she is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Qualifications
- MEng (Hons) Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- MSc (Dist) Earthquake Engineering, Imperial College London
- PhD Civil Engineering, Imperial College London
Professional Affiliations
- Chair, Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics (SECED) Young Members Sub-Committee
- Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy (HEA)
Selected Publications
Liapopoulou, M., Dávalos, H., Bravo-Haro, M., Heresi, P. and Miranda, E. (2024). Directionality of average spectral acceleration, SaAvg, in the 2023 Kahramanmaras, Türkiye earthquake sequence. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-024-02047-z
Liapopoulou, M., Bompa, D. V. and Elghazouli A. Y. (2024) In and out of plane behaviour of TRM strengthened heritage masonry elements. Construction and Building Materials, 448, 138152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.138152
Liapopoulou, M., Stafford, P. J. and Elghazouli, A. Y. (2024). Duration-dependent seismic collapse capacity prediction for steel moment-resisting frames. Journal of Building Engineering, 86, 108810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.108810
Liapopoulou, M., Stafford, P. J. and Elghazouli, A. Y. (2024). A collapse capacity prediction model based on ground motion duration. Engineering Structures, 304, 117671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.117671
Ding, X., Liapopoulou, M. and Elghazouli A. Y. (2024). Seismic response of non-structural components in multi-storey steel frames. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 213, 108398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2023.108398
Liapopoulou, M., Bravo-Haro, M. A. and Elghazouli, A. Y. (2020). The role of ground motion duration and pulse effects in the collapse of ductile systems. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 49 (11), 1051–1071. https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.3278