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Dr Dimitra Soulioti PhD, MEng, FHEA

Senior Lecturer in Materials Engineering

Summary

I have joined Sheffield Hallam University in 2014 as an Associate Lecturer. In 2018, I became a Lecturer in Materials Engineering in the Department of Engineering and Mathematics and in 2021 I progressed to Senior Lecturer. My primary research interests involve the mechanical behaviour of Structural and Composite Materials through destructive and non-destructive methodologies. I am teaching on a number of courses, such as Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Foundation courses, Materials Engineering, Automotive Engineering.

Souleili

About

I studied Civil Engineering (5-year course) in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and received my PhD in Materials Engineering from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Greece. I worked as an instructor in the Institute of Vocational Training in Ioannina, Greece in “Structural Engineering Technician” Specialty and joined Sheffield Hallam University in 2014 as an Associate Lecturer. In 2018 I became a Lecturer in Materials Engineering in the Department of Engineering and Mathematics and in 2021 I progressed to Senior Lecturer. I am teaching several topics, such as materials science, composite materials, materials selection, statics, manufacturing.

I have published 26 papers with more than 1400 citations in peer-reviewed journals and proceedings. I am a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy since 2018 and I was a Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece.

Teaching

Future Transportation

Courses taught:

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Materials Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Engineering Foundation Courses
  • Railway Engineering (DA)

Modules taught:

  • Fundamentals of Materials and Manufacturing (Lvl 3)
  • Engineering and Mathematics in Practice (Lvl 3)
  • Materials, Manufacturing and Design for Transportation (Lvl 4)
  • The Principles of Packaging Technology (Lvl 4)
  • Sustainable Engineering and Interdisciplinary practice (Lvl 4)
  • Track Engineering for Apprentices (Lvl 5)
  • Railway Mechanical Engineering for Apprentices (Lvl 5)
  • Sustainable Vehicle Technology (Lvl 7)

Research

  • Industry and Innovation Research Institute

Research interests:

  • Properties of advanced materials
  • Mechanical behaviour of composite and structural materials
  • Self-sensing materials
  • Non-destructive monitoring of advanced structural and composite materials
  • Additive manufacturing of composite materials

Research Projects:

Assessment of advanced additively manufactured lightweight composites for structural applications (GTA PhD project).

2009 - 2012: IAPETUS, “Innovative Repair of Aerospace Structures with Curing Optimization and Life Cycle Monitoring Abilities”, EU 7th Framework, Programme ACP8-GA-2009-234333

2012 - 2013: “Optimal operation and maintenance of bridges and road networks”, European Union (European Regional Development Fund- ERDF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “THESSALY- MAINLAND GREECE AND EPIRUS-2007-2013” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF 2007-2013)

Consultancy projects:
2009 - 2010: “Measurement of toughness and flexural strength parameters of fibre reinforced concrete specimens”, University of Ioannina, Greece

Publications

Journal articles

Kordatos, E.Z., Soulioti, D.V., Strantza, M., Matikas, T.E., & Aggelis, D.G. (2013). Thermography and Ultrasound for Characterizing Subsurface Defects in Concrete. . http://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0723-8_28

Aggelis, D.G., Soulioti, D.V., Gatselou, E.A., Barkoula, N.-.M., & Matikas, T.E. (2013). Monitoring of the mechanical behavior of concrete with chemically treated steel fibers by acoustic emission. Construction and Building Materials, 48, 1255-1260. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.06.066

Soulioti, D.V., Barkoula, N.-.M., Koutsianopoulos, F., Charalambakis, N., & Matikas, T.E. (2013). The effect of fibre chemical treatment on the steel fibre/cementitious matrix interface. Construction and Building Materials, 40, 77-83. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.09.111

Aggelis, D.G., Soulioti, D.V., Barkoula, N.M., Paipetis, A.S., & Matikas, T.E. (2012). Influence of fiber chemical coating on the acoustic emission behavior of steel fiber reinforced concrete. Cement and Concrete Composites, 34 (1), 62-67. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2011.07.003

Aggelis, D.G., Soulioti, D.V., Sapouridis, N., Barkoula, N.M., Paipetis, A.S., & Matikas, T.E. (2011). Acoustic emission characterization of the fracture process in fibre reinforced concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 25 (11), 4126-4131. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.04.049

Aggelis, D.G., Kordatos, E.Z., Strantza, M., Soulioti, D.V., & Matikas, T.E. (2011). NDT approach for characterization of subsurface cracks in concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 25 (7), 3089-3097. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.12.045

Soulioti, D.V., Barkoula, N.M., Paipetis, A., & Matikas, T.E. (2011). Effects of Fibre Geometry and Volume Fraction on the Flexural Behaviour of Steel‐Fibre Reinforced Concrete. Strain, 47 (s1). http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-1305.2009.00652.x

Aggelis, D.G., Kordatos, E.Z., Soulioti, D.V., & Matikas, T.E. (2010). Combined use of thermography and ultrasound for the characterization of subsurface cracks in concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 24 (10), 1888-1897. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.04.014

Soulioti, D., Barkoula, N.M., Paipetis, A., Matikas, T.E., Shiotani, T., & Aggelis, D.G. (2009). Acoustic emission behavior of steel fibre reinforced concrete under bending. Construction and Building Materials, 23 (12), 3532-3536. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.06.042

Conference papers

Forster, R., Feteira, A., Soulioti, D., Grammatikos, S., & Kordatos, E. (2025). In-line monitoring of the fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing process for short fibre-reinforced composites. Proceedings of SPIE. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.3052824

Forster, R., Feteira, A., Soulioti, D., Grammatikos, S., & Kordatos, E. (2024). In-line monitoring of the fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing process for fibre-reinforced polymer matrix composites. In Binetruy, C., & Jacquemin, F. (Eds.) 21st European Conference on Composite Materials, Nantes, France, 2 July 2024 - 5 July 2024 (pp. 503-512). The European Society for Composite Materials (ESCM) and the Ecole Centrale de Nantes: http://doi.org/10.60691/yj56-np80

Forster, R., Feteira, A., Soulioti, D., Grammatikos, S.A., & Kordatos, E. (2024). In-line monitoring of the fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing process for fibre-reinforced composites. Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLVI. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.3013403

Forster, R., Feteira, A., Soulioti, D., Grammatikos, S.A., Walsh, Y., & Kordatos, E. (2024). Non-destructive evaluation of 3D-printed fibre-reinforced composite materials mechanical behaviour. Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLVI. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.3013730

Forster, R., Feteira, A., Soulioti, D., Grammatikos, S., & Kordatos, E. (2023). In-line monitoring of the fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing process. Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, Civil Infrastructure, and Transportation XVII, 12487. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.2658374

Coulbeck, T.S.V., Hammond, I.P.G., Gooding, C.J., Wither, J.K., Sterianou, I., Soulioti, D., & Kordatos, E.Z. (2020). Development of self-sensing cementitious materials. Smart Structures and NDE for Industry 4.0, Smart Cities, and Energy Systems, 49. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.2558875

Aggelis, D.G., Soulioti, D.V., Barkoula, N.M., Paipetis, A.S., & Matikas, T.E. (2012). Influence of the fiber chemical coating on the fracture behavior of steel fiber concrete measured by acoustic emission. Emerging Technologies in Non Destructive Testing V Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Emerging Technologies in NDT, 111-115.

Kordatos, E.Z., Strantza, M., Soulioti, D.V., Matikas, T.E., & Aggelis, D.G. (2011). Combined NDT methods for characterization of subsurface cracks in concrete. SPIE Proceedings, 7982, 79820W. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.881025

Aggelis, D.G., Soulioti, D.V., Gatselou, E., Barkoula, N.M., Paipetis, A., & Matikas, T.E. (2011). Effect of fiber surface conditioning on the acoustic emission behavior of steel fiber reinforced concrete. SPIE Proceedings, 7983, 79830V. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.880354

Strantza, M.A., Kordatos, E., Soulioti, D.V., Matikas, T.E., & Aggelis, D.G. (2010). Use of thermography and ultrasound for characterization of subsurface cracks in concrete. In 7th National Conference in Nondestructive Testing, 15 October 2010 - 17 October 2010.

Aggelis, D.G., Soulioti, D.V., Sapouridis, N., Barkoula, N.M., Paipetis, A.S., & Matikas, T.E. (2010). Acoustic emission characterization of steel fibre reinforced concrete during bending. SPIE Proceedings, 7649, 764912. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.847396

Aggelis, D.G., Soulioti, D., Barkoula, N.M., Paipetis, A.S., Matikas, T.E., & Shiotani, T. (2009). Acoustic emission of steel-fiber concrete under four-point bending. SPIE Proceedings. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.815202

Postgraduate supervision

I have supervised MEng projects and I am supervisor of a GTA PhD student.

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