Dr Dimitra Soulioti BEng, PhD, FHEA
Lecturer in Materials Engineering
Summary
Dimitra joined Sheffield Hallam University in 2014 as an Associate Lecturer. In 2018, she became a Lecturer in Materials Engineering in the Department of Engineering and Mathematics. Her primary research interests involve the mechanical behaviour of Structural and Composite Materials through destructive and non-destructive methodologies. Dimitra is teaching on a number of courses, such as Materials Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering etc.
About
Dimitra studied Civil Engineering (5-year course) in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and received her PhD in Materials Engineering from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Greece. She worked as an instructor in the Institute of Vocational Training in Ioannina, Greece in “Structural Engineering Technician” Specialty and she joined Sheffield Hallam University in 2014 as an Associate Lecturer. She became a Lecturer in Materials Engineering in the Department of Engineering and Mathematics in 2018, and she is teaching in different levels of study on a number of topics, such as materials science, composite materials, manufacturing etc. She is also an academic advisor to materials engineering students and module leader of Engineering Materials module.
Dimitra has published 20 papers with more than 600 citations in peer-reviewed journals and proceedings. She is a member of The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) since 2018, was a Member of Technical Chamber of Greece (“TEE”) in 2005-2017 and Fellow of The Higher Education Academy since 2018.
Lecturer
Teaching
Supervision of BEng (Hons) and MEng project students
- Materials Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Automotive Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Extended Degree in Engineering and Mathematics
- Fundamentals of Materials and Manufacturing (Lvl 3)
- Engineering Materials (Lvl 4)
- Module Leader Aerospace Materials and Manufacturing Processes (Lvl 4)
- Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (Lvl 4)
- Materials Science (Lvl 4)
- Failure Investigation with Materials and Process Selection (Lvl 5)
- Composite Materials (Lvl 6) Applied Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics (Lvl 7)
Research
Dimitra's research is focused on the field of materials and their properties and specifically on the mechanical performance of composite and structural materials, such as steel fibre reinforced concrete. She has also studied the non-destructive behaviour of structural materials using advanced Non-Destructive methods, such as Acoustic Emission, Infrared Thermography, Electrical properties etc. Her recent project is on self-sensing cementitious materials and their application on the infrastructure.
Dimitra's main areas of research interests are:
• Properties of advanced materials
• Mechanical behaviour of composite and structural materials
• Self-sensing materials
• Non-destructive monitoring of advanced structural and composite materials
Research projects:
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. (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