Thanos Papanicolaou

Joined the College of Engineering: 2003

Education: Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1997
M.Sc., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1993
B.S., Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1990

Special Fields of Knowledge: Transport of cohesionless and cohesive sediments; watershed sedimentation processes, environmental and fluvial hydraulics; river mechanics and morphology; turbulent flow; experimental methods.

Present Research Interests: 

Selected Publications: 

• Papanicolaou, A., Bdour, A (2004). Comparison of the Theoretical Travel Time Determined by the Hypsometric Method and the Virtual Velocity Method for the Red River Watershed, ID. Journal of American Water Resources Association, Vol. 39, No. 4, p. 1385.
• Fox, J., Papanicolaou, A. and Kjos, L. (2005). Eddy Taxonomy Around a Partially Submerged Obstacle within a Rough Bed: A Novel Classification Methodology, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 131, No. 10, p. 1082.
• Fox, J., Papanicolaou, A., Hobbs, B. Kramer, C. and Kjos, L (2005). Fluid-sediment dynamics around a Barb: experimental case study of a hydraulic structure for the Pacific Northwest. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 3, p. 674.
• Strom, K. and Papanicolaou, A. (2005). Bed Stability around the East Caisson of The Tacoma Narrows Bridge submitted to Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 131, No. 2, p. 221.
• Papanicolaou, A., and Maxwell, A. (2006). Methodological Considerations for Studying Self-Weight Fluidization in a Sedimentation Column. International Journal of Minerals Engineering, Elsevier. vol. 78, p. 140.

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships: American Society for Engineering Education; American Society of Civil Engineers; American Geophysical Union; International Association for Hydraulic Research; American Water Resources Association; Soil and Water Conservation Society.