Dr. George Mylonakis
Prof. george mylonakis Professor Civil Infrastructure And Environmental Engineering

Contact Information
george.mylonakis@ku.ac.ae +971 2 312 5049

Biography

Dr. Mylonakis specializes in geotechnical and earthquake engineering. He is Chair in Geotechnics and Soil-Structure Interaction at the University of Bristol, UK, and Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles - positions he retains. He is best known for his research in Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI) with emphasis on piles and retaining structures. He has served as principal investigator or senior researcher in several sponsored research projects in the USA and Europe. He has also served as EBM in several international journals including the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, and Geotechnique. Since 2021 he is Editor-in-Chief in the Journal Geotechnics.


Education
  • 5-Year Diploma in Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, 1993
  • PhD in Civil Engineering, State University of New York,1996



Research
Research Interests
  • Geotechnics
  • Soil-Structure Interaction
  • Earthquake Engineering