Nikolaidou Violetta (Evelina) M.Eng. Candidate McGill University Department of Civil Engineering Advisor(s): Prof. Dimitrios G. Lignos & Colin A. Rogers

Contact Information:

Address: Macdonald Engineering Building, Room 165

817 Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C3, CANADA

email address

Current Research Summary:

My research involves the development of material and welding requirements of doubler plates on high-strength steel columns that are currently used in pre-qualified beam-to-column connections. I conduct extensive material characterization testing of high strength steel and detailed finite element analyses of the welding procedures in W-shape column assemblies.

Education:

• Diploma in Civil Engineering, (w/ Honors) National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), July 2011
  Department of Civil Engineering
  

• M.Sc., McGill University, Canada, January 2012-till now
  Department of Civil Engineering
  Advisor(s): Prof. Dimitrios G. Lignos & Colin A. Rogers

Teaching:

• CIVE 320 - Numerical Methods (Fall 2012) ‎‎, McGill University, Canada.‎

Publications:

1. Nikolaidou, V., Rogers, C.A., Lignos, D.G. (2013). “Finite Element Modeling of Welding Procedures in High Strength W-Shapes,” Proceedings Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE), 3rd Specialty Conference on Material Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Montreal, Quebec, May 29th-June 1st 2013