Dimitrios Kalliontzis, Ph.D.
Assistant ProfessorOffice Location N113 Engineering Building 1
Phone 713-743-9838 | Fax 713-743-4260
Email dkallion [at] central.uh.edu
Education
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California San Diego, 2018-2020
Ph.D., Structural Engineering, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, 2018
M.S., Structural Engineering, Iowa State University, 2014
B.S., Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece
Professional Experience
Technical Intern, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH), NY, 2014
Students Supervised
Current Ph.D. Students:
Vasileios Kotzamanis
Priyanshu Pokhrel
Samvid Parajuli
Yousef Abu Amneh
Sukran
Ph.D. Student Alumni:
Muhammad Waleed Khan
Abdulrahman Salah
Current M.S. Students:
Tausif Akhthar Shaik
M.S. Student Alumni:
Noran Shahin
Omar Khalid
Undergraduate Research Assistants (Current and Past):
Natasha Khan
Matthew Boriack
John Alvey
George Shenouda
Brandt Bechtel
David Ferrer
Isaiah Camarillo
Angel Montoya
Abdalrahman Alnabriss
Classes
Mechanics I-Statics (ENGR 2301)
Prestressed Concrete (CIVE 6353)
Masonry Structures (CIVE 5365/7397)
Awards & Honors
Outstanding Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 2025
NSF Travel Award, NHERI E-Defense (NIED) Meeting, Kobe, Japan, 2025
Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston – Cullen College of Engineering, Houston, Texas, May 2024.
Research Excellence Award by Iowa State University for Research Contributions to Structural Engineering, Ames, IA, 2014
Honorable Mention by the 14th Canadian Masonry Symposium for the Publication Entitled “Structural Masonry Walls with Rubber Pads and Unbonded Posttensioning Tendons: Experiment and Design Procedure”, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2021
Honorable Mention by 13th Canadian Masonry Symposium for the Publication entitled "Simplified Approach for Estimating the Envelope Response of Unbonded Posttensioned Masonry Shear Walls", Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2017
2nd Place Award in Oral Presentation Competition of 6th Annual Postdoctoral Research Symposium at University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 2018
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Award: Research Proposal Entitled “Understanding Dynamic Decay of Rocking Precast Concrete Members” was selected to be funded for the academic year 2013-2014. Ames, Iowa, July 2013-July 2014.
Travel Award for NHERI E-Defense (NIED) Meeting by National Science Foundation, Kobe, Japan, January 2025.
Travel Award for 2024 NHERI Summit by National Science Foundation, College Park, MD, May 2024.
Travel Award for NHERI Computational Symposium by National Science Foundation, Los Angeles, California, February 2024.
Grant by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) to present research in 11th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, 2018
Ranked 1st in Students originating from Kavala, Greece: Awarded Special Distinction by the President of the Greek (Hellenic) Democracy, Athens, Greece, 2007
Professional Memberships
American Concrete Institute (ACI)
The Masonry Society (TMS)
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)
University Marine Energy Research Community (UMERC)
Research Interests
Fluid-Structure Interaction and Multiphysics Engineering
Ultra-High-Performance Concrete, Reinforced and Prestressed/Precast Concrete
Marine Energy
Masonry Structures
Sponsored Research / Research Grant
National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Universal Element-Driven Framework for Characterizing Orthotropic and Multi-Mode Fracture Behavior in Mass Timber Structures ($352,897). Role: Lead PI
PCI Foundation Integrating Precast for Texas - A Multi-tiered Approach to Precast Education ($80,000). Role: PI
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Training Initiative for Decommissioning and Energy Skills in the Gulf Region ($750,000). Role: Co-PI
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Repurposing Petroleum Infrastructure for Sustainable Energy, Food, and Critical Minerals ($511,277). Role: PI
U.S. Department of Energy, Water Power Technologies Office Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) for Enhanced Durability of WEC Hulls ($296,700). Role: Co-PI
U.S. Department of Commerce, Concrete Masonry Checkoff Program Evaluating, Highlighting, and Promoting Concrete Masonry Construction for Storm-Surge Resilience in Contemporary Low-Rise Buildings of Region 4 - Phase II ($150,000). Role: PI
Saudi Aramco Structural Performance of Carbo-Crete for Construction Application ($217,816). Role: Co-PI
National Concrete Masonry Association Foundation High-Strength Steel in Concrete Masonry - Axial Load Specifications with and without Lateral Restraining Reinforcement ($54,988). Role: PI
Tindall Corporation Simulation of Fluid Grout Properties ($25,000). Role: PI
Brick Industry Association & Western States Clay Products Association Creating a Road Map to Code Adoption of High Strength Steel in Clay Brick Masonry - Phase III ($20,000). Role: PI
U.S. Department of Commerce, Concrete Masonry Checkoff Program Evaluating, Highlighting, and Promoting Concrete Masonry Construction for Storm-Surge Resilience in Region 4 - Phase I ($65,000). Role: PI
Western States Clay Products Association Creating a Road Map to Code Adoption of High Strength Steel in Clay Brick Masonry - Phase II ($5,000). Role: PI
U.S. Department of Energy, Water Power Technologies Office, MSI STEM R&D Program Multi-Mode Wave Energy Converter (MWEC) for Robust Wave-Powered Seawater Desalination ($284,879). Role: PI
National Concrete Masonry Association Foundation Creating a Road Map to Code Adoption of High Strength Steel in Concrete Masonry - Phase II ($78,518). Role: PI
Western States Clay Products Association Creating a Road Map to Code Adoption of High Strength Steel in Clay Masonry ($5,000). Role: PI
Brick Industry Association Creating a Road Map to Code Adoption of High Strength Steel in Clay Masonry ($6,600). Role: PI
American Concrete Institute Foundation Shear Behavior of Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) Considering Axial Load Effects ($57,491). Role: PI
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Jenny Fellowship Shear Behavior of PCI-UHPC Members Considering Size Effects ($40,000). Role: PI
National Concrete Masonry Association Foundation Creating a Road Map to Code Adoption of High Strength Steel in Concrete Masonry - Phase I ($39,419). Role: PI
National Cooperative Highway Research ProgramGuidelines for the Design of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders Using FRP Auxiliary Reinforcement ($540,000). Role: Co-PI
UH Equipment Grants Servo-Control Replacement to Support UH's Universal Panel Element Tester ($49,680). Role: PI
UH Grants to Enhance and Advance ResearchCreating a Green Line of Defense for Hurricane-Prone Regions via Mangrove Forests ($39,530). Role: PI