Dr. Charalampakis is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of West Attica. He holds a Diploma degree in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (1999, major field Structural Mechanics, grade: 8.28/10, graduated 11th out of 216 students), a MSc degree in Civil Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology of London (2000, MSc/DIC in “Concrete structures” with distinction, 1st in class), as well as the Ronald Stewart Jenkins Memorial Prize “for excellence in structural mechanics” (2000). He has worked as a self-employed engineer and as an active programmer in TechnoLogismiki, a software house he co-founded in 2002, developing and maintaining more than 25 computer programs for Engineers. During the period 2004–2009, he completed his PhD entitled “Inelastic dynamic analysis of structures using Bouc–Wen hysteretic models” at the National Technical University of Athens.

His scientific interests include: dynamic analysis and seismic design of structures; applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence in civil engineering; hysteretic models (response, dissipated energy, system identification); and optimization. He has authored or co-authored more than 40 scientific publications (26 in international peer reviewed journals), and refereed for over 20 international journals. His work has attracted over 1100 citations in Google Scholar and 800 citations in Scopus. He has written 4 books, the latest of which is entitled “Dynamics of Rigid Bodies (2023)”. He has participated in 3 funded research projects. He holds a patent (as single inventor, 100%) with the Hellenic Industrial Property Organization. He is a review editor in the following international scientific journals: Frontiers in Built Environment: Earthquake Engineering and Frontiers in Built Environment: Computational Methods in Structural Engineering.

Dr. Charalampakis is a member of the following professional and scientific associations: Greek Technical Chamber, the Association of Greek Civil Engineers, the Hellenic Society for Theoretical & Applied Mechanics (HSTAM), the Hellenic Association for Earthquake Engineering (HAEE).