Professor Evangelos Boulougouris

Head Of Department

Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

Personal statement

An academic and a chartered, professional engineer with an internationally recognized reputation for research and knowledge exchange in naval architecture, ocean and marine engineering. Strong researcher in the field of safety of marine operations and design for safety for more than 28 years, receiving a number of international awards for his work.

He is currently the Head of Department at the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering and a Chair at the Maritime Safety Research Centre, sponsored by RCG and DNV. Co-inventor for a pending patent and PI and Co-I in EU and UK funded research and KE projects. KE project coordinator in UK and for EU-funded training courses.

Very committed to professional institutions through work as Fellow with the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) in UK and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) in US and the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE). Maximizing the impact as a member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects’ International Maritime Organisation Standing Committee, he has participated in Ship Design & Construction (SDC) and the International Intercessional correspondence group developing the new regulations for the international shipping. Member of the International Towing Tank Committee (ITTC) Technical Committee on Stability in Waves. Member of the Stability R&D Committee associated with the International Conference on the Stability of Ships and Offshore Structures (STAB). Member of the IMarEST Alternative Fuels from Shipping Special Interest Group and SNAME’s SD-11: Post Incident Safety Assurance Panel.

He has produced more than 200 publications in journals and international peer-reviewed conferences, he is the co-editor of the Proceedings of STAB 2015 and has 6 chapters in books.

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

Vulnerability and Recovery Co-Analysis to Enhance Resilience of Ports Impacted By Extreme Weather Events - Preliminary Results from EU Project Safari: Recipient; 17/7/2025
2020 Denny medal: Recipient; 31/3/2023
SNAME ABS Captain Joseph H. Linnard Prize: Recipient; 29/9/2022
Safety 2020 Best Paper Award: Recipient; 21/6/2022
Honorable Mention for the 2020 Vice Admiral E. L. Cochrane Award: Recipient; 2020
Contributor to HOLISHIP-Winner of Waterborne Category - EU CHAMPIONS of Transport Research in TRA 2014: Recipient; 2014

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Publications

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Publications

Computational fluid dynamics study on demihull interference and shallow water effects on resistance and wash wave of high-speed catamaran ferry using OpenFOAM: Aung Myo Zin, Nazemian Amin, Boulougouris Evangelos; Physics of Fluids Vol 37 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0273725
Vulnerability and recovery co-analysis to enhance resilience of ports impacted by extreme weather events : preliminary results from EU Project Safari: Chikelu Gabriel, Chaal Meriam, Hirdaris Spyros, Papadopoulou Nektaria, Nazemian Amin, Tzoraki Ourania, Boulougouris Evangelos, Valdez Banda Osiris A; Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Civil Structural and Transportation Engineering (ICCSTE 2025) 10th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering (ICCSTE 2025) Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering (2025); https://doi.org/10.11159/iccste25.342
Performance assessment of B-series marine propellers with cupping and face camber ratio using machine learning techniques: Tadros Mina, Boulougouris Evangelos; Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Vol 13 (2025); https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13071345
Uncertainty-aware decision support for real-time damage stability assessment in maritime emergencies: Louvros Panagiotis, Boulougouris Evangelos, Vassalos Dracos, Htein Nay Min, Stefanou Evangelos; 20th International Ship Stability Workshop (2025)
Analysing port operations risk based on impact of extreme weather events for European ports: Nazemian Amin, Papadopoulou Nektaria, Aung Myo Zin, Boulougouris Evangelos, Tzoraki Ourania, Chaal Meriam, Hirdaris Spyros; IAME 2025 Conference (2025)
Modal transportation shifting from road to coastal-waterways in the UK : finding optimal capacity for sustainable freight transport through swarming zero-emission barge fleets: Nazemian Amin, Boulougouris Evangelos, Aung Myo Zin; Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Vol 13 (2025); https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13071215

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Research

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Research Interests

Safety of marine operations; Design for safety; Holistic Ship Design; Multi-objective Ship Design optimisation; Survivability of Ships; Vulnerability of ships and offshore structures; Damage Stability; Stability in Waves; New Intact Stability Criteria; Direct assessment of ship stability (damage and intact) in waves; Collision avoidance simulation; Ship evacuation and the impact to safety and security; Alternative Fuels from Shipping; Advanced Marine Vehicles; Crashworthiness of ship structures; Autonomous Ships; Warship design and susceptibility.

Professional Activities

IMO MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE 76th Session: Participant; 10/6/2021
Stability and Safety in electric vessels: Organiser; 9/6/2021
Safety in Marine Fuel Cells: Organiser; 8/6/2021
1st International Conference on the Stability and Safety of Ships and Ocean Vehicles (STAB&S) 2021: Chair; 7/6/2021
Suez Canal blockage: how cargo ships like Ever Given became so huge, and why they’re causing problems: Recipient; 1/4/2021
Interview to BBC Breakfast on 29/03/21: Recipient; 29/3/2021

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Projects

SEASTARS: Sustainable Emission Abatement Strategies & Technologies For Advanced Revolution Ships: Boulougouris, Evangelos (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2027
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Gorska, Kaja: Theotokatos, Gerasimos (Principal Investigator) Boulougouris, Evangelos (Co-investigator) Gorska, Kaja (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
Feasibility study of Sustainable WAterborne Transportation (SWAT) by developing a versatile, zero-emission fleet: Nazemian, Amin (Principal Investigator) Boulougouris, Evangelos (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2024
SAfe, ClimAte Reilient Infrastructure (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01) (SAFARI): Boulougouris, Evangelos (Principal Investigator) Konovessis, Dimitrios (Co-investigator) Theotokatos, Gerasimos (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2027
Digital Shipwright: Transforming Shipyards and Shipbuilding: Aung, Myo Zin (Principal Investigator) Boulougouris, Evangelos (Co-investigator) Nazemian, Amin (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2026
EcoShipYard (ESY): Boulougouris, Evangelos (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2026