Publications and research

See CV for detailed information on research and publications. To separate the forest from the trees, I have grouped my research and publications into several areas, see below. The complete list of major grants and contracts is shown at the end. 

Major research areas

Over my academic career, I dealt with many different research areas that were very diverse and some had very little or zero commonality with other areas. For instance, is there anything in common between routing of vehicles in an urban setting and maritime safety? Or, between oil spill response and maritime emissions?  Or, between ocean acoustic detection and shortsea shipping? I did not do this on purpose, it just happened. For me personally this diversity has been pretty exciting. 

So to separate the forest from the trees, I  have grouped my research into several major research areas.  For more details on what was accomplished on each area, what were the related projects, what were the papers, etc,  you can click the corresponding link, and a separate page will open. Included in each area are papers in refereed journals, papers in refereed conferences, books, and book chapters associated with each area. Other conferences, internal reports, or other publications are not included. No guarantee this is a 100% complete list, but I would say it is pretty close to that.

Below is the list (order is quasi-random):

Vehicle routing etc 

Ocean acoustic detection

Oil spills

Ship automation, autonomous shipping 

Maritime safety and security 

Shortsea and coastal shipping 

Ports

Green freight transportation and corridors 

Ship speed models and optimization

Maritime emissions 

Other research - these are diverse topics that do not fall under any of the above.

Note that there is no 100% mapping of papers vs (funded) projects, as there are many papers that were not funded by any project.  Example: around 60% of the journal papers that I published at DTU were not funded by any project! There are also some funded projects that produced no papers!

Also note that there may be overlaps, as a publication in one area may be considered to (also) fall in another area. However, there is no double counting: I assigned each publication ONLY TO ONE research area. 

 

Major grants and contracts

Period: 1.1.1979-31.12.2023 (45 years)

I have been PI or co-PI in these projects.

Subcontracts  are not included in these lists.

A) MIT (1979-1990)

Total funding: at least $1.3 million (nominal value)- around $3 million in 2023 dollars.

  1. “Fluctuation Statistics and Signal Detection Modelling” (January 1979- June 1983).  Office of Naval Research.
  2. “Oil Spill Cleanup Economic and Regulatory Models” (July 1979- June 1981). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/ Naval Facilities Engineering Command/ U.S. Coast Guard/ Commonwealth of Massachusetts/ and others. J.D.Nyhart Co-Principal Investigator.
  3. “The Design of a Pollution Response System for Small Oil Spills” (July 1979- June 1981). The Henry L.Doherty Foundation.
  4. “Simple Performance Models for Flexible-Route Feeder Transportation Systems” (September 1980- September 1983) University Research Program, Urban Mass Transportation Administration. A.R. Odoni Co-Principal Investigator.
  5. “Advanced Dial-A-Ride Algorithms Research Project” (December 1980- September 1983)   Panatransit Integration Program, Urban Mass Transportation Administration. A.R. Odoni and N.H.M. Wilson Co-Principal Investigators.
  6. “Putting the MIT Oil Spill Model to Work” July 1981-September 1983) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Naval Facilities Engineering Command/ Petro-Canada. J.D.Nyhart Co-Principal Investigator.
  7. “Dynamic Cargo Ship Routing and Scheduling Problems: Analysis and Solution Techniques” (July 1982- June 1983). MIT Center for Transportation Studies. J.B. Orlin Co-Principal Investigator.
  8. “Analysis and Solution Algorithms of Sealift Routing and Scheduling Problems” (March 1983- May 1988). Office of Naval Research. J.B.Orlin Co-Principal Investigator.
  9. “Specially Structured Routing and Scheduling Problems with Time Windows” (January 1987- December 1988). MIT Center for Transportation Studies.
  10. “Graphics Software for Mathematical Optimization” (February 1987- January 1989).  MIT Project Athena.
  11. “Advanced Algorithms for Automated Mission and Trajectory Planning” (July 1989- June 1990).The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory.

B) NTUA

Total funding handled via NTUA: At least €9.5 million (of which at least €5 million to NTUA) (nominal value)- that is €11.4 million and €6 million in 2023 euros.

Multi-partner international projects coordinated by NTUA with myself as Consortium Manager are shown in bold and blue.

  1. “Advanced Technology to Optimize Manpower Onboard Ships- ATOMOS project” (February 1992- October 1994). Commission of European Communities, Directorate General for Transport - EURET Programme (multi-partner project, DSB Ferries Leader).
  2. “Greek Coastal Shipping: Status,Prospects, and Investment Opportunities” (January - December 1993). Hellenic Industrial Development Bank (ETBA).
  3. “A Decision Support System for Fast Oil Spill Response” (January 1994- December 1995). General Secretariat of Research and Technology (GGET).
  4. “Technological and Human Aspects of Maritime Efficiency and Safety - THAMES project” (October 1994- September 1995). Commission of European Communities, Directorate General for Transport - APAS Programme (multi-partner project, DSB Ferries Leader).
  5. “Advanced Technologies to Optimize Maritime Operational Safety, Integration, and Interface, - ATOMOS II project” (January 1996- December 1998). Commission of European Communities, Directorate General for Transport -Transport Research Programme (multi-partner project, DSB Ferries Leader).
  6. “Safety of Shipping in Coastal Waters- SAFECO Project” (January 1996- December 1997). Commission of European Communities, Directorate General for Transport -Transport Research Programme (multi-partner project, Det Norske Veritas Leader).
  7. “Technical Secretariat, Concerted Action on Shortsea Shipping,” (June 1995- March 2000).  Commission of European Communities, Directorate General for Transport -Transport Research Programme (multi-partner project, NTUA Leader, H.N. Psaraftis Consortium Manager).
  8. “Demonstrators for Integrated Ship Control- DISC project,” (October 1996- April 1997) Commission of European Communities, Directorate General for Transport -Transport Research Programme (multi-partner project, Scandlines Leader).
  9. “Demonstrators for Integrated Ship Control- DISC II/ATOMOS III project,” (February 1998- December 1999) Commission of European Communities, Directorate General for Transport -Transport Research Programme (multi-partner project, Scandlines Leader).
  10. “Safety of Shipping in Coastal Waters- SAFECO II Project” (January 1998- December 1999). Commission of European Communities, Directorate General for Transport -Transport Research Programme (multi-partner project, Det Norske Veritas Leader).
  11. “Promotion of Shortsea Shipping and Inland Waterway Transport by the use of Modern Telematics – PROSIT project” (January 1998-December 1999). Commission of European Communities, Directorate General for Transport -Transport Research Programme (multi-partner project, Freie Hansestadt Bremen Leader).
  12. “Advanced Technology to Optimize Maritime Operational Safety: Intelligent Vessel – ATOMOS IV project” (January 2000-December 2002). Commission of European Communities, Directorate General for Transport -Transport Research Programme (multi-partner project, Leader: Danish Maritime Institute).
  13. “Added Value Network Concerning European Shipping – ADVANCES project” (April 2000-March 2003). Commission of European Communities, Directorate General for Transport -Transport Research Programme (multi-partner project, Leader: BMT Murray Fenton Edon Liddiard Vince Limited).
  14. “Thematic Network on Maritime Safety – THEMES project” (May 2000-April 2003). Commission of European Communities, Directorate General for Transport -Transport Research Programme (multi-partner project, Leader: Det Norske Veritas).
  15. “The European Maritime Virtual Institute – EVIMAR project” (February 2001 –January 2003). Commission of European Communities, Directorate General Research (multi-partner project, Leader: Danish Maritime Institute).
  16. “Tools and Routines to Assist Ports and Improve Shipping – TRAPIST project” (May 2002-April 2005). Commission of European Communities, Directorate General for Transport and Energy -Transport Research Programme (multi-partner project, Leader: Nautical Enterprise Centre Ltd.).
  17. “Maritime Transport Coordinated Action- MTCP project” (April 2004- March 2007). Directorate General for Transport and Energy –6th Framework Programme (multi-partner project, Leader: BMT).
  18. “Development of an Operational System and Methodology to Determine the Environmentally, Legally and Socioeconomically Optimal Routes of Transit of Oil Reserves of the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean via the Aegean Sea- project AEGEAN”. General Secretariat of Research and Technology (2003-2006).
  19. “Elimination Units for Marine Oil Pollution- EU-MOP project” (February 2005-January 2008). Directorate General for Research –6th Framework Programme (multi-partner project, Leader: NTUA, H.N. Psaraftis Consortium Manager).
  20. “Oil Sea Harvester- OSH project” (December 2004- November 2007). Directorate General for Research –6th Framework Programme (multi-partner project, Leader: Alstom Chantiers de l’ Atlantique).
  21. “European Framework for Safe, Efficient, and Environmentally Friendly Ship Operations- FLAGSHIP project” (2006-2009) Directorate General for Research –6th Framework Programme (Integrated Project, Leader: European Community Shipowners Association).
  22. “Motorways of the Sea, European Style- MOSES Project” (2007-2010) Directorate General for Transport and Energy –6th Framework Programme (Integrated Project, Leader: MARINTEK).
  23. “Effective Bulk Transport,” Gift Agreement  funded by Det Norske Veritas (January 2008- December 2010).
  24. “Ship Air Emissions Study,” Study funded by Hellenic Chamber of Shipping (January- June 2008).
  25. “Optimal Containership Size and its Impact on Liner Shipping Operations,” NOL Fellowship Programme, in cooperation with National University of Singapore (project leader) (June 2008- May 2010).
  26. “Assessment of Environmental Impact in Marine Transportation and Related Activities,” project funded by American Bureau of Shipping (June 2008-May 2011).
  27. “Programme Agreement with Port of Thira,” service contract funded by Municipality of Thira (Santorini) (November 2008- November 2012).
  28. “Programme Agreement with Port of Kos on the relocation of the commercial port” service contract funded by Municipality of Kos, June 2009-June 2010.
  29. “Supporting EU’s Freight Transport Logistics Action Plan on Green Corridors Issues- project SuperGreen”- 7th Framework Programme, DG-MOVE (Coordinated Action, Consortium Leader: NTUA, H.N. Psaraftis Consortium Manager) (January 2010-January 2013).
  30. “Centre of Excellence in Ship Total Energy-Emissions-Economy” project funded by The Lloyds Register Educational Trust. NTUA-LMT in Tracks 3 and 4 (Feb. 2010- Feb. 2016).
  31. “Envi-Shipping: Green Assessment of a Ship’s Lifecycle” multi-partner project funded by the General Secretariat of Research and Technology, Consortium Leader: NTUA, H.N. Psaraftis Consortium Manager (May 2011-May 2014).
  32. “Transtools III” 7th Framework Programme, DG-Research, Consortium Leader Technical University of Denmark (March 2011-March 2014).

C) DTU

Total funding: At least €1,621,000 (nominal value)

  1. “Mitigating and reversing the side effects of environmental legislation on RoRo shipping in Northern Europe,” funded by the Danish Maritime Fund and the Orients Fund (2015-2017).
  2. BLUESIROS, partner in a project on maritime weather routing, DTU Space leader, funded by the European Space Agency (2016-2018).
  3. TENTACLE, partner in an INTERREG VI project, Region Blekinge (Sweden) leader (2016-2019).
  4. SCANDRIA2ACT, partner in an INTERREG VI project, Region Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany) leader (2016-2019).
  5. SMART MARITIME, DTU scientific advisor in a project led by SINTEF Ocean, Norway, Norwegian Research Council (2016-2019).
  6. SIMOS, partner in a project on ship weather routing, DTU Space Leader, funded by Denmark’s InnovationsFund (2017-2020).
  7. ShipCLEAN, partner in a project led by Chalmers University, funded by Swedish Energy Agency (2017-2019).
  8. Market-Based Measures for Sustainable Shipping (MBM-SUSHI), PhD project funded by the Orients Fund, 2019-2023.
  1. DMA-DTU project on impact assessment, funded by Danish Maritime Fund, 2019-2020.
  2. Advanced Efficient and Green Intermodal Systems (AEGIS), partner in H2020 project, SINTEF Ocean (Norway) leader, funded by European Commission, 2020-2023.
  3. Maritime Pollution in Denmark, DTU Aqua leader, funded by Velux Foundation, 2020.
  4. DMA-DTU project on Market Based Measures, funded by Danish Maritime Fund, 2020.

 

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