Profile
Ioannis was born in Athens, Greece in 1975. He received his first degree (B.Sc. Hons (First Class) in Construction Management) from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in 1999. He then went on to complete a Ph.D. in Building Engineering (2002) at the same university. The title of his Ph.D. thesis was "Studies of water-mediated processes affecting the decay and conservation of masonry materials".
Prior to his appointment as Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cyprus (August, 2005), Ioannis was a Visiting Lecturer in the same Department for two years (2003-2005). He also worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Edinburgh (2002-2003).
Dr. Ioannou is a Member of the Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber (ETEK), an Incorporated Member of the Chartered Institute of Building (C.I.O.B.) and an Affiliate Member of RILEM. He is also a member of several National Technical Committees of the Cyprus Organisation for Standardisation (CYS).
Research Interests
Characterization of building materials; Capillary liquid transport phenomena in porous media; Mechanisms of building stone decay; Salt crystallization; Weathering and conservation of ancient monuments and buildings.
Selected Publications
IOANNOU, I., HALL, C., WILSON, M.A., HOFF, W.D., CARTER, M.A. “Direct measurement of the wetting front capillary pressure in a clay brick ceramic”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 36, 3176-3182, (2003).
IOANNOU, I., HOFF, W.D., HALL, C. “On the role of organic adlayers in the anomalous water sorptivity of Lépine limestone”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 279, 228-234, (2004).
IOANNOU, I., HALL, C., HOFF, W.D., PUGSLEY, V., JACQUES, S.D.M. “Synchrotron radiation energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction analysis of salt distribution in limestone”, The Analyst, 130, 1006-1008 (2005).
IOANNOU, I., HOFF, W.D. “Water repellent influence on salt crystallization in masonry”, Proceedings of ICE, Construction Materials, 161, 17-23, (2008).
IOANNOU, I., HAMILTON, A., HALL, C. “Capillary absorption of water and n-decane by autoclaved aerated concrete”, Cement and Concrete Research, 38, 766-771, (2008).
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