Dr. Christodoulou is a graduate of New York's Columbia University (Columbia University), where he first studied with a scholarship from the Agency for International Development (AID) to obtain an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering (BSc 1991) and then with an academic and research scholarship from university for postgraduate degrees in Civil Engineering (MSc 1992, MPhil 1996, PhD 1998). Upon completion of his doctoral degree, and after several years of professional career in the field of construction project management, Dr. Christodoulou joined the academic staff of the Polytechnic University (New York) as an assistant professor, responsible for the construction management branch of the civil engineering department (1998-2003). In 2004 he returned to Cyprus, and after a short employment in the public works construction industry he joined the academic staff of the University of Cyprus as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2004-present), while at the same time he taught in the postgraduate program of the Democritus University of Thrace (Xanthi) as a research associate and visiting professor. Dr. Christodoulou is the author of several scientific publications, the recipient of significant research funding in excess of one million euros (including funding from the US NSF Foundation, the Marie Curie IRSES program of the European Union and the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation) and the recipient of an international research award (London, 1999). Also, Dr. Christodoulou is the national representative of Cyprus in the central committee of the European COST program "Transport and Urban Development", he is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and a scientific reviewer in scientific journals such as the "Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering" (ASCE), “Journal of Construction Engineering and Management” (ASCE), “Journal of Water Resources Management” (Springer), “Journal of Construction Management and Economics” (Taylor and Francis), and the “Journal of Automation in Construction” (Elsevier). At the University of Cyprus, Dr. Christodoulou actively participated in several departmental and university committees of his specialty, contributing the most to the administrative work of the University. These include the Building Development Organization Committee, the Building Facilities Variance Request Management Committee, the Campus Development Consultant Evaluation Committee, and the Computer Supply Bid Evaluation Committee.

Presentation Title: "Evaluation of road surfaces and traffic monitoring"