Biography
Eleni completed a MEng with honours at the National Technical University of Athens in 2010 with specialisation in Concrete and Steel Design and Earthquake Engineering. She holds a Master's degree with distinction in Structural Steel Design and Sustainable Development from the Imperial College. She completed her PhD in the Concrete and Composite Structures group at the Engineering Department University of Cambridge in 2015. The research project was on the Durability and bond performance of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) tendons in high strength concrete in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA in Zürich). After completing her PhD degree she worked as a Structural Engineer at Foster + Partners in a interdisciplinary design environment. Eleni joined the Natural Material Innovation (NMI) group in 2017 studying the mechanics of timber from micro- to macroscale in close collaboration with biochemists, chemists and fluid mechanical engineers. Her research focus on timber connections (with steel and composite materials) and tall timber buildings. Research interests also include footfall vibration analysis of timber floors and biomechanics.
Research
Timber connections (timber-FRP and timber-steel)
Tall timber buildings
Footfall vibration analysis on timber floors
Sustainability
Biomechanics
Publications
Toumpanaki, E., Lees, J.M. and Terrasi, G.P. (2018). "Bond Durability of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Tendons Embedded in High-Strength Concrete",Journal of Composites for Construction, 22(5), 17p. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CC.1943-5614.0000870
Lees, J.M., Toumpanaki, E., Barbezat, M. and Terrasi, G.P. (2017). "Mechanical and Durability Screening Test Methods for Cylindrical CFRP Prestressing Tendons", Journal of Composites for Construction, 21(2), 13p. 10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0000727.
Toumpanaki, E., Lees, J.M. and Terrasi, G.P. (2014). "Shear modulus of cylindrical CFRP tendons exposed to moisture",Journal of Composites for Construction, 19(3), 12p. 10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0000521.
Toumpanaki, E., Lees, J.M., Barbezat, M. and Terrasi, G.P. (2018). "Effect of Internal Moisture Content on the Tg Values of CFRP Rods",Proc., CICE 2018:9th International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering, Paris, France, 17-19 July.
Toumpanaki, E. and Ramage, M. (2018)."Bond Performance of Glued-in CFRP and GFRP Rods in Timber", Proc., INTER 2018: 5th Meeting of the International Network on Timber Engineering Research, Tallinn, Estonia, 13-16 August.
Reynolds, T.P.S., Miranda, W., Trabucco, D., Toumpanaki, E., Foster, R.M. and Ramage, M.H. (2018). "Stiffness and Slip in Multi-Dowel Flitch-Plate Timber Connections", Proc., WCTE 2018: World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, 20-23 August.
Toumpanaki, E., Lees, J.M. and Terrasi, G.P. (2014). "Measurement of the Sand Coating Layer in CFRP Tendons through Image Processing",Proc., CICE 2014:7th International Conference on Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, 20-22 August.
Teaching and Supervisions
-Structures: 1st Year Architect students
-Part IB Structures: 2nd Year students -Engineering Department
-Part IIA-3D3: Structural Materials and Design & Concrete Lab - 3rd Year students -Engineering Department
