Dr Marios Theofanous Dipl. Ing., MSc, PhD

Dr Marios Theofanous

Department of Civil Engineering
Associate Professor

Contact details

Address
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Marios Theofanous is a Associate Professor in Structural Engineering. His main research interests, in respect of which he has co-authored more than 25 papers in peer-reviewed academic journals and conferences, include experimental and numerical research of structural steel, stainless steel and high strength steel structures at cross-sectional, member and system level.

Other research interests include FRP-strengthened concrete structures, structural fire engineering and semi-rigid connections.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Structural Engineering, Imperial College London, 2010
  • MSc, DIC in Structural Steel Design and Business Management (with distinction), Imperial College London, 2006
  • Dipl. Ing. (8.32/10), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2005.

Biography

Marios Theofanous completed his undergraduate studies in Civil Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 2005. After obtaining an MSc (with distinction) in Structural Steel Design and Business Management from Imperial College London in 2006, he worked for the Steel Construction Institute. Subsequently he commenced his doctoral studies on the nonlinear response of stainless steel structures at Imperial College London.

Upon obtaining his PhD in 2010, he worked as an adjunct lecturer and post-doctoral researcher at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and as freelance engineer for 2 years. In 2012 he returned to Imperial College London as a post-doctoral research associate working on an EU-funded project on the use of High Strength Steel for long span structural applications. He joined the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Birmingham as a lecturer in 2014.

Teaching

Teaching Programmes

  • Engineering Design
  • Structural Engineering 1
  • Civil Engineering Research Project
  • Individual Research Project

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Marios Theofanous's main research interests include experimental and numerical research of structural steel, stainless steel and high strength steel structures at cross-sectional, member and system level. Other research interests include FRP-strengthened concrete structures, structural fire engineering and semi-rigid connections.

Marios is interested in supervising postgraduate students in the following research fields:

Structural fire engineering
Robustness of stainless steel and high strength steel structures
Deformation based design procedures for seismic applications
Ultimate response of hybrid steel and stainless steel cross-sections in compression and bending
Plastic design of stainless steel indeterminate structure
FRP strengthened steel structures
Perforated cold-formed steel members

Research

  1. High strength steel structures
  2. Stainless steel structures
  3. Interfacial strength of concrete filled steel tubular columns
  4. Deformation based design metallic structures
  5. FRP-strengthened concrete beams
  6. Plastic design of stainless steel continuous beams
  7. Structural response of Elliptical Hollow Sections
  8. Stability of sandwich structures

Other activities

  • Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (chartered engineer)
  • Reviewer of the following journals:
    • Thin-Walled Structures
    • International Journal of Steel Structures
    • Journal of Engineering and Technology Research
    • The Open Journal of Civil Engineering

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Bock, M, Theofanous, M, Kumaran, A & Pinter, Z 2026, 'Generative Design for Additive Manufacturing of Rafter‐to‐column Connections in Steel Portal Frames', ce/papers, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 127-132. https://doi.org/10.1002/cepa.70057

Mahdavipour, MA, Theofanous, M, Dirar, S & Faramarzi, A 2026, 'Lateral-torsional buckling of high-strength steel beams under stochastic corrosion-induced mass loss', Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines. https://doi.org/10.1080/15397734.2025.2608143

Mahdavipour, MA, Faramarzi, A, Dirar, S, Theofanous, M, Jowhari Moghadam, S, Feng, Q, Kookalani, S, Parn, E & Brilakis, I 2026, 'Optimised steel frame design using reclaimed steel: Logistics impact on reuse efficiency', Journal of Constructional Steel Research, vol. 236, no. Part B, 110046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2025.110046

Cabrera, M, Theofanous, M, Li, W, Afshan, S & Dirar, S 2026, 'Ultimate Resistance of Nickel‐free Stainless Steel T‐stubs under Static Loading', ce/papers, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 856-861. https://doi.org/10.1002/cepa.70172

Cabrera, M, Theofanous, M & Bock, M 2025, 'Behaviour and design of bolted aluminium flange cleats', Thin-Walled Structures, vol. 215, 113447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2025.113447

Jamshiyas, S, Skalomenos, K, Ma, Y & Theofanous, M 2025, 'Buckling behaviour of high-strength retrofitted steel sections manufactured through post heat-treatment processes', Thin-Walled Structures, vol. 206, no. Part A, 112626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2024.112626

Li, W, Cabrera, M, Theofanous, M & Afshan, S 2025, 'Response of stainless steel beam-to-column bolted connections under column removal', Journal of Constructional Steel Research, vol. 235, no. Part A, 109767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2025.109767

Chapter

Cabrera, M, Theofanous, M, Zhang, R, Dirar, S & Gardner, L 2025, Behaviour and design of stainless steel lap joints under high loading rates. in A Zingoni (ed.), Engineering Materials, Structures, Systems and Methods for a More Sustainable Future: Proceedings Of The Ninth International Conference On Structural Engineering, Mechanics And Computation, 1–3 September 2025, Cape Town, South Africa. 1 edn, CRC Press, pp. 565-570, The Ninth International Conference On Structural Engineering, Mechanics And Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, 1/09/25. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003677895-94

Ouyang, WLM, Afshan, S, Cabrera, M & Theofanous, M 2025, Behaviour of stainless steel T-stubs under varying strain rates. in A Zingoni (ed.), Engineering Materials, Structures, Systems and Methods for a More Sustainable Future: Proceedings Of The Ninth International Conference On Structural Engineering, Mechanics And Computation, 1–3 September 2025, Cape Town, South Africa. 1 edn, CRC Press, pp. 553-558, The Ninth International Conference On Structural Engineering, Mechanics And Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, 1/09/25. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003677895-92

Cabrera, M, Theofanous, M, Bock, M, Yuan, H & Skalomenos, K 2025, Ductility and energy dissipation of partially threaded and fully threaded A4-80 bolts under cyclic tension. in A Zingoni (ed.), Engineering Materials, Structures, Systems and Methods for a More Sustainable Future: Proceedings Of The Ninth International Conference On Structural Engineering, Mechanics And Computation, 1–3 September 2025, Cape Town, South Africa. 1 edn, CRC Press, pp. 547-552, The Ninth International Conference On Structural Engineering, Mechanics And Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, 1/09/25. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003677895-91

Cabrera, M, Theofanous, M, Li, W & Afshan, S 2025, Ultimate response of nickel-free stainless steel T-stubs subjected to high loading rates. in A Zingoni (ed.), Engineering Materials, Structures, Systems and Methods for a More Sustainable Future: Proceedings Of The Ninth International Conference On Structural Engineering, Mechanics And Computation, 1–3 September 2025, Cape Town, South Africa. 1 edn, CRC Press, pp. 571-576, The Ninth International Conference On Structural Engineering, Mechanics And Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, 1/09/25. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003677895-95

Conference article

Li, W, Moodley, H, Afshan, S, Cabrera, M & Theofanous, M 2026, 'Response of stainless steel bolted beam‐to‐column connections under column removal', ce/papers, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1060-1065. https://doi.org/10.1002/cepa.70182

Conference contribution

Mujalli, MA, Dirar, S, Theofanous, M & Mohamed, AM 2025, Mechanical and durability properties of functionally graded crumb rubber concrete. in M Briffaut & JM Torrenti (eds), Proceedings of the 2025 fib International Symposium - Concrete Structures: extend lifetime, limit impacts. fib Symposium, fib. The International Federation for Structural Concrete, pp. 519-530, 21st fib International Symposium on Concrete Structures, Antibes, France, 16/06/25.

Gkantou, M, Cabrera, M, Bock, M & Theofanous, M 2025, Post-fire behaviour of 6082-T6 aluminium lap joints. in A Zingoni (ed.), Engineering Materials, Structures, Systems and Methods for a More Sustainable Future. 1st edn, CRC Press, pp. 559-564, The Ninth International Conference On Structural Engineering, Mechanics And Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, 1/09/25. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003677895-93

Review article

Mujalli, MA, Dirar, S, Theofanous, M, Mohamed, AM & Ghiassi, B 2026, 'Recycled tire rubber as a fine aggregate replacement in sustainable concrete: a comprehensive review', Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, vol. 65, no. 1, 20250210. https://doi.org/10.1515/rams-2025-0210

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