Nikiforos Stamatiadis
Professor at the University Kentucky
Nikiforos Stamatiadis is a Professor at the University of Kentucky since 1990. He graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a Diploma in Rural Surveying Engineering and holds a Doctoral degree in Civil Engineering from Michigan State University. He has been involved both in teaching and research in the field of transportation engineering and highway design since 1984. His research expertise includes highway design, traffic safety, multimodal transportation, and human factors. Dr. Stamatiadis has been successful in securing research funds in these areas from local, national and international agencies. Over the last 25 years, his work in Context Sensitive Solutions has vaulted Dr. Stamatiadis in national and international prominence and he is considered one of the pioneers in this area. He has been awarded two Fulbright Fellowships (Italy and Greece) and has been twice the recipient of the Greek Diaspora Fellowship. He has been instrumental in developing several cooperative agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with universities in Greece and Italy and was awarded the 2022 UK Global Impact Award- Distinguished Faculty Achievements in International Research & Scholarship. Dr. Stamatiadis has an extensive involvement in international activities engaging in teaching and research activities in several countries. He has served as a long-term advisor to UK’s Engineers Without Borders (EWB) chapter, an organization focused on delivering engineering solutions in developing countries, and has led student groups to work on projects in Ecuador, Honduras, Cameroon, Malawi, and Rwanda.