Achilleas SamarasAssociate Professor · Democritus University of Thrace

“The sea, once it casts its spell,
holds one in its net of wonder forever.”– Jacques‑Yves Cousteau

The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Hokusai)

Teaching

CC / EC = Core Course / Elective Course  |  SL / CL = Sole Lecturer / Course Leader

2020-

Associate Professor
Democritus University of Thrace / Department of Civil Engineering

Undergraduate
Harbour WorksCC - SL
Maritime Hydraulics & Coastal EngineeringCC - SL
Applications of Harbour WorksEC - SL
Computational Fluid Mechanics ('20-'24)EC - SL
Urban Hydraulics ('21-'23)CC
History & Philosophy of Science & Technology ('21-'22)CC - CL
Postgraduate
Applications of Coastal Engineering, Coastal & Harbour Works¹CC - SL
Numerical modelling of processes in the marine/ coastal environment and in Watershed-Coast Systems¹CC - SL
Numerical Methods in Fluid Mechanics¹ ('21-'24)CC - CL
Debris Flows and Coastal Floods²CC - CL
Urban Water Infrastructures and Floods² ('21-'24)CC - CL

¹MSc Programme “Hydraulic Engineering and the Environment”

²MSc Programme “Hydrometeorological Hazards' Management”

2011-2012

Adjunct Lecturer
University of the Aegean / Department of Marine Sciences

Undergraduate
Coastal EngineeringCC - SL
Postgraduate³
Coastal Engineering and DynamicsCC - SL

³Interdepartmental MSc Programme “Coastal Zone Management”

2007-2010

Teaching Associate
Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki / Department of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Undergraduate
Harbour WorksCC
2007-2010

Teaching Assistant
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki / Department of Civil Engineering

Undergraduate
Coastal Engineering and Harbour WorksCC
Wave MechanicsCC