Dr. Nicholas Tsouvalis is Professor in the area of Marine Materials and Shipbuilding Technology in the School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and member of the Shipbuilding Technology Laboratory. His scientific research areas are (among others): mechanical behaviour of composite materials, especially in marine environment, structural design and numerical modelling of marine structures using advanced materials, structural design of composite underwater vehicles, development of cost-effective advanced fabrication methods for building composite materials vessels, steel-to-composite joints, effect of material and geometry imperfections on the strength of composite materials. He is author or co-author of more than 85 papers in journals and refereed international conferences and of more than 125 technical reports, and coordinator / scientific responsible / prime researcher of more than 30 National or EU projects.