Portrait of Konstantinos Kalfas

Konstantinos Kalfas

  • Assistant Professor at Ingram School of Engineering, College of Science & Engineering

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, IABSE: Member of Target Group 1.1: Improving Seismic Resilience of Reinforced Concrete Structures (Elected Member – Since 2024). 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Structural Engineering, ASCE. 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Engineering Mechanics, ASCE. 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier. 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Bridge Engineering, ICE. 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Buildings, MDPI. 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Applied Sciences, MDPI. 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Materials, MDPI. 2024 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Research on Engineering Structures and Materials, MIM. 2024 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Bridge Engineering, ICE (Early Career Reviewer Board). 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Engineering Structures, Elsevier. 2023 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Structures, Elsevier. 2023 - Present.
  • Member, IABSE: Member of Target Group 4.1: Bearings and Joints. 2018 - Present.
  • Member, Member of EERI Young Members Committee (YMC). 2021 - Present.

2026

  • Reviewer / Referee, Member of Scientific Committee: 13th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (13NCEE), Portland, OR. July 13, 2026 - July 17, 2026.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Coordinator / Organizer, Planning and organization of a Mini-Symposium: “Innovative Response Modification Methods and Devices for Resilient Structures and Infrastructure”, EMI 2026, Boulder, CO. June 2, 2026 - June 5, 2026.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Coordinator / Organizer, Planning and organization of a Mini-Symposium: “Experimental Mechanics in the Age of Big Data: Design, Sensing, and Integration”, EMI 2026, Boulder, CO. June 2, 2026 - June 5, 2026.

2025

  • Coordinator / Organizer, Planning and organization of a Mini-Symposium: “Dynamic response of engineering structures: experimental techniques, mathematical models and design methods”, COMPDYN2025, Rhodes Island, GR. June 15, 2025 - June 18, 2025.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Planning and organization of a Mini-Symposium: “Innovative response modification methods and devices for resilient structures and civil infrastructures: Experimental, mathematical, and numerical advances”, EMI2025, Anaheim, CA. May 27, 2025 - May 30, 2025.

2024

  • Reviewer / Referee, Member of Scientific Committee: IABSE Congress “Beyond Structural Engineering”, San Jose, CR. September 25, 2024 - September 27, 2024.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Planning and organization of a Special Session: “Recent advances in response modification devices and strategies”, 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (18WCEE), Milan, IT. June 30, 2024 - July 5, 2024.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Planning and organization of a Special Session: “Eco-friendly systems, devices, and metamaterials for structural vibration control”, EMI2024, Chicago, IL. May 28, 2024 - May 31, 2024.

2023

  • Chair, EERI YMC Webinars. 2022 - 2023.
  • Member, Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Graduate Student Council (GSC). 2021 - 2023.
  • Member, EERI SESI Classroom Education and Outreach Committee (committee dissolved 2023). 2021 - 2023.
  • Chair, EERI SMU Student Chapter. 2021 - 2023.
  • Member, IABSE Young Engineers Program (YEP) Board. 2016 - 2023.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Planning and organization of a Special Session: “Recent advances in response modification devices and strategies”, EMI 2023, Atlanta, GA. June 6, 2023 - June 9, 2023.

2019

  • Member, IABSE British Group Executive Committee. May 2018 - December 2019.