Dr Vasilis Koukoravas
PhD Thesis: Hydraulic Modelling, Sectorisation, Interventions for Assessment and Improvement of Equity in Intermittent Water Supply Systems
PhD Supervisors: Professors Raziyeh Farmani and Zoran Kapelan
Vasilis was a PhD student on the WISE CDT programme between 2017-23 and was based in the Centre for Water Systems at the University of Exeter. His research was focused on improved modelling, operational management and water distribution equity assessment in intermittent water supply systems. Vasilis successfully defended his PhD thesis on ‘Hydraulic Modelling, Sectorisation, Interventions for Assessment and Improvement of Equity in Intermittent Water Supply Systems’ on 19th March 2024.
Vasilis is currently a Water Modeller/Engineer for Qatium.
Background
Vasilis studied Civil Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens in Greece, specialising in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering. During that time, he undertook an internship at Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company allowing him to gain experience in both office and field work.
Contemporary research fields and methods such as data science and stochastic modelling drew his attention towards the end of his Master’s degree, leading him to develop a spatiotemporal probabilistic model for precipitation forecasting around the Mediterranean for his thesis, which was entitled ‘Stochastic analysis of the spatiotemporal variability of precipitation in the Mediterranean region’.
Research Interests
- Hydraulic modelling
- Water Supply systems
- Predictive and stochastic analysis applied on environmental engineering
- Developing decision support tools for water related problems
- Software developing
