Research activity
and interests
Research activity
and interests
Ioannis (John) D. Doukas
Main research topics
Electromagnetic waves propagation through the Earth’s atmosphere.
Atmospheric refraction and the natural environment of the geodetic measurements.
Geomatics: Metrology of geodetic/surveying instruments (testing, calibration).
Geomatics: Geographical and Land Information Systems (GIS/LIS) and their applications. GIS/Web-GIS applications for the management of natural and/or human-made disasters.
Geomatics: Health Geography, Medical Geography, Geomedicine, Enviromedics
Geomatics: Global Positioning System (GPS), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and their applications (geodesy, geophysics, geodynamics, meteorology etc.).
Geomatics: Industrial Geodesy, Engineering Geodesy (Geodetic Engineering), Engineering Surveying (Surveying Engineering), Geodetic Metrology, Technical Geodesy, 3D-Metrology, Industrial Metrology, Large Volume Metrology, Large Scale Metrology.
High Definition Surveying (HDS). Monitoring of the deformation of structures and industrial installations, application of geodetic methods and measurements in surveying, documentation and representation of structures, archaeological monuments and sites.
Geosensorics - Sensor fusion.
Machine Guidance.
Data Science, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence-AI and Machine Learning, Data Mining - Applications in Geodesy, Surveying, GIS.
Web applications, Multimedia applications, Computer geodetic applications.
Historical issues related to the evolution of Geodesy and of other disciplines which are components of (or cooperate with) Geodesy (p.e. Cartography, Metrology, Meteorology, Surveying etc.).
Participation in financed research projects
Surveying the Monuments “Rotonda” and “Ahiropiitos” Church, respectively (Agency for Earthquake Impact Prevention and Relief, 1978-80 and 1998)..
Surveying Works for the Ground Plot of the "Telloglio Institute" of Thessaloniki (Research Committee AUTh, Project No. 6037, 1991).
System for the Control of the Geometrical Quality of Industrial Products (Thessaloniki Innovation Center, 1991-93).
Organization of an Electronic GIS-based Information System for the Small and Medium Enterprises of Central Macedonia (Thessaloniki Innovation Center, 1991-93).
Design of the Final Master Plan of the University Farm (Research Committee AUTh, Project No. 6047, 1991-2007).
Monitoring of Land Subsidence due to Water Pumping in the Industrial Area of Kalohori, Thessaloniki (Water Organization of Thessaloniki, 1992-95).
Surveying of Monument Building "Casa Bianca" in Eastern Thessaloniki (Municipality of Thessaloniki, 1992-93).
Monitoring of Land Subsidence due to Water Pumping in the industrial area of Kalohori, Thessaloniki (Water Organization of Thessaloniki, 1996-99).
Protection, Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Monuments (Research Committee AUTh, Project No. 3091,1997-1999).
Protection, Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Monuments (Research Committee AUTh, Project No. 20969, 2001-2003).
Re-measurement of the Geodetic Control Network at the Volvi seismic area (European Union, EUROSEIS-RISK, 2002 – 2004).
SEIS-IMPACT – System for the Evaluation of the Seismic Impact on the Built Environment of Thessaloniki (3rd Community Framework Program, Ministry of Development, Research Committee AUTh, Project No. 10161, 2003 – 2005).
GEOIMPACT – Thematic Network for the Management of Natural Disasters with the Use of Satellite Technology and geo-informatics (Research Committee AUTh, 2005-2006).
SyNaRMa – Development of an Information System for Management of Natural Disasters in the Mediterranean (Programme ARCHIMED, INTERREG III, STRAND B, Project No. 80784, 2006-2008).
Leveling, Monitoring and Investigation of Ground Subsidence in Regions of Municipality of Echedoros, Northern Greece (Research Committee AUTh, Project No. 85725, 2010-2012).
Eco-Satellite: Development of a Common Intra-regional Monitoring System for the Environment Protection and Preservation of the Black Sea – (European Union Black Sea Cross Border Cooperation, Project 1.2.1.67652.36, Research Committee AUTh, Project No. 84886, 2011-2013).
Enhancement of Research, Education and Cultural Activities of the Division of Geotechnical Engineering (Research Committee AUTh, Project No. 88363, 2012-2014).