- Νame: Chatzinikolaou Stefanos
- Role: Assistant Professor
- Field: Marine Technology and Ship Efficiency
- Department: Department of Maritime Studies
- Office: 515/G. Lambraki 21 Building
- Telephone: +30 210 4142594
- E-mail: stefha[at]unipi[dot]gr
Stefanos Chatzinikolaou is an Assistant Professor in Ship Technology at the Department of Maritime Studies of the University of Piraeus, Greece. He is a graduate of the School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, where he also concluded his PhD studies in sustainable maritime transport systems. For over two decades he has served the maritime industry from managing positions in research, consulting engineering, and professional maritime training. He has an extensive background in academic, EU funded, and industrial research projects in the fields of ship energy efficiency, ship environmental performance, zero carbon shipping, maritime safety, and human factors.
Undergraduate program
- NA105 – Ship Technology
- NA306 – Ship Systems
- NAS465 – Zero Carbon Shipping (elective)
- NAS127 – Ship Technological Efficiency (elective)
Postgraduate program
- MNS103 – Maritime Safety
- NAS457 – Ship Energy Efficiency
List of funded research projects participated (participating) in
| 1 | Project name | POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL – POP&C |
| Duration | 2004 – 2007 | |
| Funding | European Commission, DG-Research, 6th Framework Programme | |
| Coordinator | INTERTANKO | |
| Role in the project | Research Engineer | |
| 2 | Project name | Oil Sea Harvester – OSH |
| Duration | 2004 – 2007 | |
| Funding | European Commission, DG-Research, 6th Framework Programme | |
| Coordination | Alstom Shipyards Atlantic Shipyards | |
| Role in the project | Research Engineer | |
| 3 | Project name | Elimination Units for Marine Oil Pollution, EU – MOP |
| Duration | 2005 – 2008 | |
| Funding | European Commission, DG-Research, 6th Framework Programme | |
| Coordination | NTUA (Prof. Harilaos Psaraftis) | |
| Role in the project | Research Engineer | |
| 4 | Project name | European Framework for Safe, Efficient, and Environmentally Friendly Ship Operations – FLAGSHIP |
| Duration | 2006 – 2009 | |
| Funding | European Commission, DG-Research, 6th Framework Programme | |
| Coordination | European Community Shipowners Association, ECSA | |
| Role in the Project | Research Engineer | |
| 5 | Project name | Motorways of the Sea, European Style – MOSES |
| Duration | 2005 – 2008 | |
| Funding | European Commission, DG-Research, 6th Framework Programme | |
| Coordination | MARINTEK | |
| Role in the project | Research Engineer | |
| 6 | Project name | Assessment of Environmental Impact in Marine Transportation and Related Activities |
| Duration | 2008 – 2011 | |
| Funding | American Bureau of Shipping, ABS | |
| Coordination | NTUA (Prof. Harilaos Psaraftis) | |
| Role in the project | Research Engineer | |
| 7 | Project name | Supporting EU’s Freight Transport Logistics Action Plan on Green Corridors Issues – SuperGreen |
| Duration | 2006 – 2009 | |
| Funding | European Commission, DG-MOVE, 7th Framework Programme | |
| Coordination | NTUA (Prof. Harilaos Psaraftis) | |
| Role in the project | Research Engineer | |
| 8 | Project name | Centre of Excellence in Ship Total Energy – Emissions – Economy |
| Duration | 2010 – 2015 | |
| Funding | The Lloyds Register Educational Trust | |
| Coordination | NTUA (Prof. I. Fragkopoulos) | |
| Role in the project | Research Engineer | |
| 9 | Project name | Environmental Footprint of Ships from a Life Cycle Perspective – EnviShipping |
| Duration | 2011 – 2014 | |
| Funding | General Secretariat for Technology Research | |
| Coordination | NTUA (Prof. Νikos Ventikos) | |
| Role in the project | Project manager for NTUA, principal researcher | |
| 10 | Project name | Crew Centered Design and Operations of Ship Systems – CyClaDes |
| Duration | 2013 – 2016 | |
| Funding | European Commission, 7th Framework Programme | |
| Coordination | DNV.GL | |
| Role in the project | Research Engineer | |
| 11 | Project name | Next generation of life Saving Appliances and systems for saFE and swift evacuation operations on high-capacity PASSenger ships in extreme scenarios and conditions – SAFEPASS |
| Duration | 2019 – 2022 | |
| Funding | European Commission, HORIZON 2020 | |
| Coordination | NTUA (Prof. I. Ouzounoglou) | |
| Role in the project | Project manager for RINA HELLAS, lead researcher | |
| 12 | Project name | Surveying & MARiTime internet of thingS EducAtion – SMARTSEA |
| Duration | 2019 – 2022 | |
| Funding | European Commission, Erasmus Plus | |
| Coordination | BISITE Research Group (Prof. Juan M. Corchado) | |
| Role in the project | Project manager for RINA Hellas | |
| 13 | Project name | Intelligent adaptive-controllable alignment in marine propulsion systems for performance optimization and failure prevention.
i – marine |
| Duration | 2019 – 2022 | |
| Funding | General Secretariat for Technology and Innovation, Greece | |
| Coordination | NTUA (Prof. Christos Papadopoulos) | |
| Role in the project | Advisory Committee Member | |
| 14 | Project name | Vessel Advanced Clustered and Coordinated Energy Storage Systems
V- ACCESS |
| Duration | 2023 – 2026 (ongoing) | |
| Funding | European Commission, HORIZON EUROPE | |
| Coordination | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE | |
| Role in the project | Lead researcher for RINA Hellas | |
| 15 | Project name | Green Shipping – NAVGREEN |
| Duration | 2023 – 2025 (ongoing) | |
| Funding | General Secretariat for Technology and Innovation, Greece | |
| Coordination | NTUA (Prof. Dimitrios Lyridis) | |
| Role in the project | Scientific coordinator for University of Piraeus | |
| 16 | Project name | Predictive Maintenance Education & Training System: An alliance for boosting the European Innovation in Predictive Maintenance through entrepreneurial cooperation, education, and training) – PreMETS |
| Duration | 2023 – 2026 (ongoing) | |
| Funding | European Commission, Erasmus Plus | |
| Coordination | ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS (CERTH), (Dr. V. Kappatos) | |
| Role in the project | Team Leader, University of Piraeus | |
| 17 | Project name | Sustainable Emission Abatement Strategies & Technologies for Advanced Revolution Ships – SEASTARS |
| Duration | 2024 – 2027 (οngoing) | |
| Funding | European Commission, HORIZON EUROPE | |
| Coordination | University of Strathclyde (Prof. E. Boulougouris) | |
| Role in the project | Ext. Researcher, RINA | |
- Monday 10:00 – 12:00
- Wednesday 10:00 – 12:00
Papers in international scientific journals (with peer review system and full text review)
- Chatzinikolaou, S. and Ventikos, N.P., (2015). “Holistic Framework for Studying Ship Air Emissions in a Life Cycle Perspective”, Ocean Engineering Journal Elsevier Series Ed.: Osman Touran. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2015.05.042
- Chatzinikolaou, S., Oikonomou, S., and Ventikos, N.P. (2015). “Health Externalities of Ship Air Pollution at Port-Piraeus Port Case Study” in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 40 (2015) 155–165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2015.08.010
- Ventikos, N.P.; Sotiralis, P.; Annetis, M.; Podimatas, V.C.; Boulougouris, E.; Stefanidis, F.; Chatzinikolaou, S.; Maccari, A. (2023). The Development and Demonstration of an Enhanced Risk Model for the Evacuation Process of Large Passenger Vessels. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11, 84. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11010084
- , Polemis, M. Boviatsis, and S. Chatzinikolaou. (2024). Assessing the Sustainability of the Most Prominent Type of Marine Diesel Engines under the Implementation of the EEXI and CII Regulations. Clean Technol. 2023, 5(3), 1044-1066; https://doi.org/10.3390/cleantechnol5030053
Chapter in Book (with peer review system and full text review)
- Chatzinikolaou, S., Ventikos, N., Bilgili, L., Celebi, U.B. (2016). Ship Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions. In: Grammelis, P. (eds) Energy, Transportation and Global Warming. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30127-3_65
- Chatzinikolaou, S. and Ventikos, N.P., (2015) “Critical Analysis of Air Emissions from Ships: Lifecycle Thinking and Results”, in Book Green transport logistics: the quest for win-win solutions, Springer Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, : H. Psaraftis. ISBN 978-3-319-17175-3
- D. Chatzinikolaou & N.P. Ventikos, (2014). Assessing the environmental impacts of a ship’s hull from a life cycle perspective. In Maritime Technology and Engineering. eBook ISBN9780429226663.
Publications in international scientific conferences (with peer review system and full text review)
- Ntanis, A. Aggelakakis, M. Boile, L.N. Tsaganos, K. Papaefthymiou, M. Baroutsi, S. Chatzinikolaou, D. Paiven, M. Vlascici, E. Binchiciu. (2024). ‘’Innovative adaptation of predictive maintenance familiarization content to address contemporary requirements in transportation sector’’ in proceedings of 7th Conference on Sustainable Mobility, CsuM2024, Plastira Lake, Greece.
- Trakakis; N. Daremas; M. Papatheodorou; S. Chatzinikolaou; C. Papadopoulos; L. Kaiktsis, (2023). “CII compliance: Effects of operational and technological measures on current levels and time development of calculated CII” Proceedings of SNAME-SOME-2023-039 https://doi.org/10.5957/SOME-2023-039
- Daskalakis I, Chatzinikolaou S., Ventikos N.P. (2015), “Platform for assessing ship emissions from a life cycle perspective”, Technologies, Operations, Logistics and Policies towards meeting 2050 emission targets (SCC 2015), Glasgow, UK, Osman et al. (eds), Vol. 1, pp. 113-122.
- Chatzinikolaou, S. and Ventikos, N.P., (2014) “Assessing Environmental Impacts of Ships from a Life Cycle Perspective”, In proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering, MARTECH 2014, 15-17 Oct 2014, Lisbon Portugal.
- Chatzinikolaou, S. and Ventikos, N.P., (2014) “Applications of Life Cycle Assessment in Shipping” Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Naval Architecture and Maritime (INT-NAM 2014), Istanbul, Turkey, Alkan (ed), pp. 723-732
- Chatzinikolaou S.D., Ventikos N.P. (2013), “Assessment of Ship Emissions in a Life Cycle Perspective”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Energy, Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability Workshop & Symposium (ELCAS3), Eds: Koroneos C., Rovas D. and Dompros A., ISBN: 978-960-243-691-2, Nisyros, Greece, pp. 1225-1234
- Chatzinikolaou S.D., Ventikos N.P. (2013), “Lifecycle Impact Analysis for Ships”, Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology: The Book of Marine Technology, Piraeus, Greece, pp. 71-82
- Ventikos N.P., Chatzinikolaou S.D. (2012), “Total Environmental Footprint of Ships: Development of the Framework”, Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology: The Book of Marine Technology, Piraeus, Greece, pp. 109-119.
- Chatzinikolaou S.D., Ventikos N.P. (2011), “Sustainable maritime transport: an operational definition”, Sustainable Maritime Transportation and Exploitation of Sea Resources, (IMAM 2011), Rizzuto & Soares (eds), CRC Press, Genoa Italy, vol. 2, pp. 931-939.
- Ventikos N.P., Chatzinikolaou S.D., Zagoraios G. (2009), “The Cost of Oil Spill Response in Greece: Analysis & Results”, Proceedings of the 13th Congress of Intl. Maritime Assoc. of Mediterranean (IMAM 2009), vol. II, ISBN: 978-975-561-357-4, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 771-778.
- Ventikos N.P., Chatzinikolaou S.D., (2008) “Hazardous Waste Management and Ship Recycling: Friends or FOEs?” Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Hazardous Wastes Management, Chania, Greece, CD-ROM, 2008.
- Chatzinikolaou S.D., Nitsopoulos S.C., Ventikos N.P. (2007), “Shipboard Wastes: Elements & Critical Review”, Proceedings of SECOTOX Conference and the International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics, Edited by: A. Kungolos, K. Aravossis, A. Karagiannidis, P. Samaras, vol. III, ISBN: 978-960-89818-0-5, Skiathos, Greece, pp. 1597-1602
