Hydrology and Hydraulic Works

Laboratory Details

Laboratory Title: Hydrology and Hydraulic Works

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

School: Civil Engineering

Email: mspiliot@civil.duth.gr

Telephone: 2541079660

Official Gazette of Establishment:

Introduction - Presentation

Field of Research

Experimental Hydraulics; Computational Hydraulics; Decision Making in Water Resources Management; Technical Hydrology; Applied Hydraulics; Aqueducts; Environmental Hydraulics; Erosion and Sediment Transport; Fuzzy Logic and Applications in Water Resources Management and Hydraulic Engineering Problems; Hydrodynamic Works; River Hydraulics and Engineering Works; Hydroinformatics.

Laboratory Members

Name	Position/Capacity	Email	Telephone
SPILIOTIS MICHAEL	Director	mspiliot@civil.duth.gr	254107613
ANGELIDIS PANAGIOTIS	Faculty Member	pangelid@civil.duth.gr	2541079610
MARIS FOTIOS	Faculty Member	fmaris@civil.duth.gr	2541079882
TSOUKALAS IOANNIS	Faculty Member	itsoukal@civil.duth.gr

Featured Research Programs

Programme Title	Duration	Funding
Assessment and evaluation of irrigation systems and measures to improve water productivity during periods of severe drought	2025–2026	Regional Union of Municipalities of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace / Research Committee of Democritus University of Thrace
Multicriteria management of the Nestos Hydrosystem with emphasis on drought resilience	2025–2026	Regional Union of Municipalities of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace / Research Committee of Democritus University of Thrace
Water Management Plan of Lake Vistonida and Delimitation – Definition of the Seashore and Beach Zone	2026–	CONSORTIS – SAMARAS & ASSOCIATES S.A. Consulting Engineers / Research Committee of Democritus University of Thrace
European Regions testing adaptation solutions to key climate challenges (RESIST)	2023-2028	Horizon
Strengthening the water management practices (in EMT-R) through the development of innovative ICT methodologies and improvement of research infrastructures (eye4water),	2020-2023	ΓΓΕΤ
Risk & Resilience Assessment Center (RiskAC),	2020-2023	ΓΓΕΤ

Featured Publications

Chronological Order	APP	doi
Papadopoulos, C., Spiliotis, M., Pliakas, F., Gkiougkis, I., Kazakis, N., Papadopoulos, B. (2022). Hybrid Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Analysis for Selecting Discrete Preferable Groundwater Recharge Sites. Water, 14, 107.		10.3390/w14010107
Spiliotis, M., Latinopoulos, D., Vasiliades, L., Rafailidis, K., Koutsokera, E., Kagalou, I. (2022). Flexible Goal Programming for Supporting Lake Karla’s (Greece) Sustainable Operation. Sustainability, 14, 4311.		10.3390/su14074311
Latinopoulos, D., Bakas, T., Kagalou, I., Spiliotis, M. (2022). Threat Prioritization and Causality Relations for Sustainable Water Management under the Circular Economy Principles: Case Study in Laspias River, Greece Using eDPSIR and DEMATEL. Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 21, 59.		10.3390/environsciproc2022021059
Garrote, L., Granados, A., Spiliotis, M. et al. (2023). Effectiveness of Adaptive Operating Rules for Reservoirs. Water Resources Management, 37, 2527–2542.		10.1007/s11269-022-03386-9
Spiliotis, M., Garrote, L. (2023). Applying a Flexible Fuzzy Adaptive Regression to Runoff Estimation. Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 25, 85.		10.3390/ECWS-7-14308
Karasani, M., Latinopoulos, D., Ioannidou, N., Spiliotis, M., Kagalou, I. (2023). Bridging the Gap between Science and Policy: A Prerequisite for Effective Water Governance. Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 25, 12.		10.3390/ECWS-7-14241
Bakas, T., Papadopoulos, C., Latinopoulos, D., Kagalou, I., Akratos, C., Angelidis, P., Pliakas, F.-K., Spiliotis, M. (2023). Supporting Participatory Management Planning for Catchment Operationalization with Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets—A Study in Laspias River, Thrace, Greece. Water, 15, 2928.		10.3390/w15162928
Efraimidou, E., Spiliotis, M. (2024). A GIS-Based Flood Risk Assessment Using the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory Approach at a Regional Scale. Environmental Processes, 11, 9.		10.1007/s40710-024-00683-w
Mirli, A., Bakas, T., Latinopoulos, D., Kagalou, I., Spiliotis, M. (2024). Participatory Management of a Mediterranean Lagoon Complex Social-Ecological System Using Intuitionistic Fuzzy TOPSIS. Sustainability, 16, 10647.		10.3390/su162310647
Bakas, T., Papadopoulos, C., Latinopoulos, D., Kagalou, I., Spiliotis, M. (2025). Extended Intuitionistic Fuzzy PROMETHEE II Group Decision Making for Mediterranean Basin Management. Water Resources Management, 39, 4243–4260.		10.1007/s11269-024-03999-2
Papadopoulos, C., Bakas, T., Tyrovolas, M., Latinopoulos, D., Kagalou, I., Spiliotis, M., Stylios, C. (2025). Participatory Modeling and Scenario Analysis for Managing Mediterranean River Basins Using Quasi-nonlinear Fuzzy Cognitive Maps. Environmental Processes, 12, 23.		10.1007/s40710-025-00765-3
Spiliotis, K., Voudouris, K., Vangelis, H., Spiliotis, M. (2025). Analysis of Annual Drought Episodes Using Complex Networks. Sustainability, 17, 1441.		10.3390/su17041441