Democritus University of Thrace, 67100 Xanthi, Greece.

Dr. Μ. Spiliotis is an Assistant Professor at the Civil Engineering Department of Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Xanthi, Greece. He studied Civil Engineering at the Democritus University of Thrace. He then finished a postgraduate study and a doctoral study at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, School of Rural & Surveying Engineering. Subsequently, he completed a postdoctoral study at the National Technical University of Athens in cooperation with the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain.