Railways and Transport Laboratory

Alexandra Vasileiadou

PhD Candidate

MSc (AUTH) MEng (UTH)

Contact Details

Address: Office 89, NTUA Campus, Iroon Polytechniou 5, GR-15773 Athens, Greece.
Email: avasileiadou@mail.ntua.gr
Phone: (+30) 210 772 1723
Scopus: N/A

Profile

Alexandra Vasileiadou is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, of the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). In 2019, Alexandra obtained a Diploma in Urban Planning and Regional Development from UTH, specializing in Transportation Planning. In 2021, she obtained a Master of Science (M.Sc.) diploma in Transportation Systems, from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), with a focus on Urban Transport Systems.

She is currently preparing her Ph.D. Thesis entitled: “Electric bus and automated bus routing and optimization with the use of artificial intelligence” under the supervision of Assistant Professor Dr. Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis.

Professional Experience
  • Jan. 2023-May 2024: Transport Consultant, Samaras and Partners.
  • Oct. 2021-Dec. 2022: Associate Bekertilly Greece, Project management of urban public transport in the metropolitan region of Attica and Thessaloniki (OASA, THeTA).
Education
  • MSc in Planning and Management of Sustainable Infrastructure and Systems, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
  • MEng (5-year diploma) in Urban Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly.
  1. A. Vasileiadou, P. Skagiannis, D. Kallioras, N. Gavanas (2024), Rail connection feasibility investigation in the north axis of railway in Crete island, First conference of Spatial Planning and Regional Development, Challenges and Prospects, Thessaloniki, Greece
  2. A. Vasileiadou, P. Skagiannis, D. Kallioras, N. Gavanas (2022), Rail connection feasibility investigation in the north axis of railway in Crete island, 6th Panhellenic Conference of Urban and Spatial Planning and Regional Development, Volos, Greece.
  3. A. Vasileiadou, P. Skagiannis, D. Kallioras (2021), Rail connection feasibility investigation in the north axis of railway in Crete island, 10th International Congress on transportation research, Rhodes, Greece
  1. metaCCAZE – Horizon Europe, Innovation Action, National Technical University of Athens, 2024-2027.
  1. PT-MaaS – ELIDEK, 2023-2025.
  1. First regeneration academy 4Women in Tech by Microsoft (finalist) – project management with Agile (April-May 2021)
  2. Scholarship of AIESEC for the Global Entrepreneur programme (2020) – 2-month internship in Bucharest

Expertise

Engineering Areas

#Public Transport
#Demand Prediction
#Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
#Autonomous Buses
#Transport planning

Methodologies

#Simulation
#Traffic Simulation
#Data collection and analysis
#Computer Programming
#Mathematical Optimization

Social Sciences

#Mobility as a Service
#Accessibility and Equity in Transport
#Public Transport