BIOGRAPHY OF ILIAS K. MICHALIS

Ilias current position (since January 2014) is Tunnels Senior Manager of the Technical Department of Qatar Rail, working as secondee from Deutsche Bahn Engineering and Consulting. His services are focused on providing technical solutions and leading the design reviews of important tunnelling and geotechnical design issues of Doha Metro Project.

Since January 2012, Ilias has established a very successful co-operation with Deutsche Bahn International, by having a very active participation in the preparation of the Technical Specifications of Doha Metro Project and in addition he was involved in the evaluation of the tender offers for the Red Line North contract of the Project.

He has 20 years of experience, working as tunnelling and geotechnical expert in major infrastructure projects, including: (a) Athens and Thessaloniki Metros in Greece, (b) the 700km Egnatia Motorway in North Greece and (c) three major concession motorways in Greece of a total length 700km approximately.

He is author of more than 25 scientific publications and has delivered until now 10 invited lectures to International Conferences on Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering and Tunnelling.

Ilias holds a degree of Master of Science of Soil Mechanics and Engineering Seismology from Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine of the United Kingdom.