Dr Senetakis joined City University of Hong Kong in December 2016. Prior to joining City University as an academic, Dr Senetakis worked for two years as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at City University of Hong Kong (2011-2013) and three years as a Lecturer at Thammasat University Thailand (2013-2014) and UNSW Australia (2014-2016). He holds a 5-year required Diploma in Civil Engineering and he completed his MSc in Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics in 2006 and PhD in Soil Dynamics in 2011 at the University of Thessaloniki Greece. His PhD research received award of "Excellent with Distinction". Dr Senetakis research interests focus in the fields of experimental soil mechanics and dynamics, experimental micromechanics and tribology of non-conforming surfaces, geo-synthetics and recycled aggregates in geotechnics. Dr Senetakis and his research group have developed the first micromechanical testing facilities of their type which have allowed the quantification of both stiffness and friction at the contacts of sand grains as well as a broad range of materials including debris flow soils, saprolites, ballast-type crushed rock and coated-cemented soils. He quantified for the first time surface damage of real soil grains capturing the shearing path of small size sand particles as well as the surface area of quartz grain interfaces through microscopic image and white light interferometry analyses. Dr Senetakis is currently in charge of the Soil Mechanics Laboratory of City University of Hong Kong which is one of the most advanced and well-equipped laboratories internationally for grain scale and element testing. Dr Senetakis has published over 60 international journal papers including over 50 SCI journal papers. He is Editorial Board Member for the journals Soils and Foundations, Canadian Geotechnical Journal and Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources. Since his appointment as an Assistant Professor at City University, Dr Senetakis has received two GRF grants (2018-2020 & 2019-2021) entitled "A laboratory study of soil creep and strain-rate effects of sands and aggregates at the micro-scale" and "Micromechanical investigation of bonded granular geo-materials".

Departmental Duty

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Course Leader Duty

• CA2560: Geology for Engineers  
• CA3664: Geology for Engineers  
• CA4682: Advanced Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering  
• CA5010: Structural Dynamics and Applications  
• CA5244: Methods of Analysis in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics  
• CA5693: Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering  
• CA6694: Geomechanics  

Research Interests

Experimental Micromechanics, Soil Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology.

Selected Publications

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