Dipl. Ing. Vasilis Bellos

Democritus University of Thrace

Assistant Professor

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About

Dr. Vasilis Bellos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering at Democritus University of Thrace, holding a position focused on integrated water resources management, hydraulic design, and the environmental management of hydraulic works. His main research interests lie in the numerical modelling of water-related processes, employing both mechanistic simulators and data-driven approaches. His expertise includes hydrology, hydraulic engineering, river hydraulics, computational hydraulics, hydroinformatics, and flood modelling.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

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Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Flood Risk Management
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics
IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Urban Drainage
Committee on Fluid Mechanics
Committee on Hydraulic Structures
Committee on Ecohydraulics
IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Hydroinformatics
Committee on Water Resources Management
Working Group on Nature Based Solutions

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
IAHR Hellenic Young Professionals Network	YPN Advisor	2026-01-30	Now

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Performing a Global Sensitivity Analysis of Modelling Parameters for Microplastic Transport in Shallow Flows	2026
Trade-Off Analysis of Check Dam Configurations Using 2D Hydrodynamic Simulations Within an NbS Framework	2026
Benchmarking 2D shallow water models in complex case studies: the 2017 Mandra (Greece) flood	2022
Can We Use Hydraulic Handbooks in Blind Trust? Two Examples from a Realworld Complex Hydraulic System	2022
FIWARE-Enabled Smart Solution for the Optimal Management and Operation of Raw-Water Supply Hydraulic Works	2022
Fiware-Enabled Tool for Real-Time Control of the Raw-Water Conveyance System of Athens	2022
Point-to-Pixel Comparison of a Satellite and a Gauge -Based Intensity-Durationfrequency (IDF) Curve: The Case of Karditsa, Greece	2022
Reconstructing a Flood Event: Collecting Field Data and Numerical Modeling	2022
A New Strategy for the Estimation of Friction Parameters in Hydrodynamic Modelling: Implementation to an Ephemeral River	2020
An Overview of the Role of Machine Learning in Hydraulic and Hydrological Modeling	2018
Flood Prediction in a Compound Channel Using Machine Learning Techniques	2018
Learning Non-Linearities From Flow Simulators	2018
Surrogate Stochastic Modelling With Emphasis on the Dependence Structure; Benchmark Application to Flood Inundation	2018
Employing Surrogate Modelling for the Calibration of a 2D Flood Simulation Model	2016
Grid Coarsening and Uncertainty in 2D Hydrodynamic Modelling	2016
2D Flood Modelling: The Case of Tous Dam Break	2015

My Videos

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IAHR Awards

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