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Panagiotis “Takis”
Mitropoulos, Ph.D., P.E. Associate Professor Department of
Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering J.R. Filanc Construction Engineering & Management Program (619)
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Biography Professor
Mitropoulos joined the faculty of San Diego State University in August
2011. He holds a Doctoral degree in
Civil Engineering from Stanford University, and a Master of Science degree
from Virginia Tech. Before joining
SDSU, Dr. Mitropoulos was Assistant Professor at Arizona State
University. Before ASU, Dr.
Mitropoulos worked for eight years with DPR Construction as a Performance
Improvement specialist on large technical projects, and as a consultant with
Lean Project Consulting. Professor
Mitropoulos teaches courses in Productivity Improvement, Construction
Scheduling, Lean Construction and Construction Safety. His primary areas of research include operations
design and accident prevention, high performance crews, and lean production
management. His current research
focuses on “High Reliability” foremen and crews. In 2007, Dr. Mitropoulos was awarded the
NSF CAREER Award for his research “Safety as an Emergent Property of the
Production System: Production
Practices and Teamwork Processes of High Reliability Crews.” Education Ph.D Stanford
University (Civil Engineering) 1996 M.S. Virginia Tech
(Civil Engineering) 1991 B.S. University
of Patras, Greece (Civil Engineering) 1985 Positions Aug 11 – present Associate Professor, San Diego State University Department of Civil,
Construction and Environmental Engineering Aug 04 – Aug 11 Assistant Professor, Arizona State University Ira A. Fulton School of
Engineering, Del E. Webb School of
Construction Mar 02 – Aug 04 Operations Analysis and Lean
Construction Consultant, Menlo Park, CA Jan 03 – Dec 03 Adjunct Professor, San Jose State University Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering Jun 96 – Mar 02 Process Improvement Specialist, DPR
Construction, Inc. Nov 86 – Oct 88 Contracting Officer, Greek Air Force July 85 – Aug 89 Civil Engineer, Fragakis Engineering
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