Charisios Achillas

Dr. Charisios Achillas is an Academic Assistant at the School of Economics and Business Administration, International Hellenic University. He graduated in 1999 from Aristotle University's Mechanical Engineering Department. He then continued with an MSc in Engineering Project Management from UMIST, Manchester, UK. In 2009 he was granted with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Aristotle University Thessaloniki in the field of integrated waste management of industrial products and optimisation of reverse logistics networks. Since 2003, he has been involved in educational activities of the Aristotle University's Mechanical Engineering Department, as well as in several domestic and European projects.

His research interests focus on the areas of Product Design, Environmental Management and Sustainable Development.

PUBLICATIONS IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

1. 2012: Measuring combined exposure to environmental pressures in urban areas: An air quality and noise pollution assessment approach (co-authors: Vlachokostas Ch., Michailidou A.V., Moussiopoulos N.), Environmental International, forthcoming
2. 2011: A web-based decision support system for the optimal management of construction and demolition waste (co-authors: Achillas Ch., Vlachokostas Ch., Moussiopoulos N., Papaioannou G.), Waste Management, Volume 31, pp 2497–2502
3. 2011: Multicriteria methodological approach to confront urban air pollution (co-authors: Vlachokostas Ch., Moussiopoulos N., Banias G.), Atmospheric Environment, Volume 45, pp 4160-4169
4. 2011: Social acceptance for the development of a Waste-to-Energy plant in an urban area: Application for Thessaloniki, Greece (co-authors: Vlachokostas Ch., Moussiopoulos N., Banias G., Kafetzopoulos G., Karagiannidis A.), Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 55, pp 857-863
5. 2011: Prioritise strategies to confront environmental deterioration in urban areas: Multicriteria assessment of public opinion and experts’ views Greece (co-authors: Vlachokostas Ch., Moussiopoulos N., Banias G.), Cities, Volume 28, pp 414-423
6. 2011: Transportation cost analysis of the Hellenic system for alternative management of waste electric and electronic equipment (co-authors: Moussiopoulos N., Karagiannidis A., Papadopoulos A., Antonopoulos I., Perkoulidis G., Vlachos D., Vlachokostas Ch.), International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, Volume 7, Issue 6, forthcoming
7. 2011: Willingness to pay for reducing the risk of premature mortality attributed to air pollution: A contingent valuation study for Greece (co-authors: Vlachokostas Ch., Slini T., Moussiopoulos N., Banias G., Dimitrakis Ι.), Atmospheric Pollution Research, Volume 2, Issue 3, pp 275-282
8. 2011: Combining regression analysis and air quality modelling to predict benzene concentration levels (co-authors: Vlachokostas Ch., Chourdakis E., Moussiopoulos N.), Atmospheric Environment, Volume 45, Issue 15, pp 2585-2592
9. 2011: Electronic waste management cost: A scenario-based analysis for Greece (co-authors: Vlachokostas Ch., Moussiopoulos N., Perkoulidis G., Banias G., Mastropavlos M.), Waste Management & Research, Volume 29, Issue 9, pp 963-972
10. 2011: Health effects and social costs of particulate and photochemical air pollution: A case study for Thessaloniki, Greece (co-authors: Vlachokostas Ch., Moussiopoulos N., Kalogeropoulos K., Sigalas G., Kalognomou E.-A., Banias G.), Atmosphere and Health, forthcoming
11. 2010: Optimising reverse logistics network to support policy-making in the case of electrical and electronic equipment (co-authors: Vlachokostas Ch., Aidonis D., Moussiopoulos N., Iakovou E., Banias G.), Waste Management, Volume 30, Issue 12, pp 2592-2600
12. 2010: Promoting reuse strategies for electrical/electronic equipment (co-authors: Moussiopoulos N., Karagiannidis A., Vlachokostas Ch., Banias G.), Waste and Resource Management, Volume 163, Issue WR4, pp 173-182
13. 2010: Environmental, social and economic information management for the evaluation of sustainability in urban areas: A system of indicators for Thessaloniki (co-authors: Moussiopoulos N., Vlachokostas Ch., Spyridi D., Nikolaou K.), Cities, Volume 27, pp 377-384
14. 2010: Economic damages of ozone air pollution to crops using combined air quality and GIS modelling (co-authors: Vlachokostas Ch., Nastis S., Kalogeropoulos K., Karmiris I., Moussiopoulos Ν., Chourdakis E., Banias G., Limperi N.), Atmospheric Environment, Volume 44, pp 3352-3361
15. 2010: Assessing multiple criteria for the optimal location of a construction and demolition waste management facility (co-authors: Banias G., Vlachokostas Ch., Moussiopoulos N., Tarsenis S.), Building and Environment, Volume 45, Issue 10, pp 2317-2326
16. 2010: Decision support system for the optimal location of electrical and electronic waste treatment plants (co-authors: Vlachokostas Ch., Moussiopoulos N., Banias G.), Waste Management, Volume 30, Issue 5, pp 870-879
17. 2010: Decision Support System for the evaluation of urban air pollution control options: Application for particulate pollution in Thessaloniki, Greece (co-authors: Vlachokostas Ch., Moussiopoulos N., Hourdakis E., Tsilingiridis G., Ntziachristos L., Banias G., Stavrakakis N., Sidiropoulos C.), Science of the Total Environment, Volume 407, Issue 23, pp 5937-5948
18. 2009: A methodological framework for end-of-life management of electronic products (co-authors: Iakovou E., Moussiopoulos N., Xanthopoulos A., Michailidis N., Chatzipanagioti M., Koroneos C., Bouzakis K.-D, Kikis V.), Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 53, pp 329-339