Stella Roussou is a Civil – Transportation Engineer and Research Associate at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Since 2022, she holds a Civil Engineering Diploma from NTUA majoring in Transportation Engineering. She has more than 2 years of experience in several aspects of traffic engineering and road safety.

Specialization areas

  • Traffic Engineering
  • Road Safety
  • Driver Behaviour
  • Statistical Analysis and Modeling

Education

  • Diploma of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering
  • Graduation Grade: 7.22/10.00
  • Thesis: “Cost benefit and acceptance analysis of reducing speed limits in Athens to 30km/h”

Publications

At the present time two (2) scientific papers have been published: 1 paper in scientific journals with peer review and 1 paper in conferences with full paper review.

Publications in scientific journals with peer review

  • pj1. Roussou S., Petraki V., Deliali K., Kontaxi A., Yannis G., “Cost Benefit Analysis of Reducing speed limits in Athens to 30 Km/h”, International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences (IAATS), 2023

Publications in scientific conference proceedings (full papers with review)

  • pc1. Stella Roussou, Christos Katrakazas, Eva Michelaraki, Yannis G., “Identification of safe driving behavior using an ensemble of machine learning algorithms and data from the i-DREAMS experiment”, Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Transportation Research, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20-22 September 2023.

Presentations in scientific conferences and seminars

At the present time four (4) presentations have been made in scientific conferences and seminars.

  • cp4, George Yannis , Stella Roussou, Virginia Petraki, Katerina Deliali, Armira Kontaxi, Apostolos Ziakopoulos – Cities with 30 km/h speed limit – A review and a Cost Benefit Analysis for the city of Athens, Annual POLIS Conference2023, Leuven, Belgium, 29-30 November 2023
  • cp3, Stella Roussou, Katerina Deliali, George Yannis – Unsafe traffic events – PEVE, Road Safety Research Challenges Workshop, organised by NTUA within the framework of the Seventh UN Global Road Safety Week, Athens, 19 May 2023
  • cp2, Eva Michelaraki, Christos Katrakazas, Stella Roussou, Virginia Petraki, George Yannis – Key results of the i-DREAMS project – Determinants of risk iDreams, Telematics and Driver Behaviour Workshop, organised by iDreams project, Brussels, 26 April 2023
  • cp1, Stella Roussou, Virginia Petraki, Eva Michelaraki, Christos Katrakazas, George Yannis – Evaluation of safety interventions on risky driving behavior using data from a novel naturalistic driving experiment – iDreams , Telematics and Driver Behaviour Workshop, organised by NTUA, Athens, 11 April 2023.

Research projects

 Participation in three (3) research projects in the field of Transportation Planning and Engineering

  • “i-Dreams: Safety Tolerance zone calculation and interventions for driver – vehicle – environment interactions under challenging conditions” of the Horizon 2020 framework programme on transport research of the European Commission (2019-2023)
  • “Development of a Traffic and Transport Management Plan for the Operation of Mining – Metallurgical Facilities” of the Hellas Gold Company (2022-2023)
  • “PHOEBE: PHOEBE – Predictive Approaches For Safer Urban Environments” of the Horizon 2020 framework programme on transport research of the European Commission (2023-2027)

Computer Skills and Software Knowledge

  • Office tools: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
  • Cad Softwares: AutoCAD, Microstation
  • Geographic Information Systems: ArcGIS
  • Programming Languages: Python, R, Matlab

Languages

  • Greek: Native language
  • English: Proficient user, Certificate in Proficiency in English, (Michigan University)
  • French: Upper intermediate, B2 (DELF)
  • Spanish: Basic level, A2

Affiliations 

Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece

Contact

National Technical University of Athens,

School of Civil Engineering,

Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering

5, Iroon Polytechneiou str., GR-15773, Zografou, Athens

Phone: +30 210.7721380