Dimitrios Piskas
Dimitrios Piskas
ZHAW
School of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering
Abteilung Lehre
Work at ZHAW
Position
Lecturer (part-time)
Focus
Conceptual Structural Design, Steel and Concrete Structures, Wind and Earthquake Engineering
Teaching
- Responsible for the Courses Steel Structures 1 to 3 and Earthquake Engineering Seminar (BSc in Civil Engineering)
- Teaching Member, Introduction to Conceptual Design Course (BSc Civil Engineering and BSc Architecture)
- Supervision of Bachelor and Master Theses in Structural Engineering
Experience
- Civil Engineer, Co-Founder
Structerra AG
01 / 2026 - today - Lecturer for Steel Structures
ZHAW
02 / 2022 - today - Structural Engineer, Project Manager
Basler & Hofmann AG
09 / 2014 - 12 / 2025 - Trainee Civil Engineer
Erdemli Engineering and Consulting, Istanbul, Turkey
06 / 2010 - 07 / 2010
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Bachelor of Arts / Philosophy
University of London
10 / 2020 - 09 / 2024 - Master in Civil Engineering Sciences / Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
09 / 2012 - 08 / 2014 - Diploma in Civil Engineering / Structural Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
09 / 2007 - 08 / 2012
Continuing Education
- CAS in Higher and Professional Education
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
12 / 2023 - CAS in Computer Science
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
08 / 2018
Network
Membership of networks
- IngOG+ Engineers Without Borders Switzerland
- SIA FEB - Construction Conservation Group
- Swiss Society for Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
- Swiss Center for Steel Structures
Awards
- Alias Student Teaching Award 2025
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
04 / 2025 - Alias Student Teaching Award 2023
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
04 / 2023 - 2. Hatt-Bucher Prize für Master Thesis
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
11 / 2014 - ESOP - Excellence Scholarship and Opportunity Programme
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
09 / 2012