Vasiliki (Vasia) Amprasi is a Civil & Transportation Engineer working as an Associate at the ScienTra Consulting Engineers company and, at the same time, as a Research Associate at the Transport Systems Research Group of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of West Attica. She holds a Diploma in Civil Engineering (equal to MEng) from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki as well as a Master of Science (MSc) on “Planning, Organization, and Management of Transport Systems”. She has been awarded with two (2) official distinctions of excellence, the most important being the full scholarship received by the Onassis Foundation for her interdisciplinary postgraduate studies
Vasiliki has 5 years of experience in the implementation and management of projects and studies related to transport and mobility at European and national level. She has participated in a total of 7 research projects, being the responsible project manager of 3 of them, while she was also involved in the elaboration of electric vehicle charging plans, the development of road safety strategies, and proposal writing.
Driven by continuous personal and professional growth, she took part in various seminars dealing with, among others, the effective project management, the optimal service design, the enhancement of leadership skills in which she was voted to be the Coordinator of the working group of the 7-day project, etc.
Until now, she has published 18 scientific papers which include 6 papers in scientific journals and book volumes, 8 full papers in conference proceedings with full paper review, and 4 in conference proceedings with abstract review. She has presented as a speaker at more than 9 scientific conferences, while she has been responsible for the organization of more than 4 transport events/conferences with invited speakers and participants from Greece and abroad.
She is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece, the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers, and the Onassis Scholars’ Association.