The main research work of the laboratory of Flooding Protection Hydraulic Works & Water Resources Management Technology of the Department of Civil Engineering T.E. of Larissa is the applied research on flows in physical rivers, flood protection hydraulic works and water resources management using experimental and computational methods.  The research activity of the laboratory aims to investigate and promote the best practices on flood protection hydraulic works and integrated water resources management. Practically, the purpose of the laboratory is to obtain useful results that could support activities related to flood risk areas in rivers basins and water resources management in urban and rural areas. Moreover, the laboratory could offer services to select the appropriate training works and the essential technology of flood protection works.

2.  New technologies and methods for river flood protection works.

3. Services related to water resources management.

4.  New technologies for water resources management.

1. Experimental simulation of free-surface flows (river flows) and of different flood protection hydraulic works.

2. Numerical simulation of free-surface flow conditions (river flows) and of different hydraulic works in order to prevent floods.
3. Water balance basin simulation

1. Two experimental open-channels with appropriate equipment in order to simulate open channel flows (rivers) and flood protection works.

2.  Computational models for numerical simulations of open channel flows (rivers) and flood protection works.

3. Computational models of water resources management.

4.  Current meter equipment.

1.  Spatial mapping and estimation of hydrologic risk with emphasis on floods and droughts in urban and rural areas of Thessaly and their environmental impacts.

2.  11SYN_3_1913 “Water Resources Management of coastal Agricultural Environments-Resilience of climate change impacts” (Agroclima).

3.   Investigation of the impact of the climate change on river deltas. Case study: the delta of river Pinios (Thessaly, Greece)

· Farsirotou, S. Kotsopoulos, N. Xafoulis and G. Sanatsios (2014). Experimental investigation of non-uniform flow in rivers. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Protection and Restoration of the Environment, June 29 – July 3, 2014, Skiathos island, Greece, ISBN 978-960-88490-6-8, p.p. 873-880.

·S. Kotsopoulos, P. Nastos, G. Ghionis, K. Lazogiannis, S. Poulos, I. Alexiou, A. Panagopoulos, E. Farsirotou, N. Alamanis (2014). Evaporation and evapotranspiration estimates under present and future climate conditions. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Protection and Restoration of the Environment, June 29 – July 3, 2014, Skiathos island, Greece, ISBN 978-960-88490-6-8, p.p. 91-97.

· K. Lazogiannis, V. Paraskevopoulou, S. Poulos, X. Teou, S. Kotsopoulos, E. Farsirotou, G. Ghionis, I. Matiatos, A. Panagopoulos, D. E. Sifnioti, D. I. Giannouli, K. Tsanakas, M. Dassenakis, P.G. Drakopoulos, F. Botsou, I. Alexiou and J.D. Alexopoulos (2014). Seasonal variation of water discharge and suspended sediment concentration of the Pinios River (Thessaly) during the hydrological year 2012/13. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Protection and Restoration of the Environment, June 29 – July 3, 2014, Skiathos island, Greece, ISBN 978-960-88490-6-8, p.p. 325-331.

·S. Kotsopoulos, P. Nastos, K. Lazogiannis, I. Alexiou, S. Poulos, A. Ilias, A. Panagopoulos, G. Ghionis, I. Matiatos, V. Pisinaras, E. Farsirotou, N. Alamanis, G. Kakagiannis, G. Arampatzis. Crop water requirements under present and future weather conditions. 10th International Congress of the Hellenic Geographical Society, 22-24 October 2015, Thessaloniki, Greece.

· Lazogiannis, K., Kotsopoulos S., Kakagiannis G., Bakouras S., Farsirotou E., Poulos S., Panagopoulos Α., Ilias Α., Pisinaras V., Arabatzis G., Paraskevas Ch., Nastos P., Alexopoulos J.D., Matiatos Ι., Ghionis G., Karamousalis Th., Kotinas V., Gagkas Z., Pappas I. Study of surface irrigation water availability and suspended particulate matter concentration during the hydrological year 2013/14. Accepted for 11th Panhellenic Conference of Oceanography and Fishery, Mytilene 13-17/5/15.

· Evangelia D. Farsirotou and Spiridon I. Kotsopoulos (2015). Free-Surface Flow Over River Bottom Sill: Experimental and Numerical Study, Journal Of Environmental Process, DOI 10.1007/s40710-015-0090-6, 30 August 2015, Springer.

2. Water Resources Management