Τα ερευνητικά του ενδιαφέροντα περιλαμβάνουν τη Δομική Ανάλυση & το Σχεδιασμό, την Επιστήμη των Υλικών, τις Υπολογιστικές Μεθόδους, τη Διαχείριση Ποιότητας και Παραγωγής. Έχει συγγράψει 80 άρθρα σε Διεθνή Περιοδικά με κριτές και 11 κεφάλαια βιβλίων (συμπεριλαμβανομένων 9 και 2 μονογραφιών, αντίστοιχα) ενώ έχει συμμετάσχει σε διάφορα Ερευνητικά Προγράμματα σε σχετικούς τεχνολογικούς τομείς. Επιπλέον, ο Δρ. Γιαννόπουλος είναι μέλος της Συντακτικής Επιτροπής 7 Διεθνών Περιοδικών ενώ έχει υπάρξει θεματικός Συντάκτης σε πολυάριθμα Διεθνή Περιοδικά. Είναι επίσης ενεργός κριτής σε περισσότερα από 80 Διεθνή Περιοδικά. Έχει προσκληθεί να εξετάσει διάφορες ξένες Ερευνητικές Προτάσεις για χρηματοδότηση. Σύμφωνα με τον ιστότοπο "ResearchGate", έχει 1495 ετεροαναφορές και δείκτη h 21. Για τα έτη 2021,2022 και 2023 έχει συμπεριληφθεί στη λίστα των 2% κορυφαίων επιστημόνων του κόσμου στα υπο-πεδία «Materials» και «Mechanical Engineering and Transports», που δημιουργήθηκε από το Πανεπιστήμιο Στάνφορντ.
Georgios I. Giannopoulos is a Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineer and received his Diploma in 2001. He was awarded a Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Patras. His doctoral research was conducted at the Machine Elements Laboratory within the Department’s Design and Manufacturing Division.
He is married and resides in Patras, Greece. Since 2004, he has been a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece. From 2009 to 2016, he served as a full-time Scientific Associate at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece. From 2016 to 2023, he worked as a permanent Engineer in major public infrastructure projects at the General Secretariat of Infrastructure, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. He also taught at the Department of Materials Science of the University of Patras (2016–2019), and since 2020, he has been part of the Adjunct Faculty of the Hellenic Open University.
Since 2023, he holds the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of the Peloponnese.
His research interests include Structural Analysis and Design, Materials Science, Computational Methods, and Quality and Production Management. He has authored 80 articles in peer-reviewed international journals and 11 book chapters (including 9 in edited volumes and 2 monographs). He has participated in several research projects in related technological fields.
Dr. Giannopoulos serves on the Editorial Board of seven international journals and has acted as a Guest Editor for numerous others. He is an active reviewer for more than 80 international scientific journals and has been invited to evaluate various foreign research proposals for funding. According to the ResearchGate platform, he has 1,495 citations and an h-index of 21.
In 2021, 2022, and 2023, he was included in the list of the world’s top 2% scientists in the subfields of Materials and Mechanical Engineering and Transports, compiled by Stanford University.