The most recent as well as the currently running projects are:

1. SUPPORT FOR EUROPEAN AERONAUTICAL SMES (AEROPORTAL), (CEC, COORDINATION AND SUPPORT ACTION)

2. TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES FOR NEW MAINTENANCE CONCEPTS (TATEM)

3. ECONOMIC ADVANCED SHAPING PROCESSES FOR INTEGRAL STRUCTURES (ECOSHAPE)

4. IARCAS

5. INVESTIGATION ON DAMAGE TOLERANCE BEHAVIOR OF ALUMINUM ALLOYS (IDA)

6. POWER OPTIMIZED AIRCRAFT (POA)

7. DEVELOPMENT OF SHORT DISTANCE WELDING CONCEPTS FOR AIRFRAMES (WEL-AIR(

8. ADVANCED DESIGN CONCEPTS AND MAINTENANCE BY INTERGRATED RISK EVALUATION FOR AEROSTRUCTURES (ADMIRE), (EC, GROWTH)

9. SERVICES FOR CRAFT AERONAUTICAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH (SCRACH, PHASES I-V), (EC, ACCOM.-MEAS.)

10. TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION TO THE NEAR TERM BUSINESS GOALS AND OBJECTIVE OF THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY (TANGO), (CEC, BRITE/AERO)

11. BOLTED JOINTS IN COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES (BOJCAS), (CEC, BRITE/AERO)

12. INTEGRATED DESIGN ENVIRONMENT FOR SIMULATION AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION PROCESSES (D-SIGN), (CEC, BRITE/EURAM)

13. EFFICIENT DESIGN AND VERIFICATION OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES (EDAVCOS), (CEC, BRITE, AERO)

14. NEW TECHNIQUES FOR PAINT REMOVAL, (CEC, BRITE/EURAM)

15. PROCESS INTEGRATED COST ANALYSIS TOOL (PICANT), (CEC, BRITE/EURAM)

16. DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW ALUMINIUM ALLOY FOR USE AT 150°C (CEC, BRITE/EURAM)

17. STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE OF AGEING AIRCRAFT, (SMAAC), (CEC, BRITE/AERONAUTICS)

18. STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF F-5 AB FIGHTER AIRCRAFT (SUBCONTRACT FROM THE TECHNOLOGICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER OF THE GREEK AIRFORCE)

19. CRACK PROPAGATION OF MULTIPLE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT PANELS (SUBCONTRACT FROM HELLENIC AEROSPACE INDUSTRY)

20. DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF HIGH PRESSURE FLANGED CONNECTIONS (COOPERATION WITH LJC, FRANCE)

Involvement of ISTRAM's scientific staff in research activities during the last years was implemented in the frame of a great number of projects funded by the commission of the European Communities (CEC), the European Industry and Greek Government Institutions. The most recent of them are listed below:

1. ADVANCED BONDING TECHNOLOGIES FOR AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES (ABITAS)

2. AERONAUTICAL APPLICATION OF WROUGHT MAGNESIUM (AEROMAG)

3. ADVANCED LOW COST AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES (ALCAS)

4. CELLULAR STRUCTURES FOR IMPACT PERFORMANCE (CELPACT)

5. COST-EFFECTIVE SMALL AIRCRAFT (CESAR)

6. COST EFFECTIVE INTEGRAL METALLIC STRUCTURE (COINS)

7. CONCURRENT APPROACH TO MANUFACTURING INDUCED PART DISTORTION IN AEROSPACE COMPONENTS (COMPACT)

8. INNOVATIVE FATIGUE AND DAMAGE TOLERANCE METHODS FOR THE APPLICATION OF NEW STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS (DATON)

9. (DINAMIT)

10. EUROPEAN AERONAUTICS SCIENCE NETWORK (EASN)

11. EUROPEAN AERONAUTICS SCIENCE NETWORK (EASN II)

12. MODULAR JOINTS OF AIRCRAFT COMPOSITE STRUCTURES (MOJO)

13. COST EFFECTIVE INTEGRAL METALLIC STRUCTURE (MUSCA)

14. PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES BASED ON BINDER YARNS (PRECARBI)

15. CIVIL AIRCRAFT PROTECTION AGAINST ICE (CAPRI), (CEC, BRITE/AERONAUTICS)

16. DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINUOUS CARBON FIBRE REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS AND THEIR PROCESSING FOR COMPOSITE COMPONENTS (CEC, BRITE/EURAM)

17. DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES FOR PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING OF "LARGE" ORGANICS SHEETS, THERMOPLASTICS PREPREGS, RIBBONS AND FOILS (CEC, BRITE/EURAM)

18. INVESTIGATION OF ALUMINIUM-LITHIUM ALLOYS FOR DAMAGE TOLERANT APPLICATIONS (CEC, BRITE/EURAM)

19. CRASHWORTHINESS FOR COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT (CRASH) (CEC, BRITE/AERONAUTICS)

20. ADVANCED ALUMINIUM-PRECISION CASTING FOR INTEGRALLY STIFFENED NET-SHAPE COMPONETS (ADVACAST), (CEC, BRITE/EURAM)

21. COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT-DESIGN FOR CRASH SURVIVABILITY (CRASURV), (CEC, BRITE/AERONAUTICS)

22. DAMAGE TOLERANCE BEHAVIOUR OF CORRODED ALUMINIUM STRUCTURES (CEC, National funds, EPET)

23. LASER PROCESSING OF INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS-LASERMAT (CEC, National funds, EPET)

24. ASSESSMENT OF THE MULTI- SIDE DAMAGE ACCUMULATION OF AIRCRAFT - COMPONENTS SUBJECTED TO FATIGUE (CEC, National funds, PENED)

25. MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES IN AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTIONS (CEC, National Thematic Network)

26. CERAMICS NETWORK (CEC, National Thematic Network)

27. STRESS AND STABILITY ANALYSIS OF THIN COMPOSITE PLATES (Bilateral program with RWTH Aachen, Germany)

28. CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS FOR METALLIC MATERIALS BEHAVIOUR UNDER CREEP AND LOW CYCLE FATIGUE EXPOSURE (Bilateral program with RWTH Aachen, Germany)

29. MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF Ni ALLOYS AT HIGH TEMPERATURES AND CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENTS (National Funding)

30. FAILURE PREDICTION OF LANDING GEARS USING NDT METHODS (National Funding)

31. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE PARTS USING FINITE ELEMENTS AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS (National Funding)

32. FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR OF Al-Li ALLOYS (National Funding)

33. CREEP BEHAVIOUR OF AUSTENITIC STEELS UNDER VARIABLE LOADING CONDITIONS (National Funding)

34. DESIGN OF AIRCRAFT MOVING PARTS FROM ADVANCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS (National Funding)

35. DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUPERPLASTIC FORMING TECHNIQUE FOR PRODUCING THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE STRUCTURES (National Funding)

36. STUDY AND PRODUCTION OF CAST ALUMINIUM ALLOYS FOR USE IN AERONAUTICAL APPLICATIONS (National Funding)

37. THEMATIC NETWORK ON CREEP BEHAVIOUR OF Al ALLOYS (CEC, BRITE/EURAM)

38. CREEP BEHAVIOUR OF ADNANCED CASTED ALUMINIUM ALLOYS

39. CERAMIC COMPOSITES FOR INDUSTRIAL GAS TURBINES (CEC, BRITE/EURAM)