tɹˈaɪɐntˌæfɪlˌuː hˈæzbiːn ɐ vˈɪzɪɾɪŋ sˈaɪəntɪst æt ðə wˈʊdz hˈoʊl ˌoʊʃənəɡɹˈæfɪk ˌɪnstɪtˈuːʃən, tʃˈɛɹmən ʌvðə dʒˈɔɪnt ˌɛmˌaɪtˈiː slˈæʃ wˈɔɪ pɹˈoʊɡɹæm kəmˈɪɾi ɪn ˌoʊʃənəɡɹˈæfɪk ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹɪŋ, ænd vˈɪzɪɾɪŋ pɹəfˈɛsɚɹ æt ðə nˈæʃənəl tˈɛknɪkəl jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv ˈæθᵻnz ɪn ɡɹˈiːs, kjˈuːʃuː jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ɪn dʒəpˈæn, ðə noːɹwˈiːdʒən jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv sˈaɪəns ænd tɛknˈɑːlədʒi ɪn tɹˈɑːndhaɪm, nˈoːɹweɪ, ænd ˌiːtˌiːˈeɪtʃ zjˈʊɹɪk ɪn swˈɪtsɚlənd.
Triantafyllou has been a visiting scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Chairman of the Joint MIT/WHOI Program Committee in Oceanographic Engineering, and visiting professor at the National Technical University of Athens in Greece, Kyushu University in Japan, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway, and ETH Zurich in Switzerland.