Our Team

Giuliana Mattiazzo

FULL PROFESSOR
Director of the Research Center

giovanni bracco more lab

Giovanni Bracco

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Project manager

mauro bonfanti more lab

Mauro Bonfanti

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Numerical modeling, optimization
and experimental studies of Hydraulic PTOs for wave energy devices

Nicolás Faedo

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Model reduction and
optimal control for Wave Energy Converters

emilio more energy team

Emilio Faraggiana

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Numerical modeling and optimization
of Wave Energy Converters and
Offshore Wind Turbines

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Giuseppe Giorgi

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Nonlinear hydrodynamic modelling
and optimization of Wave Energy Converters

antonello sirigu more lab

Sergej Antonello Sirigu

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Numerical and experimental
modelling of wave energy
converters

beatrice battisti more lab

Beatrice Battisti

PhD STUDENT
Numerical modeling and
optimisation of wave energy
converters arrays

Fabio Carapellese

PhD STUDENT
Design of an Omni-directional Wave
Energy Converter, numerical
modeling and dynamic

giulia cervelli more lab

Giulia Cervelli

PhD STUDENT
Estimation of wave
energy resource
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pietro casalone more lab

Pietro Casalone

PhD STUDENT
Hydrodynamic and
CFD modeler
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beatrice fenu more lab

Beatrice Fenu

PhD STUDENT
Floating offshore
Wind platforms modeling and
experimental tests

Marco Fontana

PhD STUDENT
CFD models, sloshing
tanks and Liquid Tuned Dampers
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alberto ghigo more lab

Alberto Ghigo

PhD STUDENT
Numerical modeling of
offshore wind turbines
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enrico giglio more lab

Enrico Giglio

PhD STUDENT
Planning and operation
of high‐RES energy scenarios
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francesco niosi more lab

Francesco Niosi

PhD STUDENT
Numerical modeling, mooring
analysis and CFD of WEC and
offshore wind system

riccardo novo more lab

Riccardo Novo

PhD STUDENT
Modeling of energy
systems
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bruno paduano more lab

Bruno Paduano

PhD STUDENT
Numerical modeling, mooring
analysis and design for wave and
wind offshore systems

edoardo pasta more lab

Edoardo Pasta

PhD STUDENT
Control of Wave Energy Converters, application of data-driven techniques and machine learning strategies

Riccardo Caradonna

RESEARCH FELLOW
Matlab / Simulink modeling
of Floating Offshore Wind
Turbine

Lorenzo Cottura

RESEARCH FELLOW
Creation of a simulink model of a floating offshore wind turbine, technical and economic analysis of the results

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Oronzo Dell'Edera

RESEARCH FELLOW
Analysis and definition of extreme events related to sea states, CFD
analysis of devices under design

Luigi Di Paolo

EXTERNAL RESEARCH FELLOW
Web designer, social
media and digital marketing management - Graphic Designer

Claudio Moscoloni

RESEARCH FELLOW
Spatial planning, regulatory analysis and design of RES plants
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marco serra more lab

Marco Serra

RESEARCH FELLOW
Mechatronic engineer and
experimental researcher
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Our research is supported by Journal Articles and Conferences.
The result of years of study in scientific and academic research developed by professors, researchers, PhD student and fellow

Past members

panagiotis dafnakis more lab

Panagiotis Dafnakis

PhD STUDENT
Mathematical modeling
and design of Wave Energy
Converters

pietro pagnan more lab

Pietro Pagnan

PhD STUDENT
Research grants and
energy policy
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luca parrinello more lab

Luca Parrinello

RESEARCH FELLOW
Real-time control of Wave Energy
Converters, mooring, system identification