Our Team
Giuliana Mattiazzo
FULL PROFESSOR
Director of the Research Center
Mauro Bonfanti
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (RTDA)
Numerical modeling, optimization
and experimental studies of Hydraulic PTOs for wave energy devices
Fabio Carapellese
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (RTDA)
Design of an Omni-directional Wave
Energy Converter, numerical
modeling and dynamic
Pietro Casalone
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Hydrodynamic and
CFD modeler
Nicolás Faedo
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (RTDA)
Model reduction and
optimal control for Wave Energy Converters
Giuseppe Giorgi
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (RTDA)
Nonlinear hydrodynamic modelling
and optimization of Wave Energy Converters
Emiliano Gorr
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Coastal oceanography for marine renewable
Edoardo Pasta
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Control of Wave Energy Converters, application of data-driven techniques and machine learning strategies
Bruno Paduano
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (RTDA)
Numerical modeling, mooring
analysis and design for wave and
wind offshore systems
Sergej Antonello Sirigu
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (RTDA)
Numerical and experimental
modelling of wave energy
converters
PhD Students
Last year PhD Students
Oronzo Dell'Edera
PhD STUDENT
Analysis and definition of extreme events related to sea states, CFD
analysis of devices under design
Alberto Ghigo
PhD STUDENT
Numerical modeling of
offshore wind turbines
Enrico Giglio
PhD STUDENT
Planning and operation
of high‐RES energy scenarios
Francesco Niosi
PhD STUDENT
Numerical modeling, mooring
analysis and CFD of WEC and
offshore wind system
Massimo Sirigu
PhD STUDENT
Structural and dynamic analysis of floating substructures for offshore wind turbines
III year PhD Students
Filippo Giorcelli
PhD STUDENT
Robust optimisation frameworks for wave energy converters
Claudio Moscoloni
PhD STUDENT
Decision-Making for energy systems
decarbonization
Guglielmo Papini
PhD STUDENT
Fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control for wave energy converters
Ermando Petracca
PhD STUDENT
Modelling and optimization of Offshore Wind & Wave Hybrid Platforms
II year PhD Students
Francesco Balestrieri
PhD STUDENT
High hydrodynamic efficiency boat design with hydrogen fueling
Caterina Carà
PhD STUDENT
Modelling the energy system at national level in an optimal configuration of renewable resources and storage for decarbonisation
Maria Luisa Celesti
PhD STUDENT
Modelling and control of Offshore Wind & Wave Hybrid Platforms
Carola Chicco
PhD STUDENT
Enviromental and impact assestment of offshore renewable energy systems
Lorenzo Dutto
PhD STUDENT
Development of an AI based optimization tool for offshore wind farm layout optimization and informed decision making
Leonardo Gambarelli
PhD STUDENT
Estimation and assessment of the offshore resources, spatial interpolation through satellite data
Davide Issoglio
PhD STUDENT
Offshore renewable energy underwater noise evaluation and mitigation strategies
Gabriele Mangia
PhD STUDENT
Fatigue behavior study on floating offshore wind turbines
I year PhD Students
Alessandro Brusasco
PhD STUDENT
Experimentation and validation of numerical models for
zero-emission propulsion in the nautical field
Francesco Callea
PhD STUDENT
In-situ and remote metocean data measurement procedures for Offshore Renewable Energy application
Anna Ceni
PhD STUDENT
Development of a Reference Water System for smaller Italian islands
Matteo Mastorakis
PhD STUDENT
Numerical analysis in CFD environment of an air-lubricated hull
Research Assistants
Abdul Basit
RESEARCH FELLOW
Satellite Earth Observation and Metocean Data Analyst for Offshore Renewable Energy
Viola De Clerck
RESEARCH FELLOW
Enanching the uptake of offshore wind potential in Mediterranean basin
Jacopo Ramello
RESEARCH FELLOW
Design, construction and testing of a lubrification system for boats
Letizia Pincetti
RESEARCH FELLOW
Environmental impact assessment of floating offshore structures
Gabrtiel Siqueira Machado
VISITING RESEARCHER
Modelling and optimization of OWCs for Offshore Wind & Wave Hybrid Platforms
Intern
Ardemia Acampora
INTERN
Optimization of a wind turbine blade for offshore applications in the Mediterranean Sea
Past members
PhD. Beatrice Battisti
Riccardo Barbera
Riccardo Caradonna
Marta Casassa
Domenico Castellano
Alessandro Cogo
Natalia Citarella
Lorenzo Cottura
PhD. Panagiotis Dafnakis
Luigi Di Paolo
PhD. Emilio Faraggiana
PhD. Beatrice Fenu
PhD. Marco Fontana
PhD. Giulia Cervelli
Sara Gigliotti
Michele Martini
Aju Menon
PhD. Facundo Mosquera
PhD. Riccardo Novo
Vincenzo Orlando
Pietro Pagnan
Luca Parrinello
PhD. Biagio Passione
Maurizio Ponzetta
PhD. Nicola Pozzi
PhD. Marcello Rava
PhD. Mattia Raffero
Magnus Schneider
Fabio Viotti
