Our Team
Giuliana Mattiazzo
FULL PROFESSOR
Director of the Research Center
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 Faraggiana
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Numerical modeling and optimization
of Wave Energy Converters and
Offshore Wind Turbines
Giuseppe Giorgi
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Nonlinear hydrodynamic modelling
and optimization of Wave Energy Converters
Sergej Antonello Sirigu
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Numerical and experimental
modelling of wave energy
converters
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
PhD STUDENT
Estimation of wave
energy resource
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Pietro Casalone
PhD STUDENT
Hydrodynamic and
CFD modeler
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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
PhD STUDENT
Numerical modeling of
offshore wind turbines
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Enrico Giglio
PhD STUDENT
Planning and operation
of high‐RES energy scenarios
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Francesco Niosi
PhD STUDENT
Numerical modeling, mooring
analysis and CFD of WEC and
offshore wind system
Riccardo Novo
PhD STUDENT
Modeling of energy
systems
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Bruno Paduano
PhD STUDENT
Numerical modeling, mooring
analysis and design for wave and
wind offshore systems
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
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
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
PhD STUDENT
Mathematical modeling
and design of Wave Energy
Converters
Pietro Pagnan
PhD STUDENT
Research grants and
energy policy
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Luca Parrinello
RESEARCH FELLOW
Real-time control of Wave Energy
Converters, mooring, system identification
