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

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

Bruno Paduano
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
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

Francesco Balestrieri
PhD STUDENT
High hydrodynamic efficiency boat design with hydrogen fueling

Beatrice Battisti
PhD STUDENT
Numerical modeling and
optimisation of wave energy
converters arrays

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

Giulia Cervelli
PhD STUDENT
Estimation of wave
energy resource

Carola Chicco
PhD STUDENT
Enviromental and impact assestment of offshore renewable energy systems

Oronzo Dell'Edera
PhD STUDENT
Analysis and definition of extreme events related to sea states, CFD
analysis of devices under design

Lorenzo Dutto
PhD STUDENT
Development of an AI based optimization tool for offshore wind farm layout optimization and informed decision making

Beatrice Fenu
PhD STUDENT
Floating offshore
Wind platforms modeling and
experimental tests

Marco Fontana
PhD STUDENT
CFD models, sloshing
tanks and Liquid Tuned Dampers

Alberto Ghigo
PhD STUDENT
Numerical modeling of
offshore wind turbines

Enrico Giglio
PhD STUDENT
Planning and operation
of high‐RES energy scenarios

Sara Gigliotti
RESEARCH FELLOW
Study of service life of floating wind turbines

Leonardo Gambarelli
PhD STUDENT
Estimation and assessment of the offshore resources, spatial interpolation through satellite data

Filippo Giorcelli
PhD STUDENT
Robust optimization framework for wave energy converters

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

Claudio Moscoloni
PhD STUDENT
Decision-Making for energy systems
decarbonization

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

Guglielmo Papini
PhD STUDENT
Fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control for wave energy converters

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

Ermando Petracca
PhD STUDENT
Modelling and optimization of Offshore Wind & Wave Hybrid Platforms

Jacopo Ramello
RESEARCH FELLOW
Design, construction and testing of a lubrification system for boats

Magnus Schneider
VISITOR RESEARCH FELLOW
Wave Modelling and impact assessment of Offshore Wind Energy farms

Massimo Sirigu
PhD STUDENT
Structural and dynamic analysis of floating substructures for offshore wind turbines



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

Riccardo Caradonna

Marta Casassa

Domenico Castellano

Alessandro Cogo

Natalia Citarella

Lorenzo Cottura

Panagiotis Dafnakis

Luigi Di Paolo

Emilio Faraggiana

Michele Martini

Aju Menon

Facundo Mosquera

Riccardo Novo

Vincenzo Orlando

Pietro Pagnan

Luca Parrinello

Biagio Passione

Maurizio Ponzetta

Nicola Pozzi

Marcello Rava

Mattia Raffero

Marco Serra

Fabio Viotti

Giacomo Vissio
