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
