Lance Manuel

Dr. Lance Manuel is the T. U. Taylor Professor of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has been on the faculty since 1999. He earned a PhD degree in civil engineering from Stanford University. He is the Editor of ASME’s Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. His work related to…

Alexander V. Babanin

Alexander V Babanin is Professor in Ocean Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Qualifications: BSc (Physics), MSc (Physical Oceanography) (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia), PhD (Physical Oceanography) (Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Sebastopol, Russia). Worked as a Research Scientist in the Marine Hydrophysical Institute, as an academic at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, The University…

Valentina Laface

Valentina Laface (female) is Civil Engineer and PhD in Ocean Engineering. Currently, she is assistant professor at Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (UNIRC) (Italy) and at Natural Ocean Engineering Laboratory (NOEL -www.noel.unirc.it). Her expertise concerns the short and long-term statistics of ocean waves, including the knowledge of models for ocean storm analysis and prediction, analysis of…

Giovanni Malara

Giovanni Malara is Associate Professor in Marine Engineering at the Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Energia, Ambiente e Materiali (DICEAM) of the Università degli Studi “Mediterranea” di Reggio Calabria (Italy). He works in the fields of: wave energy converters; mechanics of extreme sea waves both in homogeneous and non-homogeneous fields; short- and long- term statistics; wave forces…

Giuseppe Failla

Giuseppe Failla (Male) is Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Materials Engineering, at the University of Reggio Calabria (Italy). He earned a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering at the University of Palermo in 2001. He has a 16-year experience in teaching Mechanics of Structures, Theory of Structures and Structural Dynamics at the University of Reggio Calabria….

Alessandra Romolo

Alessandra Romolo is Associate professor in Ocean Engineering at UNIRC. In the 2014, She attained the National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in Italian University in the sector Hydraulics, Hydrology, Hydraulic and Marine Constructions. She obtained the Ph.D. degree in Maritime Engineering at UNIRC. Her research activities are involved in the analysis of coastal structures for…