Giuseppe Giorgi

• Nonlinear mathematical modeling of fluid-structure interactions of wave energy converters; holistic mechanical and techno-economic optimization; prototyping and experimental testing in dry laboratory on hardware-in-the-loop, in wave tanks, and at sea; analysis of the wave resource and development of tools for geographic optimization.

ERC sectors

SDG

• Best Paper Award - IFAC CAMS 2022 conferred by International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) (2022)
• Baker Medal conferred by Institution of Civil Engineers (2022)
• AIMETA Junior - Meccanica delle Macchine conferred by AIMETA - ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA DI MECCANICA TEORICA EAPPLICATA, Italy (2022)
• Bronze Best Research Paper Award conferred by The International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM) (2022)
• Bronze Best Student Paper Award conferred by The international Award Committee for I4SDG (IFToMM for Sustainable Development Goals) 2023 (2023)

• Scientific Committee member - Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano, Italia (2025-)
• Fellow - European Research Executive Agency (2019-2021)
  H2020-MSCA-IF-2018: Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Individual Fellowship - 2018

• APPLIED OCEAN RESEARCH (ONLINE) (2025-), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
• JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2025-), Editorial board member
• ENERGIES (2023-), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
• JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2021-), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series

• EWTEC 2025 - 16th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (7/9/2025-11/9/2025), Track Director
• RENEW 2024: 6th International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore (19/11/2024-21/11/2024), Program committee

• Visiting Researcher, presso Instituto Superior Tecnico (1/7/2019-21/12/2019)
• Docente Incaricato Esterno, presso National University of Ireland, Maynooth (7/5/2018-25/5/2018)
• Dottorando/a, presso National University of Ireland, Maynooth (1/2/2017-30/4/2017)
• Visiting Researcher, presso Ecole Centrale de Nantes (29/8/2016-18/10/2016)

• Su designazione di Mr. Jonathan Colby, Chair della Technical Committe 114 della IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), il Dr. Giuseppe Giorgi é membro della Collaboration Platform (PT) 62600-104 per l'aggiornamento delle normative di competenza. (2025-)

• Convenzione ex art 15 con l'Azienda Speciale Parco di Porto Conte per il progetto Interreg VI-A Italia-Francia Marittimo “'VAGUE – Valorisation de l'énergie produite par la mer”' , (2025-2027) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Non-commercial collaboration agreements with public institutions

• Collegio di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Energetica. Componente invitato
• Collegio di Ingegneria Gestionale e della Produzione. Componente invitato

PhD

• Numerical modelling and experimental validation of wave and offshore wind energy converters. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA MECCANICA. Teaching assistant
• Modellazione numerica e validazione sperimentale di convertitori di energia da moto ondoso ed eolico galleggiante. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA MECCANICA. Teaching assistant
• Modellazione numerica e validazione sperimentale di convertitori di energia da moto ondoso ed eolico galleggiante. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA MECCANICA. Main teacher
• Marine Energy. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA MECCANICA. Teaching assistant

Master of Science

• Wind and ocean energy plants. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
• Wind and ocean energy plants. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
• Wind and ocean energy plants. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
• Wind and ocean energy plants. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
• Wind and ocean energy plants. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso

Bachelor of Science

• Meccanica delle macchine. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Collaboratore del corso
• Laboratorio di progetto (Project Work). A.A. 2025/26, TECNOLOGIE PER L'INDUSTRIA MANIFATTURIERA. Collaboratore del corso
• Meccanica delle macchine. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Collaboratore del corso
• Project Work. A.A. 2024/25, TECNOLOGIE PER L'INDUSTRIA MANIFATTURIERA. Collaboratore del corso
• Meccanica delle macchine. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA DEI MATERIALI. Collaboratore del corso
• Project Work. A.A. 2023/24, TECNOLOGIE PER L'INDUSTRIA MANIFATTURIERA. Collaboratore del corso
• Controllo dei sistemi meccanici. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA MECCANICA. Collaboratore del corso
• Meccanica delle macchine. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA DEI MATERIALI. Collaboratore del corso
• Controllo dei sistemi meccanici. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA MECCANICA. Collaboratore del corso
• Meccanica delle macchine. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA DEI MATERIALI. Collaboratore del corso
• Meccanica delle macchine. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA DEI MATERIALI. Collaboratore del corso
• Controllo dei sistemi meccanici. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA MECCANICA. Collaboratore del corso

• Mechatronics and servosystems (DIMEAS)

Projects funded by competitive calls

• COIN - Control-Oriented INnovations for future wave energy farms, (2025-2029) - Responsabile Scientifico
  UE-funded research - HE - Global Challenges - Climate, Energy and Mobility
• MERMAIDS - Marine Economic Rise via Marine Artificial Intelligence Digital-twin and Space, (2024-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Corporate-funded and donor-funded research
• 2DoPe - 2-Degree of freedom Pendulum for wave energy harvesting (2DoPe), (2024-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Corporate-funded and donor-funded research
• NAVIGATE - Nautical Autonomy with Viable Integration of Fuel Cells and Advanced Twin Engineering, (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
  PNRR – Mission 4
• BLUE-X - BLUE ENERGY OFFSHORE INSTALLATION ACCELERATOR, (2023-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
  UE-funded research - HE - Global Challenges - Digital, Industry and Space
• AIMS: Artificial Intelligence to Monitor our Seas, (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
  PNRR – Mission 4
• WIMBY - Wind In My Backyard: Using holistic modelling tools to advance social awareness and engagement on large wind power installations in the EU, (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
  UE-funded research - HE - Global Challenges - Climate, Energy and Mobility

Projects funded by commercial contracts

• Studio microclima per impianto eolico Messapia, (2026-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• Offerta studio microclima per impianto eolico Tramontana, (2025-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• Studio microclima per impianto eolico Mistral, (2025-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• Offerta studio microclima per impianto eolico Enotria e Libeccio, (2025-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• Offerta studio microclima per impianto eolico Kailia, (2024-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research
• Offerta studio microclima per impianto eolico Odra , (2024-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research

• Francesco Callea. Programme in Intelligenza Artificiale (40^th cycle, 2024-in progress)
• Carola Chicco. Programme in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale (39^th cycle, 2023-in progress)
• Leonardo Gambarelli. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (39^th cycle, 2023-in progress)
• Davide Issoglio. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (39^th cycle, 2023-in progress)
• Gabriele Mangia. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (39^th cycle, 2023-in progress)
• Ermando Petracca. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (38^th cycle, 2022-in progress)
  Research subject: The research topic focuses on the modeling and optimization of hybrid offshore platforms integrating Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs) with Wave Energy Converters (WECs). The aim is to develop r
  
  Aerodynamics / Aerodinamica
  Automation and control / Automazione e controllo
  Multi-body analysis / Analisi multi-body
  Aerodynamics / Aerodinamica
  Automation and control / Automazione e controllo
  Multi-body analysis / Analisi multi-body

• Machado, Gabriel S.; Shadman, Milad; Nikkhah, Ehsan; Giorgi, Giuseppe; Levi, Carlos; ... (2026)
  Hybrid floating wind-oscillating water column: A numerical analysis of the coupled performance using an aero-hydro-thermodynamic time-domain model. In: ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT, vol. 348. ISSN 0196-8904
  Contributo su Rivista
• Chicco, Carola; Ceraulo, Maria; Niosi, Francesco; Giorgi, Giuseppe; Papale, Elena; ... (2026)
  Exploring Particle Motion Near a Wave Energy Converter. In: The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life IV / Popper A. N., and Sisneros J. A., and Lepper P. A., and Vigness-Raposa K. J., S.L., Springer Nature. ISBN: 978-3-031-94229-7
  Contributo in Volume
• Gambarelli, Leonardo; Pasta, Edoardo; Brandimarte, Paolo; Giorgi, Giuseppe (2026)
  Space–time regression and interpolation of metocean measurements: A focus on satellite data for the offshore energy sector. In: APPLIED OCEAN RESEARCH, vol. 170. ISSN 0141-1187
  Contributo su Rivista
• Moscoloni, Claudio; Gorr-Pozzi, Emiliano; Corrales-González, Manuel; García-Mendoza, ... (2026)
  Analysis of Technological Readiness Indexes for Offshore Renewable Energies in Ibero-American Countries. In: ENERGIES, vol. 19. ISSN 1996-1073
  Contributo su Rivista
• Corrales González, Manuel Alejandro; Gorr-Pozzi, Emiliano; Giorgi, Giuseppe (2025)
  Techno-economic evaluation of high-TRL WECs in European Nearshore Areas. In: European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Funchal, Madeira (PT), 7-11 September 2025. ISSN 2706-6940
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Petri, Mattia; Gorr-Pozzi, Emiliano; Corrales-Gonzalez, Manuel; Giorgi, Giuseppe (2025)
  Parametric Bottom-Up Cost Modelling of Tidal Energy Converters for Site-Specific Feasibility Studies. In: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENTS. ISSN 2213-1396
  Contributo su Rivista
• Corrales-Gonzalez, Manuel; Gorr-Pozzi, Emiliano; Giorgi, Giuseppe (2025)
  Machine Learning-based technique for the correction of numerical wave modelling over the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea. In: 2025 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea, Genoa (ITA), 08-10 October 2025, pp. 1-6. ISBN: 979-8-3315-7483-3
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Gambarelli, Leonardo; Pasta, Edoardo; Cecioni, Claudia; Brandimarte, Paolo; Giorgi, ... (2025)
  On the inference of the Peak Wave Period using Satellite Altimetry measurements. In: 2025 IEEE International workshop on metrology for the Sea, Genoa (ITA), October 8-10 2025, pp. 12-17. ISBN: 979-8-3315-7483-3
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Petri, Mattia; Gorr-Pozzi, Emiliano; Corrales-Gonzalez, Manuel; Giorgi, Giuseppe (2025)
  A bottom-up approach to techno-economic assessment of harnessing tidal energy in European coastal zone. In: European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Funchal, Madeira (PT), 7-11 September 2025
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Gorr-Pozzi, Emiliano; Olmedo-González, Jorge; Selman-Caro, Diego; Corrales-González, ... (2025)
  Techno-Economic Analysis of Marine Hybrid Clusters for Use in Chile and Mexico. In: ENERGIES, vol. 18. ISSN 1996-1073
  Contributo su Rivista
• Gambarelli, L.; Pasta, E.; Giorgi, G. (2025)
  Interpolation techniques: A possible way to bypass offshore resource assessment limitations?. In: RENEW 2024, Lisbon (POR), 19-21 November 2024, pp. 19-26. ISBN: 9781003558859
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Giannini, Gianmaria; Giorgi, Giuseppe; Ramos, Victor; Rosa-Santos, Paulo; Taveira-Pinto, ... (2025)
  Multi-Objective Development of a Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter Using Dynamic Modelling. In: European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Funchal (POR), 7-11 September 2025
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Gu, Yifeng; Ding, Boyin; Sergiienko, Nataliia Y.; Cazzolato, Benjamin S.; Giorgi, ... (2025)
  The effects of predominant nonlinear hydrodynamics on the power absorption performance of a heaving point absorber adopting linear control principles. In: OCEAN ENGINEERING, vol. 325. ISSN 0029-8018
  Contributo su Rivista
• Niosi, Francesco; Dell'Edera, Oronzo; Glorioso, Mattia; Paduano, Bruno; Giorgi, ... (2025)
  Experimental investigation and dataset release of a taut-leg mooring system for a semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine. In: OCEAN ENGINEERING, vol. 328. ISSN 0029-8018
  Contributo su Rivista
• Ghigo, A.; Paduano, B.; Giorgi, G.; Bracco, G. (2025)
  Horizontal and Vertical axis wind turbines: Impacts on the dynamics of a floating wind system. In: 6th International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore, RENEW 2024, Lisbon, 2024, pp. 679-686. ISBN: 9781003558859
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Cervelli, G.; Basit, A.; Gambarelli, L.; Pasta, E.; Giorgi, G.; Mattiazzo, G.; Gulisano, ... (2025)
  Unlocking the potential of offshore wind energy through an AI approach based on satellite insights. In: QUALENERGIA SCIENCE, vol. 1, pp. 97-105. ISSN 3035-482X
  Contributo su Rivista
• Callea, Francesco; Cervelli, Giulia; Gambarelli, Leonardo; Pasta, Edoardo; Giorgi, ... (2025)
  Assessing standard-compliant offshore wind data in the North Sea. In: OMC Med Energy Conference and Exhibition, Ravenna, Italy, 8-10 April 2025
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Giorgi, Giuseppe; Habib, Giuseppe; Carapellese, Fabio (2025)
  Nonlinear dynamics and potential of an energy harvester based on a horizontal axis flywheel. In: NONLINEAR DYNAMICS, vol. 113, pp. 27197-27217. ISSN 0924-090X
  Contributo su Rivista
• Gambarelli, Leonardo; Pasta, Edoardo; Ferri, Francesco; Giorgi, Giuseppe (2025)
  Extending Wave in situ Measurements Through Gaussian Process Regression: An Experimental Campaign. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE AND POLAR ENGINEERING, vol. 35, pp. 244-251. ISSN 1053-5381
  Contributo su Rivista
• Chicco, Carola; Niosi, Francesco; Buscaino, Giuseppa; Issoglio, Davide; Papale, Elena; ... (2025)
  The Importance of Empirical Particle Motion Measurements for Monitoring Underwater Noise from Wave Energy Converters. In: 16th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), Madeira (Por), 7-11 September 2025, pp. 1-7
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)

• Wave Platform. national Software
  Inventors: Ettore Francesco Bompard Giovanni Bracco Giulia Cervelli Emilio Faraggiana Alberto Ghigo Giuseppe Giorgi Daniele Grosso Giuliana Mattiazzo Riccardo Novo
• Offshore Wind Platform. national Software
  Inventors: Ettore Francesco Bompard Giovanni Bracco Giulia Cervelli Emilio Faraggiana Alberto Ghigo Giuseppe Giorgi Daniele Grosso Giuliana Mattiazzo Riccardo Novo
• METODOLOGIA PER LA DETERMINAZIONE DI PARAMETRI METEO-MARINI A RISOLUZIONE SPAZIO-TEMPORALE AUMENTATA TRAMITE MISURE SATELLITARI ED ALGORITMI DI INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE. national Patent
  Inventors: Giulia Cervelli Giuseppe Giorgi Giuliana Mattiazzo Edoardo Pasta
• Giropendolo multifunzionale e WEC integrato per la produzione di energia da moto ondoso. national and international Patent
  Inventors: Giovanni Bracco Fabio Carapellese Giuseppe Giorgi Giuliana Mattiazzo Vincenzo Orlando Edoardo Pasta Sergej Antonello Sirigu