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Giuseppe Giorgi

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Fixed-term tenure-track assistant professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS)

Profile

Keywords

Energie rinnovabili marine
Experimental tests
Fluid-structure interaction
Nonlinear hydrodynamics
Offshore engineering
Offshore wind
Renewable energy
Wave energy
Wave energy conversion
Wave energy converter

Scientific branch

IIND-02/A - Applied Mechanics
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Research topics

  • 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.

Skills

ERC sectors

PE8_3 - Civil engineering, architecture, maritime/hydraulic engineering, geotechnics, waste treatment
PE8_6 - Energy processes engineering
PE8_5 - Fluid mechanics, hydraulic-, turbo-, and piston- engines
PE8_7 - Mechanical and manufacturing engineering (shaping, mounting, joining, separation)
PE7_3 - Simulation engineering and modelling

SDG

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 14: Life below water

Awards and Honors

  • 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)

Fellowships

Editorial boards

  • 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

Conferences

  • 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

Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico

  • 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)

Other titles

  • 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-)

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Supervised PhD students

  • Francesco Callea. Programme in Intelligenza Artificiale (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
  • Carola Chicco. Programme in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
  • Leonardo Gambarelli. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
  • Davide Issoglio. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
  • Gabriele Mangia. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
  • Ermando Petracca. Programme in Ingegneria Meccanica (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
    Thesis: Un framework di ottimizzazione progettuale multiscala per piattaforme energetiche integrate galleggianti eolico'ondose
    Multi-body analysis / Analisi multi-body
    Automation and control / Automazione e controllo
    Aerodynamics / Aerodinamica
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