JMSE Webinar | Offshore Renewables for a Transition to a Low Carbon Society
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Liliana Rusu
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Romania;
Liliana Rusu is full professor at ‘Dunarea de Jos’ University of Galati, Romania. She received her first Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from ‘Dunarea de Jos’ University of Galati in 2006, while the second PhD in Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture was awarded to her in 2009 by University of Lisbon, Portugal. In 2015 she received the Habilitation degree. Her collaboration with CENTEC continued in the framework of a Post-doctoral fellow (individual grant financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology), currently being Professor Collaborator.
Since December 2017 she is a Member of the marine knowledge expert group of the European Commission. Also, she is Short Term Scientific Missions Coordinator of the WECANet project, COST Action 17105. From 2016 she is Member of the National Ethics Council for Research Activities in Romania.
Her research interests cover the fields of wave modelling, assessment of the wave climate in various geographical areas, assessment of the wave/wind energy, data assimilation, climate change impacts.
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On Tuesday, 18 October 2022, MDPI and the JMSE Journal organized the 3rd JMSE webinar, entitled "Offshore Renewables for a Transition to a Low Carbon Society".
The introduction was held by the Chair of the webinar, Professor Liliana Rusu, who was also the first speaker. She is full professor at ‘Dunarea de Jos’ University of Galati, Romania.
The second presentation was held by Professor Peter Troch with his presentation "Experimental Modelling for Coastal Engineering and Marine Renewables". He is Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering an Director of the Coastal Engineering laboratory at Ghent University.
The third presenter was Dr. Vicky Stratigaki with her presentation on "Numerical Modelling Techniques for Marine Renewables". She is Management Committee Chair of the European COST Action CA17105 entitles “WECANet: A pan-European network for Marine Renewable Energy”.
The last presenter was Dr. Mariana Bernardino who talked about Assessing Offshore Wind Energy in the European Coastal Environment". She is the Leader of the Group of Marine Environment from Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering (CENTEC), University of Lisbon, Portugal.
The presentations were followed by a Q&A and a discussion, moderated by the Chair Professor Liliana Rusu. The webinar was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found here on Sciforum website. In order to stay updated on the next webinars on JMSE be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking on “Subscribe” at the top of the page.
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Liliana Rusu and Dr. Vicky Stratigaki
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2023