Irene Simonetti
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2022 - present: Research Associate (RTDa) at Civil and Environmental Engineering Department (Florence University)
Curriculum Vitae 2019-2021: Post-Doctoral Research fellow - Dep. of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICEA), Florence University, with main research activities on structures, infrastructures and innovative devices for maritime and offshore engineering. 2016-2019: Post-Doctoral Research fellow - Dep. of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICEA), Florence University, with main research activities on Numerical Wave Tanks for simulating Oscillating Water Column devices. 2016: PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, discussing the thesis "Optimization of Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converters - A Numerical Study". Italian (Dottore di Ricerca) and German (Doktor Ingenieur) Ph.D. titles. 2012-2015: Joint PhD Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering – Florence University (Italy) & Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig (Germany), Joint Doctoral Program. International Doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering, XXVIII cycle. 2012: Laurea cum laude in Environmental Engineering - Ma.Sc. (University of Florence) 2009: Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering, Florence University, Italy.
Teaching activity A.A. 2021-2022 to present - B030630 - COASTAL DYNAMICS - Geoengineering (GEM)
Research Topics Nearshore and Offshore Hydrodynamics, hydrodynamic modelling and development of digital twins of coastal basins (TWIN-COASTS project). Wave Energy Conversion technologies focusing on device optimization. CFD simulation of wave/coastal structure interaction with open source software (OpenFOAM). Numerical wave generation and Virtual wave flumes with CFD techniques.
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