Prof. Pasquale Filianoti became an associate professor at the age of 29 in the Scientific Sector ICAR02 (Hydrology, Hydraulics and Maritime Constructions), and has been teaching and doing research activities for more than twenty years at the Faculty of Engineering in Reggio Calabria, where he graduated with honors in 1994, and has served as a hydraulics researcher since 1997. Starting from the academic year 1999-2000, he has taught many courses for the three-year and master’s degree programs in civil engineering. In particular, he has been responsible for courses in Hydraulics, Hydraulic Measurements and Controls, Hydraulic Special Systems, Hydraulic Infrastructure, Environmental Sanitary Engineering, Harbor Engineering, and Maritime Hydraulics. He is author of over forty scientific papers on central topics in maritime hydraulics and maritime constructions, many of which have been published in internationally renowned journals. He has also published in prestigious international scientific journals such as the Journal of Waterways, Port, and Coastal Engineering, Ocena Engineering, and Renewable Energy. He collaborated with Prof. Boccotti on the design and construction of the natural maritime engineering laboratory, which is the first in the world to operate directly at sea instead of in tanks equipped with wave-producing machines. He later managed the laboratory instrumental setup from its foundation in 2001 until 2009. Under his direction, experiments on wave energy conversion were carried out, for which he personally oversaw the executive design, directed the realization, and managed the instrumental set-up. He has been responsible for numerous research projects, agreements, technical-scientific consulting, testing, and technical reports for various public entities.

Prof. Claudio De Capua obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University Federico II of Naples. In 2010, he won the competition for a position as a Full Professor at the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria. At the same university, he served as the Vice Rector for Research and subsequently for Technology Transfer from 2013. Currently, they hold the position of Director of the DIIES Department at the Faculty of Engineering. Their main fields of interest include the design, implementation and metrological analysis of automatic measurement systems, power measurements in non-sinusoidal conditions, measurements for the qualification of variable speed electric drives and measurements for humans and the environment.