Research Axis 3: Marine and Hydraulic Engineering – Hydrodynamic Interaction of Structures and Infrastructure

• Computational and experimental modelling of hydrodynamic interaction of structures
• Analysis and design of offshore wind turbines (floating and fixed-bottom)
• Development of technological maturity and hydrodynamic analysis of wave energy converter arrays
• Analysis and design of offshore wind farm infrastructure
• Monitoring and analysis of field measurements: (a) dynamic response, integrity and performance of marine structures, and (b) environmental quantitative and qualitative indicators of the marine environment
• Quantification and management of the resilience of coastal and offshore infrastructure and the marine environment

Indicative Department research activity in this research axis:

	2024–present: Resilience of high-power fixed-bottom offshore wind turbines in the Thracian Sea (XL-ALEX) Funded by the IHU Research Committee (ELKE) Research Funding Programmes “PEE 2022”.
	2023–present: An alternative Floating OffshoRe wind turbine Concept technologY design (Acronym: FORCYS) Funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI). Programme “Greece 2.0, Basic Research Financing Action”. [IHU: Project coordinator]
	2023–present: Hydrogen production with the use of Solar Assisted Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion in the Mediterranean Sea (Acronym: HydrOTEC) Co-funded by EU Horizon and the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT).
	2022–2023: Hydromechanical properties of measured data for the Marina Ayia Napa coastal area. Funded by the Cyprus Marine Environment Protection Association, Cyprus.
	2024*: East Med Marine Digitalisation for Smart Energy Transition (Acronym: e-MinDSET) HORIZON. (*Proposal ranked 3rd reserve — awaiting announcement of final funding decision.)
	2019–2023: WECANet COST Action CA17105 – A pan-European Network for Marine Renewable Energy with a Focus on Wave Energy Funded by the European Union: Horizon 2020.