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Overview

Diego Vicinanza is affiliated with the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" in Italy, focusing on research within the fields of Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their work encompasses multiple subfields including Ocean Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Ecology.

The main topics addressed in their research include Wave and Wind Energy Systems, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies, Coastal and Marine Management, Earthquake and Tsunami Effects, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, and Wind Energy Research and Development.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the academic literature, with publications appearing frequently in venues such as Water, Proceedings of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Energies, Sustainability, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

  • Nature-based and bioinspired solutions for coastal protection: an overview among key ecosystems and a promising pathway for new functional and sustainable designs (2023) - ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Towards understanding environmental and cumulative impacts of floating wind farms: Lessons learned from the fixed-bottom offshore wind farms (2023) - Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Advantages of an innovative vertical breakwater with an overtopping wave energy converter (2020) - Coastal Engineering
  • Dynamic Loads and Response of a Spar Buoy Wind Turbine with Pitch-Controlled Rotating Blades: An Experimental Study (2021) - Energies
  • Crown Wall Modifications as Response to Wave Overtopping under a Future Sea Level Scenario: An Experimental Parametric Study for an Innovative Composite Seawall (2020) - Applied Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their research include Pasquale Contestabile, Arianna Azzellino, Sara Russo, Claudio Lugni, and Nasrin Hassanpour, indicating ongoing partnerships contributing to topics related to coastal and marine engineering and environmental research.

Best Publications

  • SSG wave energy converter: Design, reliability and hydraulic performance of an innovative overtopping device

    Lucia Margheritini;Diego Vicinanza;Peter Frigaard

  • Innovative rubble mound breakwaters for overtopping wave energy conversion

    Diego Vicinanza;Pasquale Contestabile;Jørgen Quvang Harck Nørgaard;Thomas Lykke Andersen

  • The SSG Wave Energy Converter: Performance, Status and Recent Developments

    Diego Vicinanza;Lucia Margheritini;Jens Peter Kofoed;Mariano Buccino

  • Large-scale experiments on beach profile evolution and surf and swash zone sediment transport induced by long waves, wave groups and random waves

    T.E. Baldock;J.A. Alsina;I. Caceres;D. Vicinanza

  • Wave loadings acting on innovative rubble mound breakwater for overtopping wave energy conversion

    Pasquale Contestabile;Claudio Iuppa;Enrico Di Lauro;Luca Cavallaro

  • Wave pressure acting on a seawave slot-cone generator

    D. Vicinanza;Peter Frigaard

  • Review of Innovative Harbor Breakwaters for Wave-Energy Conversion

    Diego Vicinanza;Enrico Di Lauro;Pasquale Contestabile;Corrado Gisonni

  • Large-scale experiments on the behaviour of a generalised Oscillating Water Column under random waves

    Antonino Viviano;Stefania Naty;Enrico Foti;Tom Bruce

  • Wave Energy Resource along the Coast of Santa Catarina (Brazil)

    Pasquale Contestabile;Vincenzo Ferrante;Diego Vicinanza

  • Overtopping breakwater for wave Energy Conversion: Review of state of art, recent advancements and what lies ahead

    Pasquale Contestabile;Gaetano Crispino;Enrico Di Lauro;Vincenzo Ferrante

  • Optimal siting of offshore wind-power combined with wave energy through a marine spatial planning approach

    Arianna Azzellino;Vincenzo Ferrante;Jens Peter Kofoed;Caterina Lanfredi

  • Wave forces on vertical and composite breakwaters

    W. Allsop;D. Vicinanza;J. McKenna

  • Economic Assessment of Overtopping BReakwater for Energy Conversion (OBREC): A Case Study in Western Australia

    Pasquale Contestabile;Enrico Di Lauro;Mariano Buccino;Diego Vicinanza

  • Potential wave energy production by different wave energy converters around Sicily

    Claudio Iuppa;Luca Cavallaro;Enrico Foti;Diego Vicinanza

  • 2D Wave setup behind submerged breakwaters

    M. Calabrese;D. Vicinanza;M. Buccino

  • Wave loadings acting on Overtopping Breakwater for Energy Conversion

    Diego Vicinanza;Diego Vicinanza;Jørgen Harck Nørgaard;Pasquale Contestabile;Thomas Lykke Andersen

  • Hydraulic Performance of an Innovative Breakwater for Overtopping Wave Energy Conversion

    Claudio Iuppa;Pasquale Contestabile;Luca Cavallaro;Enrico Foti

  • NEW DESIGN METHODS FOR WAVE IMPACT LOADING ON VERTICAL BREAKWATERS AND SEAWALLS

    N.W.H. Allsop;J.E. McKenna;D. Vicinanza;T.T.J. Wittaker

  • Development of a composite sea wall wave energy converter system

    Mariano Buccino;Dimitris Stagonas;Diego Vicinanza

  • Experimental modelling of the dynamic behaviour of a spar buoy wind turbine

    Giuseppe Roberto Tomasicchio;Felice D'Alessandro;Alberto Maria Avossa;Luigia Riefolo;Luigia Riefolo

  • Prototype Overtopping Breakwater for Wave Energy Conversion at Port of Naples

    Pasquale Contestabile;Vincenzo Ferrante;Enrico Di Lauro;Diego Vicinanza

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Ciavola
Paolo Ciavola University of Ferrara
Luca Centurioni
Luca Centurioni University of California, San Diego
Inigo J. Losada
Inigo J. Losada University of Cantabria
Tom E. Baldock
Tom E. Baldock University of Queensland
Javier L. Lara
Javier L. Lara University of Cantabria
Maurizio Brocchini
Maurizio Brocchini Marche Polytechnic University
Gregorio Iglesias
Gregorio Iglesias University College Cork
Giorgio Budillon
Giorgio Budillon Parthenope University of Naples
Cesare Corselli
Cesare Corselli University of Milano-Bicocca
Simone Bastianoni
Simone Bastianoni University of Siena

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