Stefano Brizzolara

undergraduate courses:

• AOE-4744 Propellers and Turbines
• AOE-3234 Ocean Vehicles Dynamics and Controls
• AOE-4344 Dynamics of High Speed Crafts

graduate courses:

• AOE-5304 Advanced Naval Architecture
• AOE-5334G Advanced Ocean Vehicles Dynamics 
  
• AOE-5444G Dynamics of High Speed Marine Vehicles

• Numerical Hydrodynamics for Ship Design
• Design of Advanced Marine Vehicles
• Design of High Performance Marine Propellers and Propulsors

• 2020 - present, Chair of SNAME H-11 panel, Marine CFD
• 2017 - present, Associate Editor, Journal of Ship Research, SNAME
• 2013 - present,  in the Editorial Board of the Journal of Marine Science and Application, Springer
• 2012 - present,  in the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Maritime Engineering, RINA
  
• 2012 - present, in the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Small Craft Technology, RINA
• 2015 – 2019, elected member of the International Ships and Offshore Structures Congress, Special ISSC-ITTC Joint Committee
  
• 2013-2015, elected member of the International Ships and Offshore Structures Congress, Committee II.2: Dynamic Response
• 2014 – present,  member of the SNAME H-8 Propeller panel
• 2014 – present, in the scientific committee of the International Symposium on Marine Propulsors

• 2021 Kevin Crofton Faculty Fellow, Virginia Tech
• 2020 Advisor of the finalist team for the DoE/NREL Collegiate Competition "Powering the Blue Economy"
• 2018 Calder Prize for best paper on the subject of high speed crafts published in the Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (year 2017-18), first author advised student Samuel Williams.
• 2016 Excellence in Review for the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering (published in vol.42.1:2-4)
• 2015 Mandel’s Prize for Excellence in Hydrofoil Research, advisor award for the winner Luca Bonfiglio, PhD student.
  
• 2011 – 2012, Peabody Visiting Associate Professor, MIT, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
• 2011 Best Paper Award in the Journal of Ships and Offshore Structure: Brizzolara et al., Comparison of experimental and numerical sloshing loads in partially filled tanks, https://doi.org/10.1080/17445302.2010.522372
• 2008 Paul Harris Fellow recognition for "exceptional service" by the Rotary Foundation (service project in Albania)
• 2003 Grant Award for the best Young Researcher Proposal, University of Genoa, School of Engineering
• 1994 Summa cum Laude MS Thesis with Special Mention and Recommendation for Publication, Univ. of Genoa, Dept. of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

• 2022 - present : Professor of SHip Dynamics, Virginia Tech
• 2020 – present: Assistant Department Head for Graduate Studies, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
• 2016 – 2022: Associate Professor of Ship Dynamics, Virginia Tech
  Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
  
• 2012 – 2016: Assistant Director for Research, MIT Sea Grant College Program
• 2012 – 2016: Principal Research Scientist, MIT, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• 2011 – 2012: Visiting Peabody Associate Professor, MIT, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
• 2010: Visiting Professor Fellowship at NATO Undersea Research Center, La Spezia, Italy
• 2003 – 2011: Tenured Ass. Professor, University of Genoa, Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Italy
• 2000 – 2003: Assistant Professor, University of Genoa, Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Italy
• 2003-2010, Founder and Chief Scientist of the Marine CFD Group, at Univ. of Genoa, a research group dedicated to the development and application of numerical hydrodynamics in Ship Design, involved in several research projects with EU, ONR, Italian Navy and shipbuilding industry.
  
• 2012 – 2016 Founder and Chief Scientist of the MIT-iShip, Innovative Ship design lab, a new research group dedicated to the development, application and validation of innovative designs / design methods of different marine vehicles, funded by ONR and DARPA.
• 1996 – 2000: Ship Design Engineer, Hydrodynamic and Research Office, Naval Ship Division Fincantieri, Genoa, Italy
• 1994-1996: Officer Italian Navy, responsible of experimental tests at Navy Hydrodynamic Cavitation Tunnel, Rome, Italy