Simone Mancini is currently serving as an Associate Professor of Naval Architecture at the Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II” (IT). In addition to his academic career, he also works as a CFD Consultant at FORCE Technology (DK), where he specializes in Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations for hydro and aerodynamics research with extensive experience in areas such as hull resistance, self-propulsion, and manoeuvring. He served as Senior Team Leader of the Hydro and Aerodynamics Department at FORCE Technology (DK), leading the numerical team coordinating and managing a team of project managers. Before his current roles, he served as Technical Lead at the Ships Design Office of the Italian General Navy Staff, where he was responsible for the design of new classes of ships including patrol vessels and destroyers. He was also a member of the NATO Naval Armament Group (Specialist team in Seaways Mobility). Moreover, he has also been Deputy Chief Engineer on board the Italian Navy FREMM frigate “Carabiniere”. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Computational Hydro Dynamics from Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II” (IT), where his research focused on the Verification and Validation Processes of CFD Simulations of Planing Hulls. He has also served as a Safety and Auxiliary-plants Officer on board the Italian Navy Aircraft carrier “Cavour”. His research interests mainly focus on CFD Simulation, Ship Hydrodynamics, Ship Seakeeping, Ship Manoeuvring, and Ship Design.

Momchil Terziev received an M.Eng. degree in Naval Architecture, Ocean And Marine Engineering, in 2018, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Analysis of ship performance in deep and shallow waters using CFD, Naval Architecture, Ocean And Marine Engineering) in 2020. He was awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Researcher Development from the University of Strathclyde on 31 Jul 2020 and a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice from the University of Strathclyde on 6 September 2022. He is a lecturer in the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, UK), specialising in applied Computational Fluid Dynamics. His work focuses on the numerical modelling (virtual re-creation) of fluid flow around ships. In particular, he is interested in scale effects which cause discrepancies in performance between a model and prototype vessel, as well as shallow water effects on ship hydrodynamics. But he is also active in other sub-disciplines, such as discretisation uncertainty estimation, ship aero-hydrodynamics, and the more practical aspects of turbulence modelling. Alongside his research, he co-delivers joint teaching activities at the Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, China.