PhD Call – Wave Energy Conversion and Innovative Harbour Breakwaters – University of Campania

[Diego Vicinanza]

Dear Colleagues, 

I am pleased to inform you that the call for applications for admission to the PhD programme in Science and Engineering for the Environment and Sustainability, 42nd cycle, at the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” is now open. 

As Coordinator of the PhD programme, I would like to highlight that particular attention will be given to research topics related to innovative harbour breakwaters for wave-energy conversion, with specific reference to field experiments on the Overtopping Breakwater for Energy Conversion (OBREC) at the Marine Renewable Energy Laboratory (MaRELab) in Naples, Italy. 

Further information on OBREC is available here: 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.08.115 

The call for applications is available at: 
https://www.unicampania.it/RipartizioniFS/RAG/Dottorati_di_Ricerca/42/Call_for_application_-_42_nd_cycle.pdf 

Applications for reserved positions may be submitted exclusively by graduates of universities outside Italy. 

Deadline for applications: 17 July 2026, 2:00 p.m. Italian time. 

Online application portal: 
https://pica.cineca.it/unicampania/dottorato42-stra/domande 

Candidates who obtain the required qualification by 31 October 2026 are also eligible to apply, provided that they self-certify the achievement of the qualification by that date. 

Please feel free to circulate this call among potentially interested candidates. 

Best regards, 

 

Diego Vicinanza

Ph.D., Full Professor of Coastal Engineering

Coordinator of Doctoral Program in Science and Engineering for the Environment and Sustainability

Director of the Doctoral School of Polytechnic and Basic Sciences

https://www.ingegneria.unicampania.it/didattica/dottorato-in-scienze-e-ingegneria-per-l-ambiente-e-la-sostenibilita

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Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”

Department of Engineering

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Real Casa dell’Annunziata

Via Roma 9 - 81031 Aversa (CE)

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2033-1902

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