Dynamics and Control of Ocean Wave Energy Converters. Theory and Applications

Authors

Ossama Abdelkhalik Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University, USA. Ossama Abdelkhalik is associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University, in Ames, Iowa. Prior to joining Iowa State University, he was a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Abdelkhalik received his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Texas A&M University, as well as a B.S. and M.S. degrees in aerospace engineering from Cairo University, Egypt. His research interests are in the areas of orbital mechanics, dynamics, optimal control, wave energy conversion, and space trajectory optimization. He authored and co-authored more than a hundred journal and conference articles. Dr. Abdelkhalik is Associate Fellow of AIAA, a senior member of the American Astronautical Society (AAS). Shangyan Zou Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, USA. Shangyan Zou is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University. Prior to joining Oregon State University, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Iowa State University. Dr. Zou received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University. His research interests are in the areas of optimal control and wave energy conversion.