- Professor, Ocean Engineering
- Phone: 979-862-7942
- Email: jfalzarano@civil.tamu.edu
- Office: HEB 216E
Educational Background
- Ph.D., University of Michigan – 1990
- M.S.E., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan – 1989
- M.S.E., Applied Mechanics, University of Michigan – 1987
- M.S.E. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Michigan – 1985
- B.S., Webb Institute – 1982
Research Interests
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- Autonomous surface vessels, icebreaking ships
- Ship and offshore platforms hydrodynamics and dynamic stability
- System identification of marine dynamical systems, ship roll damping
- Wave structure interaction, optimization of hull-forms for design
- Nonlinear and random vibrations, long-term Prediction of design extreme loading
Awards & Honors
- Elected Fellow, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers – 2005
- Elected Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers – 2005
Selected Publications
- Guha, A., & Falzarano, J. (2015). The effect of hull emergence angle on the near field formulation of added resistance. Ocean Engineering, 105, 10-24.
- Somayajula, A., & Falzarano, J. (2015). Large-amplitude time-domain simulation tool for marine and offshore motion prediction. Marine Systems & Ocean Technology, 10(1), 1–17.
- Moideen, H., Somayajula, A., & Falzarano, J. M. (2014). Application of Volterra series analysis for parametric rolling in irregular seas. Journal of Ship Research, 58(2), 97-105.
- Falzarano, J., Somayajula, A., & Seah, R. (2015). An overview of the prediction methods for roll damping of ships. Ocean Systems Engineering, 5(2), 55–76.
- Guha, A., & Falzarano, J. (2015). Application of multi objective genetic algorithm in ship hull optimization. Ocean Systems Engineering, 5(2), 91–107