Dr. Baniotopoulos is Professor at the Leibniz University Hanover, Germany, Professor em at the University of Birmingham, UK, Professor hc at the Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, and Professor em at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He has coordinated teaching and research on Structural Engineering topics, with a focus on Wind Energy structures and sustainable energy systems, for more than 40 years. As research project leader, he successfully carried out a plethora of research projects on relevant topics funded by the EU, and national and international Organisations.Dr. Marino is an associate professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics at the University of Florence, Italy. His research interests focus on Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials, and the Structural Dynamics of Offshore Wind Energy Systems. He currently serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (ASME).