Dr. Marco Tezzele was recently featured in SIAM News for his co-authored article “Data-driven Reparameterization for the Structural Optimization of Ship Hulls,” which showcases how scientific computing can improve cruise ship design.
This work presents a novel data-driven parameterization refinement technique that enhances structural optimization by integrating reduced order models with a series of optimization subproblems. The approach enables more efficient exploration of design spaces and has been incorporated into an optimization pipeline currently used by Fincantieri SpA, offering significant computational savings and improved design outcomes compared to traditional methods.
The work is the result of a successful collaboration between Emory University, the mathLab research group at SISSA, and industry partner Fincantieri SpA.
Read the full SIAM News article here: https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/data-driven-reparameterization-for-the-structural-optimization-of-ship-hulls/
The original research behind this news piece is published as:
Fabris, L., Tezzele, M., Busiello, C., Sicchiero, M., & Rozza, G. (2025). Data-driven parameterization refinement for the structural optimization of cruise ship hulls. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 126(24), e70201.