Professor Pandeli Temarel MSc PhD CEng FRINA
Emeritus Professor of Hydroelasticity
Pandeli Temarel is an Emeritus Professor of Hydroelasticity within Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.
Pandeli Temarel obtained his first degree in Naval Architecture at the Technical University of Istanbul, in 1975. He received his MSc degree in Naval Architecture from University College London in 1976, where he also received his PhD in 1980. He worked as a Research Assistant at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London until 1982. He subsequently moved to Brunel University, working as a Research Fellow, until 1985, and as a Lecturer, until 1993, at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. In 1993 he was appointed Senior Lecturer at the Department of Ship Science University of Southampton and he became Professor of Hydroelasticity in 1999. Pandeli Temarel was Head of the Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering and Science Academic Unit from September 2014 until August 2017.
Professor Temarel is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. He has been a member of the International Ships and Offshore Structures Congress since 1997, serving as member and chairman in various committees.
He has extensive experience of fluid-structure interaction problems and, in particular, hydrodynamics, seakeeping, CFD, structural dynamics, hydroelasticity, manoeuvring and stability. He has developed a wide range of software relevant to these subject areas.