Editors

About the Editor

Nik. Xiros is a JL Goldman endowed Professor and Chair of the Bollinger School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering as well as a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Orleans. His career spans more than 25 years in industry and academia. His research and teaching activities encompass marine and ocean engineering process modeling and simulation, system identification, dynamics and control, reliability, signal and data analysis with emphasis on propulsion, power, energy and renewables as well as mechatronics, electromechanical and autonomous systems. His education includes an Electrical & Computer Engineering Dipl. Eng. degree (MEng. equiv.), a MSc in Mathematics, a MSc in Applied Physics and a Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Dr. Eng. degree.