PUBLICATIONS - Coastal Engineering

PUBLICATIONS

LE PUBBLICAZIONI

Through publications we share the results of our research.

The most recent publications (last five years) on indexed journals and national and international conference proceedings of our research group are reported here

BUOYANT AND NON BUOYANT PLASTIC TRANSPORT

JOURNAL PAPERS

Passalacqua, G., Bonanno G., Iuppa, C., Faraci, C., (2026), Wave-induced transport of non-buoyant microplastic particles: Phase-resolved experiments and excess-Shields scaling, Coastal Engineering, Volume 206,104968,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2026.104968.
Bonanno, G., Passalacqua, G., Iuppa,C., Fuhrman, D.R. Faraci,C., (2025) Wave-induced incipient motion of non-buoyant plastic particles: Laboratory experiments, Coastal Engineering,Volume 202,104848, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2025.104848.

Iuppa, C., Passalacqua, G., Faraci, F., (2024). An equilibrium criterion for plastic debris fate in wave-driven transport, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 206, 116758, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116758

Passalacqua, G., Iuppa, C., & Faraci, C. (2023). A Simplified Experimental Method to Estimate the Transport of Non-Buoyant Plastic Particles Due to Waves by 2D Image Processing. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11(8), 1599. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11081599

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Iuppa, C., Passalacqua, G.,Chebbi I., C. Faraci, F., (2025). A numerical tool for buoyant plastic debris transport prediction in the nearshore zone,. IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea (METROSEA); pp. 312-316, doi:10.1109/MetroSea66681.2025.11245755.

Passalacqua, G.,Chebbi I.,Iuppa, C., Narzisi, F., Cavallaro, L.,Musumeci, R.E., Foti, E., Faraci, F., (2025) Experimental Study on Nearshore Transport of Buoyant Plastic Particles Under Irregular Waves, EEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea (METROSEA). pp. 538-543, doi: 10.1109/MetroSea66681.2025.11245684.

Bonanno, G., Passalacqua, G., Iuppa, C., & Faraci, C. (2024). Detection of incipient motion for non-buoyant plastics under wave motion. 5th IAHR Young Professionals Congress

Bonanno, G., Passalacqua, G., Iuppa, C., & Faraci, C. (2024). Moto incipiente di micro e macro-plastiche sotto l’azione di onde di mare: risultati preliminari di una campagna sperimentale. Convegno Nazionale di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche (IDRA)

Faraci C., Bonanno G., Passalacqua G., Cucinotta F., Iuppa C. (2024) The transport of plastics debris in coastal seas: results of physical modeling. Convegno Nazionale di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche (IDRA)

Iuppa C., Passalacqua G., Faraci C., (2024) Indagine sperimentale del trasporto di plastiche non galleggianti in ambito costiero per effetto del moto ondoso. Convegno Nazionale di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche (IDRA)

Passalacqua, G., Bonanno, G., Salmeri, F., Iuppa, C., Cucinotta, F., Faraci, C., (2024). Density effect in cubic microplastics on settling velocity and incipient motion due to oscillatory forcing. Euro-Mediterranean conference for environmental integration (EMCEI)

Passalacqua, G., Tan,R.I.,Carstensen, S., Iuppa, C., Faraci, C.,Larsen, B.E., Kerpen, N.B., Schlurmann,T., Fuhrman, D.R. (2024), Experimental study of microplastic particle transport in the presence of gravel and marine vegetation under irregular wave and current conditions., Convegno Nazionale di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche (IDRA)

Iuppa, C., Passalacqua, G., Fuhrman, D. R., & Faraci, C. (2023). A non-invasive laboratory technique for wave-driven plastic debris motion detection. IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea (METROSEA), Vol. 245, pp. 410–414. https://doi.org/10.1109/metrosea58055.2023.10317313.

WAVE & SEA STATE FORECAST

JOURNAL PAPERS

Castro, E., Iuppa, C., Musumeci, R.E. Santoro, V., Foti E., Cavallaro, L., Optimizing neural network training for nearshore sea state forecasts using maximum dissimilarity algorithm. J. Ocean Eng. Mar. Energy 11, 1119–1128 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40722-025-00426-5

Patanè, L., Iuppa, C., Faraci, C., Xibilia, M.G., (2024) A deep hybrid network for significant wave height estimation, Ocean Modelling, Volume 189, 102363, ISSN 1463-5003, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2024.102363.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Castro, E., Iuppa, C.,Musumeci, R.E., Xibilia, M.G.,Patané, L.,Foti, E.,Cavallaro, L. (2025), Assessment of K-Means Algorithm to Evaluate Nearshore Wave Climate, in IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 583-593, (2025), doi: 10.1109/JOE.2024.3441808.

Castro, E., Musumeci, R.E., Xibilia, M.G.,Patané, L.,Foti, Iuppa, C., E.,Cavallaro, L., (2023 ) “Calibration of a Clustering Algorithm to Improve the Nearshore Wave Prediction System,” 2023 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Engineering (MetroXRAINE), Milano, Italy, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/MetroXRAINE58569.2023.10405800.

Castro, E., Iuppa, C.,Musumeci, R.E., Cavallaro, L. , Xibilia, M.G.,Patané, L., (2023), “Evaluation of a clustering algorithm to enhance the nearshore wave prediction system” IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea), La Valletta, Malta, 2023, pp. 469-473, doi: 10.1109/MetroSea58055.2023.10317254.

Cavallaro, L., Iuppa, C., Castro, E., Faraci, C., Musumeci, R.E., Foti, E., (2023) Wind and wave trained artificial neural networks for the forecasting of wave climate in harbour area, Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference (ICCE)

Patane, L., Iuppa,C., Canduci, L., Faraci, C., Xibilia, M.G., (2023) Model transferability for wave height prediction, IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters, MetroSea 2023, pp 363 – 368

Castro, E., Santonocito, G., Moschetto, A. A., Iuppa, C., Musumeci, R., E., Cavallaro, L., Foti, E., (2022) “Artificial Neural Networks for the forecasting of wave climate in proximity of harbour area,” 2022 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for Extended Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Engineering (MetroXRAINE), Rome, Italy, 2022, pp. 618-623, doi: 10.1109/MetroXRAINE54828.2022.9967544.

Iuppa, C., Cavallaro, L., Castro, E., Musumeci, R.E., Faraci, C., Carlo, L., Passalacqua, G., Foti, E., (2022) “Wave forecasts in the proximity of a harbour area based on artificial neural networks,” 2022 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea), Milazzo, Italy, 2022, pp. 39-43, doi: 10.1109/MetroSea55331.2022.9950980.

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT

JOURNAL PAPERS

Buttò,S., Faraci,L., Corradino,M., Iuppa,C., Colica,E., Pepe,F., (2025) Evaluating longshore sediment transport: A comparison between empirical formulas and XBeach 2DH numerical model, Marine Geology, Volume 480, 107471, ISSN 0025-3227, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107471.

Corradino, M., Faraci, C., Monaco, C. Pepe, F., (2025) Coastal boulder production controlled by columnar joints of ignimbrite and extreme waves: insights from the high-energy coast of Pantelleria Island (Sicily Channel, Mediterranean Sea). Nat Hazards 121, 3621–3655. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06936-z

WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION

JOURNAL PAPERS

Faraci, C., Musumeci, R.E. Marino, M.,Ruggeri, A., Carlo, L.,Jensen, B.,Foti, E., Barbaro, G.,Elsaßer, B.,(2021), Wave- and current-dominated combined orthogonal flows over fixed rough beds, Continental Shelf Research, Vol 220,pp 104403,doi = https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2021.104403

Marino, M., Faraci, C., Jensen, B., Musumeci, R.E., (2024) Turbulent features of nearshore wave-current flow, Ocean Science, Vol. 20, n.6, pp. 1479-1493, http://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-1479-2024

Ruggeri, A., & Faraci, C. (2022). Collinear Interaction of Waves and Current in the Presence of Ripple in the U-Tube. Water, 14(3), 470. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14030470

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Ruggeri, A. Musumeci R. E. Faraci, C., (2022) Orthogonal waves and currents interacting with a fixed rippled bed,” 2022 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea), Milazzo, Italy, pp. 148-152, doi: 10.1109/MetroSea55331.2022.9950968.

WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION

JOURNAL PAPERS

Iuppa, C., Carlo, L., Foti, E., & Faraci, C. (2021). Calibration of CFD Numerical Model for the Analysis of a Combined Caisson. Water, 13(20), 2862. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13202862

WAVE ENERGY EXTRACTION

JOURNAL PAPERS

Carlo,L., Iuppa, C.,Faraci, C., (2023), A numerical-experimental study on the hydrodynamic performance of a U-OWC wave energy converter,Renewable Energy, vol., 203, pp. 89-101

Alizzio, D., Bonfanti, M., Donato, N., Faraci, C., Grasso, G. M., Lo Savio, F., Montanini, R., & Quattrocchi, A. (2021). Design and Performance Evaluation of a “Fixed-Point” Spar Buoy Equipped with a Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Unit for Floating Near-Shore Applications. Sensors, 21(5), 1912. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21051912

OIL SPILLS

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Castro, E., Bonanno, G., Iuppa, C., Musumeci, R.E., Foti, E., Roman, F., Faraci C., and Cavallaro, L., Evaluation of the propagation of oil spills in ports through Artificial Neural Networks, in 2025 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for the Sea (MetroSea), 2025, pp. 1–6.

RISK ESTIMATE

JOURNAL PAPERS

Saya, B., & Faraci, C. (2023). Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Predicting Small Urban-Reservoir Volumes: The Case of Torregrotta Town (Italy). Water, 15(9), 1747. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15091747

Musumeci, R., E., Foti, E., Li Rosi, D., Sanfilippo,M., Stancanelli, L.M., Iuppa, C., Sapienza, V., Yang, W., Cantarero, M., Patanè, D., (2021) Debris-flow hazard assessment at the archaeological UNESCO world heritage site of Villa Romana del Casale (Sicily, Italy), International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Volume 64

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Iuppa, C., Cavallaro, L., Giarrusso, C., Musumeci, R.E., Savasta, G. (2021). Coastal Flooding Risk Assessment Through Artificial Intelligence. In: Ksibi, M., et al. Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition). EMCEI 2019