Intro -- Preface I -- A Note by the Delegates to the Research -- Contents -- Historical Background and Evolution in the Decade -- Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background and Legacy -- 3 Evolution -- 4 Main Research Programmes -- 4.1 Hull Performance and Shape Optimization -- 4.2 Low Environmental Impact Ships -- 4.3 Sea Keeping and Structural Loads -- 4.4 Ship Propulsion -- 4.5 Ship Stability and Safety -- 4.6 Ship Structural Analysis-Noise and Vibrations -- 5 Future -- References -- Aerospace Engineering -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background and Legacy -- 3 Congresses -- 4 Main Research Groups and Programmes -- 4.1 Design of Aircraft and Flight Technologies (DAF) -- 4.2 Structural Technologies, Methods and Applications -- 4.3 Fluid-Dynamics, Aerodynamics and Propulsion -- 4.4 Aerospace Systems -- 5 Future -- 6 Awards -- References -- Fluid Machinery, Energy Systems and Power Generation -- 1 Internal Combustion Engines -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Research Areas -- 1.3 Results and Discussion -- 2 Turbomachinery -- 2.1 Turbochargers -- 2.2 Wind Turbines and Propellers -- 2.3 Fundamental Study on Wall Turbulence -- 2.4 Turbomachines for Real Gas Applications -- 3 Energy Conversion Systems -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Research Areas -- 3.3 Results -- 4 Fluid Power Systems -- References -- Thermal Engineering and Building Energy Systems -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background and Legacy -- 3 Main Research Programs -- 3.1 Applied Acoustics -- 3.2 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) -- 3.3 Heat Transfer in Civil, Industrial and Biological Systems -- 3.4 Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and Energy Efficiency of the Building-Plant System -- 3.5 Indoor Environmental Quality -- 3.6 Lighting -- 3.7 Experiments and Modelling of Innovative Systems for Refrigeration.

3.8 Refrigeration and Heat Transfer on Systems Alternative to Vapor Compression -- 3.9 Sustainable Energy Systems (SES) -- 4 Future -- 5 Awards -- References -- From Mechanical to Complex System Modeling and Design -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background and Legacy -- 2.1 Mechanics Applied to Machines -- 2.2 Mechanical Design, Machine Construction and Design Methods for Industrial Engineering -- 3 Main Research Programmes -- 3.1 Integrated Navigation Solutions Based on Cost-Effective Inertial Measurement Units -- 3.2 AR-Based Applications for Remote Control of Measurement Instrumentation for Didactical Applications -- 3.3 Control, Health Monitoring and Predictive Diagnostics of Mechanical Systems -- 3.4 Dynamic Behaviour of Rotors and Lubricated Pairs -- 3.5 Dynamics of Railway Vehicles -- 3.6 The ``Gear Rattle'' in Automotive Transmissions -- 3.7 Robotics -- 3.8 Use of Magnetorheological Elastomers as SMART Material in Insulators and Energy Harvesting -- 3.9 Vehicle Dynamics and Tyre Behaviour -- 3.10 Railways Thermal Buckling Assessment -- 3.11 Railways Fatigue and Fracture Assessment -- 3.12 Adhesive Bonding in Structural Junctions -- 3.13 Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)-Digital Twin of Complex Systems -- 3.14 Virtual Prototyping-Computer Geometric Modelling and Simulation -- 3.15 Design for Additive Manufacturing and Reverse Engineering -- 3.16 Nuclear Fusion -- 3.17 Extended Reality for Industrial Engineering -- 3.18 Human Centered Design of Sports Equipment and Safety Tools -- 3.19 Soft Robotics -- 4 Future -- References -- Business and Management Engineering -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background and Legacy -- 3 Congresses -- 4 Main Research Programmes -- 4.1 Complexity in Organizational and Innovation Management Studies -- 4.2 Empowering Academic Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age: Insights, Innovations, and Future Directions.

4.3 Links Between Open Innovation Strategies, Sustainability and Digitization of Companies -- 4.4 Decision Support Systems for Supply Chain and Logistics Design and Management -- 4.5 Managing Digital and Sustainable Innovation in Individual Firms and Supply Chains -- 4.6 Organizational and Innovation Management in Healthcare -- 4.7 Project Management in World of Research, Public Administration and Business Start up -- 5 Future -- References -- Statistics for Experimental and Technological Research -- 1 Background and Legacy -- 2 Main Research Programmes -- 2.1 Stochastic Modelling of Degradation Processes and Their Use in Reliability and Maintenance -- 2.2 Software Reliability Growth Modeling -- 2.3 Natural Risk Assessment and Mitigation -- 2.4 Statistical Learning and Monitoring of Complex Data from Industrial Processes -- 2.5 Statistical Methods for the Evaluation of Automotive and Aircraft Seat Comfort -- 2.6 Quality of Subjective Evaluations Expressed as Ratings or Preferences -- 2.7 Evaluation of Classifier Predictive Performance -- 2.8 Deep Learning for Smart and Sustainable Agriculture -- References -- Electrical Power Systems -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background and Legacy -- 3 Evolution -- 4 Main Research Programs -- 5 Awards -- 6 Future -- References -- Real Estate Appraisal -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background and Legacy -- 3 Evolution -- 4 Main Research Programmes -- 5 Awards -- 6 Future -- References -- The Project for the Excellence: A Guide for the Next Decade -- 1 Before the Project for the Excellence -- 1.1 Some Numbers -- 1.2 Points of Strength and Weakness -- 2 The Project for the Excellence -- 2.1 Main Points -- 2.2 Future Research Infrastructures -- 2.3 Future Teaching Activities -- 3 A Final Word.