Andrei Metrikine

Prof. Andrei Metrikine serves as Professor in the Department of Offshore Engineering within the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Delft University of Technology. His research spans structural dynamics, offshore engineering, and renewable energy systems with particular focus on marine applications.

His research interests include offshore engineering, structural dynamics of railways and foundations, soil-structure interaction, wave energy conversion, and renewable energy systems. His work integrates analytical modeling, numerical simulation, and experimental validation to address complex challenges in marine environments, particularly concerning dynamics of structures interacting with soils and waves.

Recent publications (2025) demonstrate strong emphasis on offshore energy applications, including development of the HAMS-MREL open-source solver for hydrodynamic analysis, investigation of instability mechanisms in high-speed transportation systems, and optimization of wave energy converter arrays. His research trends show increasing focus on renewable energy integration and environmental compatibility of offshore installations.

He received the David Hislop Award in 2022 for contributions to sand dynamics, 3D FE modeling, and lateral stiffness analysis.

Prof. Metrikine has supervised 28 students and led significant projects including VALID (Verification through Accelerated testing Leading to Improved wave energy Designs, 2020-2023). He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sound and Vibration (2018-2020) and editorial board member for the International Journal of Railway Technology (2018-2019).

He directs the Marine Renewable Energies Lab (HAMS-MREL), developing open-source computational tools for hydrodynamic analysis of marine renewable energy systems and offshore structures.