Maritime Engineering

Andreas Öchsner is a full professor for lightweight design and structural simulation at the Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Having obtained a Dipl.-Ing. degree in aeronautical engineering at the University of Stuttgart (1997), Germany, he served as a research and teaching assistant at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1997 to 2003 while working to complete his doctor of engineering sciences (Dr.-Ing.) degree. From 2003 to 2006, he was an assistant professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the head of the Cellular Metals Group affiliated with the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He spent seven years (2007-2013) as a full professor at the Department of Applied Mechanics, Technical University of Malaysia, where he was also the head of the Advanced Materials and Structure Lab.

Raden Sjarief Widjaja is a Professor at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, with a Ph.D. from University of Strathclyde. He served as Vice Rector of ITS and held leadership roles at the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. Internationally active, he contributed to Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF), the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, the FAO Committee on Fisheries 33rd Session (FAO-COFI), and the High-Level Panel for Sustainable Ocean Economy. He is also a consultant and Head of Naval Architecture Board at the Indonesian Engineers Association.