Asoc. prof. Florin Pacuraru currently works as a lecturer at Faculty of Naval Architecture, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati (UGAL), Romania. He has fifteen years of academic experience in the field of numerical and experimental ship hydrodynamics. He also works as a senior technical consultant at the NAPA, NAPA Shipping Solutions, where he performs vessel performance analysis based on computational fluid dynamics and data recorded by ship sensors. He has participated at various national and international research projects, and he has authored several publications in ship hydrodynamics.