Graduated in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the University of São Paulo – USP in 1975, holds an M.Sc. (1979) and a Ph.D. (1986) in Naval Architecture from the same university. Dr Morishita is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering – USP. His research field is the dynamics and control of ocean systems, and recent projects he has been involved in include the dynamics of multi-bodies and dynamic positioning systems for ocean vehicles using nonlinear methods for the estimation of state and control vectors.