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I am Professor Emeritus of Maritime Safety in the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK..
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I am Professor Emeritus of Maritime Safety in the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK – one of the largest and most research-active departments in the marine sector worldwide.
I was also the Director of the Maritime Safety Research Centre, an industry-academia inter-disciplinary partnership at Strathclyde University, the only one in the world of its kind.
Dracos Vassalos.
My motto is “safety enhancement through innovation”, pursued over a 40-year career in industry and academia, promoting the use of scientific approaches in maritime safety and risk, including environmental risk. I am Chairman of the Design for Safety” Conference, a subject topic I have introduced to the maritime industry in 1995 and spearheaded its development and implementation since then with some 100 large-scale R&D projects.
I am also the founder and served as Chair in a series of maritime safety initiatives that helped shape mari