B.Eng, M. Eng, PhD (University of Trieste)

• Associate Professor

Contact Information

Ph: 709-864-2755
Em: lmoro[at]mun.ca
Office: EN 4042

Expertise

• Ship vibroacoustics
• Underwater radiated noise
• Onboard noise and vibration
• Occupational noise exposure at sea
• Ship-ice interaction
• Passive noise and vibration control
• Autonomous platforms for ocean monitoring

Personal Profile

My research is in ship vibroacoustics: how noise and vibration are generated on board ships, transmitted through their structures and radiated into the water, and how to reduce them by design. My group combines full-scale measurements with numerical modelling. We work on the noise exposure of seafarers and fish harvesters, underwater radiated noise, ice-induced vibration of hulls and propeller shafts, and passive noise control with acoustic black holes.

I lead the Noise Reduction project (Project 2.4) of the Clean Arctic Shipping Initiative. From 2020 to 2025 I co-led Future Ocean and Coastal Infrastructures (FOCI), an Ocean Frontier Institute consortium of 65 researchers and 89 partners working on safe, sustainable and inclusive infrastructure for Atlantic Canada’s coastal communities and ocean industries; the program trained more than 80 students and early-career researchers. In 2025 I was senior scientist on a full-scale measurement campaign aboard the icebreaker CCGS Henry Larsen. I also use ocean gliders and autonomous underwater vehicles as measurement platforms, both to monitor underwater radiated noise and, with the University of Bologna, to sample marine microplastics. My research extends beyond ships as well, to noise mitigation in orthopaedic operating rooms with the Faculty of Medicine.

I served as Acting Head of the Department from 2022 to 2025 and as Co-Director of the SafetyNet Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Research from 2020 to 2023. I chair Technical Committee II.2, Dynamic Response, of the International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2028). I am Deputy Editor of Marine Systems & Ocean Technology and Chair of the Canadian Atlantic Branch of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects.

Honours/Awards/Accreditation

• 2025 Employer Recognition Award, Memorial University
• 2023–2025 Professor Appreciation Certificates (four), Engineering Student Society
• 2022 Canada–Italy Innovation Award, Embassy of Canada to Italy, with Prof. Giovanni Valdrè (University of Bologna), for monitoring ocean microplastics with autonomous underwater vehicles
• 2015 ISSC Award, Technical Committee IV.2 Design Methods
• Professional Engineer in Canada (PEGNL), Chartered Engineer in the UK (Engineering Council), and qualified to practice as an engineer in Italy