On July 22nd, 2022 the project associate Andro Bakica successfully defended his doctoral thesis under the title „Numerical method for the evaluation of the structural response of ship appendices”, under the supervision of Nikola Vladimir, PhD, Associate Professor. The Committee members appointed for thesis evaluation were Professor Hrvoje Jasak, Dr. Šime Malenica, Bureau Veritas, France, and Professor Inwon Lee, Pusan National University, South Korea. Congratulations!!!