Two years ago, Adj. Prof. Claudio Lugni was involved, together with Georgia Tech and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the National Transportation Safety Board, in the investigation of the accident of the ElFaro Ship. In particular, their investigation was about the occurrence of rogue waves by using the results of Lugni's HOS model and the relevant theoretical knowledge by Francecso Fedele from Georgia Tech. 

Now, their research article was accepted by the renowned journal "Scientific Reports" - see the references below.

References:

• Fedele, F.; Lugni, C.; Chawla, A.: The sinking of the El Faro: predicting real world rogue waves during Hurricane Joaquin. Scientific Reports, accepted 2017.
• Fedele, F.; Lugni, C.; Fucile, F.; Campana, E.F.: On the prediction of rogue waves during Hurricane Joaquin. Report for the National Safety Transportation Board, January 2017.

Media coverage:

• BBC: Terrifying 20m-tall "rogue waves" are actually real (12 May 2017)