Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Odd Magnus Faltinsen (born 9 January 1944) is a Norwegian mathematician and professor of marine technology. He was born in Stavanger. He took the cand.real. degree at the University of Bergen in 1968, and the PhD degree at the University of Michigan in 1971. He started his career in Det Norske Veritas from 1968 to 1974, and was appointed docent in marine technology at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1974. In 1976 he was promoted to professor of marine hydrodynamics. He was a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1980 to 1981,1987 to 1988 and 1994 to 1995.