SuperGen Marine Energy Research
Royal Museum, Edinburgh - 12th October 2007
Programme - morning
- 10.30 Welcome and Introduction
- Prof Robin Wallace
- 10.40 Review from Year 3 showcase in Oxford
- Prof Ian Bryden
- 11.10 WP2 MarinOpt
- Remy Pascal - UoE
- 11.20 WP3 Engineering Guidance
- Henry Jeffrey - UoE
- 11.30 WP7 Lifetime Economics
- Dr Andy McCabe - Lancaster
- 11.40 WP8 Moorings and Foundations
- Dr Lars Johanning - HWU now Exeter
- 11.50 WP10 Full Scale Field Validation
- Dr Alan Owen - RGU
- 12.00 WP12 Economic, Environmental and Social Impact
- Grant Allan - Strathclyde
Programme - afternoon
- 14.00 Introduction and New Structure
- Prof Robin Wallace
- 14.20 Overview of Workstreams 1-9 and Plus 3
- Prof Ian Bryden
- 15.00 Doctoral Training Programme
- Dr David Ingram
- 15.15 Inreach, Outreach and Dissemination
- Prof Robin Wallace
Poster session
| Brian Sellar | Providing Sea Surface Elevations for Marine Energy Converters using Novel Optical Fibre Sensor |
| Henry Jeffrey, Scott Couch | Development of Tidal Energy Device Performance Protocols |
| Dr Aristides Kiprakis | Offshore Energy Conversion and Power Conditioning |
| Thomas Boehme | Network Interaction of Marine Energy |
| Thomas Boehme | Matching Renewable Electricity Generation and Demand in Scotland |
| Tom Davey | Modelling Extreme Responses in Shallow Water |
| Mathew Topper | Potential Flow Model for Hydrodynamic Interaction between Tidal Turbine, Wake and Free-Surface |
| D. Mignard | Chemical Storage and Conversion of Marine Energy |
| Helen Bailey | Nonlinear Modelling of Power Take Off (PTO) in Wave Energy Converters (WEC) |
| Gregory Payne | A modular graphical user interface for WAMIT |
| Gareth Gretton | The Hydrodynamic Design of a Tidal Current Turbine |
| Gregory Payne | Control Strategy for Testing Wave Energy Converters: A Real-Time Experimental Platform |
| Ben Child | Optimising the Performance of WEC Arrays |
| Ally Price | Non-linear methods for next wave estimation |
| Michelle Gilmartin | The Economic and Social Impact of New Marine Technologies for the Production of Electricity |
| Xiaojing Sun | Establishment & Assessment of Laboratory Testing Procedures of Tidal Current Energy Devices |
| John Ruscoe | Predictive Methods for the Evaluation of Ecological Change in the Proximity of MECs |
Acknowledgements
- EPSRC for initial and continuing support
- Partners and collaborators in SuperGen Phase 1
- RAs and doctoral students for all of their efforts
- New partners and affiliate universities in Phase 2
- The Royal Museum and its team for this splendid venue and food
- The 'night-shift' that produced the monograph: Rudra Kapila, Jim O'Donnell, Henry Jeffrey, Scott Couch
- Brian Sellar and the poster-makers for the display today
- Pauline Clark for dealing with administration and registration.
