Lab Members

Lab Alumni (Post Doctoral & Researchers)

• Dr. Saghy Saeidtehrani (2021-2022)
• Felix Delgado Elizundia (2022-2023)
• Sijbrand Bolhuis (2022-2024)

Research Assistants

1. Sarah Wells: Wave Energy Converters (WECs) as climate change mitigation
2. Bakker M.J. (Maarten): Standardized Techno-Economic Model for Offshore Wind to Hydrogen Concepts in the North Sea
3. Tabea Engelfried: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Wave Energy Converters
4. Sung Hsien Huang: Optimisation for adaptable wave energy point absorber array designs 
5. Julie Borms: Maximising the reduction of LCoE in wave energy by limiting power production, impacts and pitfalls

Visiting Researchers

• Dr Konstantinos Christakos (2023), Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
• Giulia Cervelli (2022-2023), Politecnico di Torino.
• Manuel Corrales Gonzalez (2022), University of Genoa.
• Khalid Omer (2021), University College Cork.

MSc graduates (Alumni)

1. Alexander Kolset: Developing marine energies in offshore environments with ice interactions
2. Lefteris Mezilis: The impact of Marine Renewable Energy on the European Energy System Evolution
3. Tim Holsappel: Non-linear wave loads on next generation offshore
4. Nessen Sicco: Offshore Pumped Storage Hydropower Design, Planning and Cost Assessment
5. Sijbrand Bolhuis: Tidal Energy in the Netherlands - Resource assessment and future changes by mean sea level rise 
6. Giorgos Christopoulos:  Soil – Anchor Interaction of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine under Cyclic Load
7. Shilu Liu: Optimisation and adaptable wave energy array designs in irregular waves
8. Wouter van den Haak: Development of a standardised model to compare various offshore wind to hydrogen configurations
9. Isabelle van der Kaaij: Evaluating the workability of On-Site Assembly of a 15MW Wind Turbine Blade on a Semi-Submersible Floating Wind Turbine Using a Crane Vessel
10. Felix Delgando Elizundia: Multi-Renewable European Power System: Wave Energy Integration
11. Hugo Kerckhoffs: Operation considerations for pre-tensioning mooring systems: Analysis of current and pre-tensioning operations by analysis of static and dynamic loads
12. Tijs Bekkers: Optimal array design for low tidal resource regions
13. Azeem Ahmed: Maximizing the Energy Conversion of a U-Oscillating Water Column in the Low Wave Energy Climate of Gwadar, Pakistan
14. van der Bend, M. J.: Assessment and analysis of hook mounted compensation methods for offshore wind turbine blade installation