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Dr Luke Blunden PhD, MRes, MEng

Researcher in Sustainable Energy

Dr Luke Blunden is Researcher in Sustainable Energy within Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.

Previously awarded degrees:

MEng Engineering from University of Cambridge (2003)
MRes Coastal Engineering for Climate Change (2005)
PhD (2009) from the University of Southampton. Dr Blunden’s PhD research was related to flow impact and resource assessment for marine renewable energy

Other current areas of research include Energy for Development and the energy performance of cities.

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Bahaj, A. B. S., Blunden, L., Bourikas, L., Büchs, M., James, P., & Wu, Y. (2020). Energy, wellbeing and cities. In Designing Future Cities for Wellbeing (pp. 71-90). Taylor and Francis.

Blunden, L. S., Mahdy, M. Y. M., Alghamdi, A. S., & Bahaj, A. B. S. (2021). Satellite imagery to select a sample of rooftops for a PV installation project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Paper presented at 2021 International Hybrid Conference on Carbon Neutral Cities - Energy Efficiency and Renewables in the Digital Era, CISBAT 2021, Lausanne, Virtual, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012014
Coles, D. S., Blunden, L. S., & Bahaj, A. S. (2013). Resource assessment of large marine current turbine arrays. Paper presented at OCEANS 2013 MTS/IEEE San Diego Conference: An Ocean in Common, San Diego, CA, United States.
Harrison, M. E., Batten, W. M. J., Blunden, L. S., Myers, L. E., & Bahaj, A. S. (2008). Comparisons of a large tidal turbine array using the boundary layer and field wake interaction models. Paper presented at Second International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE 2008), .
Blunden, L., & Bahaj, A. S. (2006). Comparison of different approaches to tidal stream energy resource assessment. 139-144. Paper presented at Renewable Energy in Maritime Island Climates, .

Bahaj, A., James, P., Blunden, L., Alam, M., Turner, P., Rushby, T., & Aragon, V. (2022). Showcasing Engineering for Development: Rural Electrification Theme. (Sustainable Energy Series; No. 13). University of Southampton. https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/P1080
Bahaj, A. (Ed.), Alam, M., Aragon, V., Avukuse, O., Bahaj, A., Blunden, L., James, P., Kabarere, K., Karimi, P., Ndung'u, C., Makori, E., Mutesi, P., Njoroge, S., Nyandera, D., Onsare, A., Sendegeya, A., & Turner, P. (2021). Fortis Unum: Clustering mini-grid networks to widen energy access and enhance utility network resilience: Summaries of presentations at the 6th Africa Mini Grids Summit, Feb 2021. (Sustainable Energy Series). Sustainable Energy Research Group, University of Southampton. https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/P0095
Bahaj, A. (Ed.), Alam, M., Alghamdi, A., Anderson, B., Bahaj, A., Blunden, L., James, P., Leggett, S., Mahdy, M., Rushby, T., Turner, P., Wise, N., & Wu, P. (2021). Solar assisted electrical & thermal demand reduction in Saudi Arabia housing: Project team conference abstracts. (Sustainable Energy Series; No. 11). https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/P0096

Dr Luke Blunden
Engineering, University of Southampton, Southampton Boldrewood Innovation Campus, Burgess Road, Southampton, SO16 7QF

Room Number : 178/4001/B1