Maritime Engineering research group

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Learn about our academic experts and their research interests

The head of the Maritime Engineering research group is Professor Alan Murphy.

Professor Adam Sobey

Professor of Data-Centric Engineering

Research interests

  • development of Aritificial Intelligence and Machine Learning approaches with applications in …
  • in particular focused on reducing emissions and improving safety

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Mr Adrian Bodenmann

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • High-resolution visual seafloor mapping for benthic habitat mapping and subsea infrastructure…
  • Remote awareness for autonomous offshore mapping operations
  • Uncertainty characterisation in digital 3D reconstructions
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Professor Alan J Murphy

Professor in Maritime Engineering

Research interests

  • Decarbonising shipping
  • Emission reduction from ships
  • Energy efficiency for maritime systems and ship propulsion

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Aykut Korkmaz PhD

Research Fellow Zero Carbon Coastal Ship

Research interests

  • developing and refining alternative propulsion systems for maritime vessels
  • fuel cell technologies, including PEMFC, PAFC, MCFC, and SOFC
  • hybridization of these fuel cells with advanced battery systems
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Professor Blair Thornton

Professor of Marine Autonomy

Research interests

  • seafloor 3D visual reconstruction: development of deep-sea imaging hardware and processing pi…
  • automated interpretation of data: development of AI methods for rapid scalable interpretation…
  • robotics: development of low-cost, long endurance seafloor imaging floats and highly intellig…

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Damon Teagle

Professor of Geochemistry

Research interests

  • formation and evolution of the ocean crust
  • fluid-rock interactions and Ore mineralisation
  • geochemical analysis

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Dominic Hudson

Shell Professor in Ship Efficiency

Research interests

  • All aspects of hydrodynamics, 
  • particularly as related to ship design,
  • operation for energy efficiency. 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Dominic Taunton

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • My research interests lie in improving the design and operation of ships and other maritime a…
  • Experimental Hydrodynamics | This research focuses on the efficient use of experiments at bot…
  • Human Element | This research developed from a project to integrate human performance into th…
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Dr Dorian Audot

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)
  • Human interaction with water
  • Sports Engineering (Swimming)
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Dr Emma Curtis

Research Fellow
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