Our people

Learn about our academic experts and their research interests

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

Dr Enrong Chang

Senior Teaching Fellow

Research interests

Smart and zero carbon shipping and ports
Structural integrity of pipelines for transporting natural gas, carbon dioxide CO2 and hydrog…
FPSO design and construction

Connect with Enrong

Email: E.Chang@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3573

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Mrs Georgina Keane

Principal Teaching Fellow

Connect with Georgina

Email: G.Keane@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3035

Dr Huanhuan Li PhD (Eng.), MSc, BSc, AFHEA

Lecturer in Maritime Engineering

Research interests

Maritime safety and security
AI-driven autonomous shipping
Decarbonisation and green shipping

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Huanhuan

Email: Huanhuan.Li@soton.ac.uk

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Dr James Blake

Associate Professor

Research interests

James is interested in the fundamental way that fluid and structures interact and the practic…
Sustainable structural materials for composite boat design and production;
Experimental & theoretical analysis of composite material performance;

Connect with James

Email: J.I.R.Blake@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 9544

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Dr Joseph Banks

Associate Professor

Research interests

Performance sport engineering;
Experimental methods for fluid structure interaction problems;
Performance of sailing vessels and wind assited ships;

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Joseph

Email: J.Banks@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 6625

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Dr Kang Ren

Lecturer in Maritime Engineering

Research interests

Marine Hydrodynamics/Hydroelasitity;
Sloshing Dynamics;
Marine Renewables.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Kang

Email: K.Ren@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Melike Kurt PhD

Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Research interests

Fluid-structure interactions
Bioinspired propulsion and energy harvesting
Underwater robotics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Melike

Email: M.Kurt@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Mingyi Tan

Lecturer

Research interests

an autonomous vehicle concept capable of operating throughout the ocean space: air, surface a…
the influence of tidal unsteadiness on a tidal turbine blade flowinduced vibration;
performance investigation of a new carbon–silver microspheres/epoxy resin superhydrophobic co…

Connect with Mingyi

Email: M.Tan@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 6508