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Building a joint MSc in energy and sustainability to support global decarbonisation through transnational higher education

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Tahsin Tezdogan

Professor of Marine Hydrodynamics
Research interests
  • CFD simulations of ship motions and resistance
  • the added resistance of ships due to waves
  • the investigation of ship behaviour and performance in channels or canals
Connect with Tahsin

Email: T.Tezdogan@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Carlos Ponce De Leon Albarran MBA, PhD, FRSC

Professor of Electrochemical Engineering
Research interests
  • Electrochemical energy conversion
  • Water treatment technology
Connect with Carlos

Email: C.A.Ponce-de-Leon-Albarran@soton.ac.uk

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Horizon Europe - NuWAS (Development of a Numerical Model for Wind-Assisted Ships) - FSI modelling and fatigue analysis towards sustainable ship propulsion

Staff

Lead researchers

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;
Connect with Joseph

Email: J.Banks@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Saeed Hosseinzadeh

Postdoctoral Fellow (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action)
Research interests
  • Experimental and numerical fluid-sructure interaction (FSI)
  • Marine hydrodynamics, seakeeping and vessel performance analysis
  • Wind-assisted propulsion, maritime decarbonisation, and marine renewable energy systems
Connect with Saeed

Email: S.Hosseinzadeh@soton.ac.uk

Professor Stephen Turnock

Head of School
Research interests
  • decarbonisation of shipping
  • maritime robotics and ship autonomous systems
  • performance sport and sailing
Connect with Stephen

Email: S.R.Turnock@soton.ac.uk

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Advanced Probabilistic Inference for Destination Prediction & Estimated Time of Arrival (DESTA)

Staff

Lead researchers

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
Connect with Adam

Email: ajs502@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Dominic Hudson

Shell Professor in Ship Efficiency
Research interests
  • All aspects of hydrodynamics, 
  • particularly as related to ship design,
  • operation for energy efficiency. 
Connect with Dominic

Email: dominic@soton.ac.uk

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AI And Autonomous Systems For Assessing Biodiversity And Ecosystem Health

Staff

Lead researchers

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…
Connect with Blair

Email: B.Thornton@soton.ac.uk

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ANACONDA - The Hydrodynamics of a Distensible Wave Energy Converter

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Automated marine environmental monitoring using AI

Staff

Lead researchers

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…
Connect with Blair

Email: B.Thornton@soton.ac.uk

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Autonomous Techniques for anthropogenic Structure Ecological Assessment (AT-SEA)

Staff

Lead researchers

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…
Connect with Blair

Email: B.Thornton@soton.ac.uk

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BioCam - Mapping of Benthic Biology, Geology and Ecology with Essential Ocean Variables

Staff

Lead researchers

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…
Connect with Blair

Email: B.Thornton@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Adam Prugel-Bennett

Professor of Electronics & Computer Science
Connect with Adam

Email: apb@ecs.soton.ac.uk

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BRIDGES-H2020

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Research project

Clean Maritime demonstrator vessel

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Stephen Turnock

Head of School
Research interests
  • decarbonisation of shipping
  • maritime robotics and ship autonomous systems
  • performance sport and sailing
Connect with Stephen

Email: S.R.Turnock@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Dominic Hudson

Shell Professor in Ship Efficiency
Research interests
  • All aspects of hydrodynamics, 
  • particularly as related to ship design,
  • operation for energy efficiency. 
Connect with Dominic

Email: dominic@soton.ac.uk

Professor Damon Teagle

Professor of Geochemistry
Research interests
  • formation and evolution of the ocean crust
  • fluid-rock interactions and Ore mineralisation
  • geochemical analysis
Connect with Damon

Email: Damon.Teagle@southampton.ac.uk

Professor Richard Wills

Head of Department
Connect with Richard

Email: rgaw@soton.ac.uk

Professor Andrew Cruden BEng, MSc, PhD, FIET

Professor of Energy Technologies
Connect with Andrew

Email: A.J.Cruden@soton.ac.uk