2 x Senior or Post-Doctoral Researcher (1 x 28-month contract, 1 x 8-month contract)

2 x Senior or Post-Doctoral Researcher (1 x 28-month contract, 1 x 8-month contract)

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The Role:  Due to the continued expansion of the Centre for Ocean Energy Research, we are seeking two Post-Doctoral Researchers: Post-doctoral Researcher 1 (PD1) will be recruited for a period of 28 months for a Science Foundation Ireland, Department for Enterprise (Northern Ireland) and the National Science Foundation (US) funded project involving Control Co-Design of Heterogeneous Arrays of Wave Energy Converters. The focus of the role will be on the development of numerical optimisation-based control strategies for the linear and nonlinear models of Wave Energy Converter (WEC) arrays. The overall approach will rely on suitably adapting and extending existing frameworks based on direct transcription and other techniques such as networked model predictive control to the setting of multi-objective optimal control for WEC arrays. Post-doctoral Researcher 2 (PD2) will be recruited for a period of 8 months with the possibility of an extension, funding permitting, for a major European Union (EU) project which will develop a new lift-based wave energy converter (WEC) to technology readiness level (TRL)...
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PhD Position (4 year studentship@ €18.5k [tax free] p.a. + fees)

PhD Position (4 year studentship@ €18.5k [tax free] p.a. + fees)

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The Centre for Ocean Energy Research (COER) at Maynooth University, Ireland is anticipating a number of funded PhD opportunities for 4-year structured PhD projects. A 4-year stipend of €18,500 per annum (with fees paid) is available to suitable candidates, along with expenses for conference travel, materials, etc. All the projects have international collaborators (a mixture of academic and industrial, in Norway, Denmark, and USA) and it is anticipated that one or more periods of secondment of the PhD students at collaborator sites will be appropriate. The spread of project areas is diverse, but include the following: hydrodynamic and wave-grid modelling, wave energy control system design, control co-design, forecasting and estimation, wind-wave systems, fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control. Applicants should be well qualified to bachelor’s or master’s degree level in one of the following areas: mechanical/mechatronic engineering, electronic engineering, control engineering. Exceptional students in applied maths or hydrodynamics may be considered. The project will be supervised by Prof. John Ringwood, who was the recipient of...
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EU Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Centre for Ocean Energy Research (COER)

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 Expressions of interest Expressions of interest are invited from recent PhD graduates, or PhD students expected to graduate in 2021, to apply for an EU Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Centre for Ocean Energy Research (COER) at Maynooth University. Possible project areas include Fault-tolerant control for wave energy Control co-design of wave energy devices and arrays However, other project areas, which have a high level of research innovation and are aligned with the research interests of COER, can also be suggested. Some assistance with project proposals from COER is offered to suitable applicants, as well as more general application assistance from the Maynooth University Research Development Office More information on EU MC Postdoctoral Fellowships here. More information on COER at: https://coer.maynoothuniversity.ie/ More information at Maynooth University at: https://maynoothuniversity.ie/ For further information, or to express your interest, contact: Carrie Anne Barry (CarrieAnne.Barry@mu.ie)...
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6 month internship post available – Combined resource exploitation

6 month internship post available – Combined resource exploitation

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   Internship (Combined resource exploitation) 6-months A 6 month internship position has become available in the Centre for Ocean Energy Research in Maynooth University in the area of: Combined wave/wind/solar/tidal resource exploitation and value of wave energy Combining various resources has several benefits, such as: The temporal complementarity of different resources Reduced converted energy variability from relatively uncorrelated energy sources in some locations (http://www.eeng.nuim.ie/jringwood/Respubs/J151Fran.pdf) Diversity in supply systems Adding new resources, such as wave and tidal, into the existing mixture of renewable energy resources will be an enabler of the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. Combined resource exploitation will increase the supply system's reliability and enable the system to be more accepting of renewable energy at lower costs. This project will focus on the combined resources analysis in terms of availability, variability, coherence, and correlation. Based on the investigation, the value of wave energy on the existing system will be quantified through different metrics. Depending on the level of success achieved in the project, the...
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COER appoints new postdoc

COER appoints new postdoc

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Everyone at COER would like to welcome Dr. Gaurav Dhar to the team. Gaurav Dhar received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Biophysics from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. After finishing the first year of master's (M1) at the Ecole Polytechnique near Paris, he completed his master's degree in Applied Mathematics at the University of Montpellier in the specialisation "Modelling and Numerical Analysis" in 2017. More recently, he earned his PhD at the University of Limoges with a dissertation on optimal control for sampled-data systems in 2020. He is now working on the project of "Control Co-Design of Heterogeneous Arrays of Wave Energy Converters" at the COER at NUI Maynooth, in order to develop numerical optimisation-based control strategies for the linear and nonlinear models of Wave Energy Converter (WEC) arrays....
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New Project: Wave Powered Data Buoy funded by the Marine Institute.

New Project: Wave Powered Data Buoy funded by the Marine Institute.

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Project overview: The ‘Wave-powered data buoy’ project is a 4-year project funded by the Irish Marine Institute as part of the Eoin Sweeney PhD Scholarship Programme. The project intends to design and test a data buoy, exclusively powered by waves, to measure environmental variables associated with the marine environment, include the sea state itself and various properties of the surrounding sea water. It will be wirelessly connected to a shore base and potentially act as a node in an array of such sensors. Innovative aspects of the buoy design will include an energy maximizing control system, and intelligent on-board energy storage, to ensure that adequate power for on-board sensors, and data transmission, is available at all times. The project has a wide range of industrial and academic partners, including the Marine Institute, PLOCAN (Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands), Techworks Marine (Ireland), Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (USA), Dundalk Institute of Technology, and Resolute Marine (USA). COER director John Ringwood is looking...
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Funded PhD position

Funded PhD position

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PhD Position (4 year studentship@ €18k [tax free] p.a. + fees) The Centre for Ocean Energy Research (COER) at Maynooth University, Ireland has a further opportunity for well-qualified applicants interested in undertaking a funded PhD.   The successful candidate will be involved in a PhD project to develop a small-scale wave powered data buoy. The primary focus of this project is the development of a reliable, efficient and cost-effective power source for marine sensing, based on data buoy movement due to incident waves. Secondary aspects include the integration of the sensor and data transmission systems within the framework of a holistic system that achieves optimal design compromise between power provision, usage, data transmission rates and stability as a sensor platform. The project will include hydrodynamic modelling, PTO modelling, control system design, optimisation sensor design, data transmission system design, simulation and experimental testing, information dissemination and public engagement. This ambitious project will involve collaboration with Dundalk IT (IRL), Techworks Marine (IRL), Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute...
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