| DATE | PRESENTER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| 30/11/2017 | Christian Windt
Ilaria Leoni |
Comparison of dynamic mesh motion methods for numerical wave tank experiments
WavePiston |
| 23/11/2017 | Nicolas Faedo and Yerai Pena
Giuseppe Giorgi |
Model reduction by moment-matching for wave energy applications
PolyWEC |
| 16/11/2017 | Giuseppe Giorgi
Nicolas Faedo |
Road towards parametric motion representation: Nonlinear Froude-Krylov forces for 3 DoF point absorbers, the CorPower case study
Smart Ocean Power Buoy by Resen Waves |
| 09/11/2017 | Workshop : Making Animations from Simulations | |
| 02/11/2017 | Christian Windt
Alexis Merigaud |
The efficient application of an impulse source wave maker to CFD simulations
The WEC of the Week : The Wave Glider by Liquid Robotics |
| 26/10/2017 | John Ringwood
Yerai Pena |
Towards extremum-seeking control of wave energy systems
The WEC of the Week : Mutriku OWC |
| 19/10/2017 | Josh Davidson
Christian Windt |
Nonlinear Rock and Roll – Modeling and control of parametric resonances in WECs
The CEC of the Week : StreamCube by REAC Energy |
| 12/10/2017 | Alexis Merigaud
Yerai Pena |
Short-term wave elevation forecasting using spectrum information
The WEC of the Week : Lilypad by Energy Island |
| 05/10/2017 | Riccardo Novo (Polit de Torino)
Giuseppe Giorgi |
ISWEC productivity prediction – power matrix vs nonlinear frequency domain model
The WEC of the Week : OIST Seahorse |
| 28/09/2017 | Aengus Connolly (Wood Group)
Josh Davidson |
Flexcom – structural analysis software for offshore oil, gas and MRE industries
The WEC of the Week : The Wavesub by MPS |
| 21/09/2017 | Nicolas Faedo
Christian Windt and Giuseppe Giorgi |
Energy-maximising control of wave energy devices using a moment-domain representation
Recap of the 2017 INORE European Symposium |
| 07/09/2017 | Ronan Costello (Wave Venture)
Giovanni Bracco (Poli de Torino) |
Wave Venture – Update on progress since spin-out from NUIM
The ISWEC |
| 24/08/2017 | Michel Barbier
Akram Bennazou Clement Auger |
Conception and optimisation of a numerical model for a WEC
Numerical wave tank experiments using the overset mesh tool Input periodisation for real-time control of WECs |
| 03/08/2017 | Josh Davidson And Christian Windt |
Recap of the 12th OpenFOAM Workshop, Exeter, UK |
| 20/07/2017 | John Ringwood And Alexis Merigaud |
Recap of the 20th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Toulouse, France |
| 13/07/2017 | Alain Ulazia (Uni of the Basque Country)
Clement Auger |
Wave energy trends, CFD in Mutriku OWC, and simulations with a generator
The WEC of the week: S3 by SBM |
| 06/07/2017 | Ally Price (Wave Power Conundrums)
Akram Benazzou |
In control of cost of energy
The WEC of the week: Pelamis |
| 29/06/2017 | Tom Kelly (DkIT)
Michel Barbier |
The development of a self-powering data buoy – The WASP
The WEC of the week: Salter’s Duck |
| 22/06/2017 | Pal Schmitt (QUB)
Christian Windt |
CFD for Oscillating Surge Wave Converters
The WEC of the week: Ectacti-Hull by Quoceant |
| 15/06/2017 | Markel Peñalba Retes
Nicolas Faedo |
Comparative Study of Numerical Solvers for Modelling Wave Energy Converters
The WEC of the week: Waterotor |
| 08/06/2017 | Yerai Pena
Markel Peñalba Retes |
Estimation and forecasting of excitation force for arrays of wave energy devices
The WEC of the week: Arrecife Energy Systems |
| 01/06/2017 | Giuseppe Giorgi
Josh Davidson |
Consistency of viscous drag identification tests for wave energy applications
The WEC of the week: The Seaspoon |
| 25/05/2017 | John Ringwood
Josh Davidson |
A competition on WEC control
The WEC of the week: Wave Swell Energy |
| 18/05/2017 | Alexis Merigaud
Michel Barbier |
Improving the performance of pseudo-spectral calculations for nonlinear WEC control
The WEC of the week: The MARINET Round Robin WEC |
| 11/05/2017 | Nicolas Faedo
Christian Windt |
Web design basics: from architecture to front-end development of the COER site
The WEC of the week: Seawave Slot-Cone Generator (SSG) |
| 04/05/2017 | Josh Davidson
Markel Peñalba Retes |
Recap of the HYWEC workshop, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao
The WEC of the week: Etymol Ocean Power |
| 27/04/2017 | Project meeting:
Development of the next generation of controllers for wave energy devices |
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| 20/04/2017 | David Crooks
Josh Davidson |
Exciting waves – Nonlinear hydrodynamic modelling of an oscillating wave surge converter
The WEC of the week: M4WavePower |
| SPRING BREAK | ||
| 30/03/2017 | Julie Brault
Nicolas Faedo |
Including PTOs in the benchtop wave energy demonstration unit
The WEC of the week: OWEC |
| 23/03/2017 | John Breslin (SmartBay)
Giuseppe Giorgi |
The wave energy test site in Galway Bay, and the National Infrastructure Access Programme
The WEC of the week: Protean |
| 16/03/2017 | Yerai Pena
Alexis Merigaud |
Estimation and forecasting of excitation force for arrays of WECs
The TEC of the week: EEL Energy’s undulating membrane TEC |
| 09/03/2017 | Giuseppe Giorgi
Julie Brault |
Comparing nonlinear hydrodynamic forces in heaving point absorbers and oscillating wave surge converters
The WEC of the week: The Jellyfish Technology by Brimes Energy |
| 02/03/2017 | Christian Windt
Markel Peñalba Retes |
Assessment of numerical wave makers for the Open-source CFD toolbox OpenFOAM
The WEC of the week: Hydro Air Concept Energie (HACE) |
| 23/02/2017 | Markel Peñalba Retes
Yerai Pena |
Nonlinear fully-dynamic wave-to-wire models for a point absorber WEC
The TEC of the week: BioSTREAM |
| 16/02/2017 | Nicolas Faedo
Josh Davidson |
Control of coupled oscillators : An application
The WEC of the week: Wave Energy Buoy that Self deploys (WEBS) |
| 09/02/2017 | Josh Davidson
Christian Windt |
Mathematical modelling of mooring systems for WECs- A review
The WEC of the week: Drag-type cross flow water turbine |
| 02/02/2017 | Workshop – Computer Aided Drawing for Publications and Presentations | |