Lab Members

Research Assistant

Tabea Engelfried

Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainability, Circularity
Research Assistant

Lefteris Mezilis

Energy System Modelling, techno-economic analysis
Research Assistant

Sijbrand Bolhuis

Tidal energy, Climate Change, Shallow water hydrodynamics

Interns

  • Pandu Kristian Prayoga Simamora
  • Muhammad Insan Kamil Ghiffari
  • Pande Pramudya Deva

Lab Alumni (Post Doctoral & Researchers)

  • Dr. Harish Baki (2022-2025)
  • Felix Delgado Elizundia, MSc (2022-2023)
  • Dr. Saghy Saeidtehrani (2021-2022)

MSc students

  1. Sung Hsien Huang: Optimisation for adaptable wave energy point absorber array designs 
  2. Julia Mattenklott: Influence of different wave spectral shapes on wave-induced fatigue and extreme loads on offshore wind turbines
  3. Eleftheria Papadaki: Adapting Wave Energy Converters for Extreme Weather: Investigating an adaptable design of a point absorber harnessing energy both in floating and submerged conditions
  4. Zoë Breedveld: Improvement of Tidal Energy Arrays
  5. Tim Schellekens: TBD
  6. Gerrit Jan Winkels: TBD

Visiting Researchers

  • Dr Konstantinos Christakos (2023), Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
  • Giulia Cervelli (2022-2023), Politecnico di Torino.
  • Manuel Corrales Gonzalez (2022), University of Genoa.
  • Khalid Omer (2021), University College Cork.

MSc graduates (Alumni)

  1. Julie Borms: Maximising the reduction of LCoE in wave energy by limiting power production, impacts and pitfalls
  2. Sarah Wells: Assessing the Nearshore Impact of WEC Arrays: A comparison of environmental effects and power production.
  3. Tabea EngelfriedLife Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Wave Energy Converters
  4. Alexander KolsetDeveloping marine energies in offshore environments with ice interactions
  5. Lefteris Mezilis: The impact of Marine Renewable Energy on the European Energy System Evolution
  6. Bakker M.J. (Maarten): Techno-economic assessment of offshore hydrogen production in the Dutch North Sea
  7. Tim Holsappel: Non-linear wave loads on next generation offshore
  8. Nessen SiccoOffshore Pumped Storage Hydropower Design, Planning and Cost Assessment
  9. Sijbrand Bolhuis: Tidal Energy in the Netherlands - Resource assessment and future changes by mean sea level rise 
  10. Giorgos Christopoulos:  Soil – Anchor Interaction of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine under Cyclic Load
  11. Shilu LiuOptimisation and adaptable wave energy array designs in irregular waves
  12. Wouter van den Haak: Development of a standardised model to compare various offshore wind to hydrogen configurations
  13. Isabelle van der KaaijEvaluating the workability of On-Site Assembly of a 15MW Wind Turbine Blade on a Semi-Submersible Floating Wind Turbine Using a Crane Vessel
  14. Felix Delgando Elizundia: Multi-Renewable European Power System: Wave Energy Integration
  15. Hugo KerckhoffsOperation considerations for pre-tensioning mooring systems: Analysis of current and pre-tensioning operations by analysis of static and dynamic loads
  16. Tijs Bekkers: Optimal array design for low tidal resource regions
  17. Azeem Ahmed: Maximizing the Energy Conversion of a U-Oscillating Water Column in the Low Wave Energy Climate of Gwadar, Pakistan
  18. van der Bend, M. J.: Assessment and analysis of hook mounted compensation methods for offshore wind turbine blade installation