EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Wind and Marine Energy Systems and Structures

Started

Renewable Energy Sources(Ocean Energy)
Renewable Energy Sources(Wind Energy)

Training

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences)

Not Cross-cutting
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions)
Other (Energy technology information dissemination)

Dr J Carroll
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University of Strathclyde

Standard

EPSRC

01 April 2019

30 September 2027

102 months

£6,732,970

Energy

Scotland

Non Theme Specific

Dr J Carroll, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde

Professor FP Brennan, School of Engineering, Cranfield University
Dr BW Byrne, Engineering Science, University of Oxford
Dr A Kolios, School of Engineering, Cranfield University
Professor CM Martin, Engineering Science, University of Oxford
Dr A S McDonald, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde
Dr A Mehmanparast, School of Water, Energy and Environmen, Cranfield University
Professor C O'Bradaigh, Sch of Engineering and Electronics, University of Edinburgh
Dr V Venugopal, Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh
Dr I Viola, Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University
Dr RHJ Willden, Engineering Science, University of Oxford

This proposal is for a new EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Wind and Marine Energy Systems and Structures (CDT-WAMSS) which joins together two successful EPSRC CDTs, their industrial partners and strong track records of training more than 130 researchers to date in offshore renewable energy (ORE). The new CDT will create a comprehensive, world-leading centre covering all aspects of wind and marine renewable energy, both above and below the water. It will produce highly skilled industry-ready engineers with multidisciplinary expertise, deep specialist knowledge and a broad understanding of pertinent whole-energy systems. Our graduates will be future leaders in industry and academia world-wide, driving development of the ORE sector, helping to deliver the Government's carbon reduction targets for 2050 and ensuring that the UK remains at the forefront of this vitally important sector.In order to prepare students for the sector in which they will work, CDT-WAMSS will look to the future and focus on areas that will be relevant from 2023 onwards, which are not necessarily the issues of the past and present. For this reason, the scope of CDT-WAMSS will, in addition to in-stilling a solid understanding of wind and marine energy technologies and engineering, have a particular emphasis on: safety and safe systems, emerging advanced power and control technologies, floating substructures, novel foundation and anchoring systems, materials and structural integrity, remote monitoring and inspection including autonomous intervention, all within a cost competitive and environmentally sensitive context. The proposed new EPSRC CDT in Wind and Marine Energy Systems and Structures will provide an unrivalled Offshore Renewable Energy training environment supporting 70 students over five cohorts on a four-year doctorate, with a critical mass of over 100 academic supervisors of internationally recognised research excellence in ORE. The distinct and flexible cohort approach to training, with professional engineering peer-to-peer learning both within and across cohorts, will provide students with opportunities to benefit from such support throughout their doctorate, not just in the first year. An exceptionally strong industrial participation through funding a large number of studentships and provision of advice and contributions to the training programme will ensure that the training and research is relevant and will have a direct impact on the delivery of the UK's carbon reduction targets, allowing the country to retain its world-leading position in this enormously exciting and important sector

08/04/19