RECENT ADVANCES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES IN COASTAL ENGINEERING AND MARINE ENERGY CONVERSION
Event details
| Date | 02.06.2017 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Dr Francisco Taveira-Pinto, Faculty of Engineering, Hydraulics, Water Resources and Environment Division, Sea Energy Studies Group, University of Porto, Portugal |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract: The Portuguese coast is highly energetic. For that reason, engineering research is quite active in developing solutions for solving problems related with harbor safety and coastal defense, to protect assets, coastal areas and population.
Lessons from the deployment of classical protection solutions are being used to develop new soft protection techniques, by means of hydro-morphological studies as well as physical and numerical approaches. Also because of the high level of energy presented on the Portuguese coast, marine renewable energies have huge potential and can play a key role in a blue and sustainable economy. Waves and offshore wind are strategic resources for Portugal. However, their development brings relevant challenges for the conception, design, construction and operation of marine infrastructure. These challenges require innovative approaches in both physical and numerical modelling of marine hydraulics and fluid-structure interaction.
The presentation deals with some examples of challenges and opportunities related to Coastal Engineering and Marine Renewable Energy research studies, on the basis of concluded and ongoing works, carried out at the Hydraulics Laboratory of the Hydraulics, Water Resources and Environment Division (SHRHA) of the Civil Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal.
Short bio: F. Taveira-Pinto is Full Professor of the Civil Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), as well as Director of its Hydraulics Water Resources & Environment Division, Member of the board of the Hydraulics and Water Resources Institute and head of the Research Group on Sea Energy. He is currently President of the Portuguese Water Resources Association (APRH).
Formerly he was Chairman of the Coastal and Maritime Committee of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) and International Secretary of the European Union for Coastal Conservation (EUCC-The Coastal Union). He is Editor of the Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management, and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Coastal Conservation, Management and Planning, and of the Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research (JAWER), as well as reviewer of several other journals.
With over 200 publications, 73 of them at international journals, his research expertise is in the field of coastal and maritime engineering. His current research focus is on physical modelling of marine infrastructure and on marine renewable energy. Within the Civil Engineering Doctoral Programme and the Integrated Master of Civil Engineering, he has supervised 7 PhD Thesis and 42 Master Thesis.
Lessons from the deployment of classical protection solutions are being used to develop new soft protection techniques, by means of hydro-morphological studies as well as physical and numerical approaches. Also because of the high level of energy presented on the Portuguese coast, marine renewable energies have huge potential and can play a key role in a blue and sustainable economy. Waves and offshore wind are strategic resources for Portugal. However, their development brings relevant challenges for the conception, design, construction and operation of marine infrastructure. These challenges require innovative approaches in both physical and numerical modelling of marine hydraulics and fluid-structure interaction.
The presentation deals with some examples of challenges and opportunities related to Coastal Engineering and Marine Renewable Energy research studies, on the basis of concluded and ongoing works, carried out at the Hydraulics Laboratory of the Hydraulics, Water Resources and Environment Division (SHRHA) of the Civil Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal.
Short bio: F. Taveira-Pinto is Full Professor of the Civil Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), as well as Director of its Hydraulics Water Resources & Environment Division, Member of the board of the Hydraulics and Water Resources Institute and head of the Research Group on Sea Energy. He is currently President of the Portuguese Water Resources Association (APRH).
Formerly he was Chairman of the Coastal and Maritime Committee of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) and International Secretary of the European Union for Coastal Conservation (EUCC-The Coastal Union). He is Editor of the Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management, and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Coastal Conservation, Management and Planning, and of the Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research (JAWER), as well as reviewer of several other journals.
With over 200 publications, 73 of them at international journals, his research expertise is in the field of coastal and maritime engineering. His current research focus is on physical modelling of marine infrastructure and on marine renewable energy. Within the Civil Engineering Doctoral Programme and the Integrated Master of Civil Engineering, he has supervised 7 PhD Thesis and 42 Master Thesis.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Prof. Dr Brice Lecampion & Prof. Dr Katrin Beyer
Contact
- Dr Pedro Manso, LCH