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Researcher: Penesis, I (Professor Irene Penesis)

Fields of Research

Ocean engineering
Ship and platform structures (incl. maritime hydrodynamics)
Maritime engineering
Primary education
Educational technology and computing
Marine engineering
Approximation theory and asymptotic methods
Electrical energy generation (incl. renewables, excl. photovoltaics)
Higher education
Vocational education and training curriculum and pedagogy
Naval architecture
Energy generation, conversion and storage (excl. chemical and electrical)
Environmentally sustainable engineering
Environmental assessment and monitoring
Distributed computing and systems software
Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy
Pollution and contamination
Ecosystem function
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Physical oceanography
Education systems
Teacher education and professional development of educators
Special vehicles
Ecological applications
Real and complex functions (incl. several variables)
Land use and environmental planning
Curriculum and pedagogy
Mechanical engineering
Air pollution modelling and control
Aquaculture
Climate change law
Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy
Manufacturing engineering
Engineering practice and education
Environment and climate finance
Environmental law
Carbon sequestration science
Computer vision and multimedia computation
Economic models and forecasting
Education assessment and evaluation
Automation engineering
Transport engineering
Microfluidics and nanofluidics
Numerical and computational mathematics

Research Objectives

Wave energy
Tidal energy
Teaching and instruction technologies
Water transport
Expanding knowledge in engineering
Other education and training
Expanding knowledge in the mathematical sciences
Maritime
Renewable energy
International sea freight transport (excl. live animals, food products and liquefied gas)
Domestic passenger water transport (e.g. ferries)
Oil and gas exploration
Workforce transition and employment
Wind energy
Learner and learning
Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum
Aquaculture fin fish (excl. tuna)
Hydrogen production from renewable energy
Teaching and curriculum
Marine systems and management
Fisheries - aquaculture
Oil and gas extraction
Other environmental management
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)
Policies and development
Processing of energy sources
Oil and gas processing
Environmentally sustainable energy activities
Teacher and instructor development
Pedagogy
Other manufacturing
Coastal sea freight transport
Market-based mechanisms
Port infrastructure and management
Eco-verification (excl. environmental lifecycle assessment)
Other information and communication services
Animation, video games and computer generated imagery services
Management, resources and leadership
Energy systems and analysis
Hydro-electric energy
Environmentally sustainable transport activities

Career Best Publications

A cost-efficient seabed survey for bottom-mounted OWC on King Island, Tasmania, Australia; The 4th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC 2018)
Aggregating GIS and MCDM to optimize wave energy converters location in Tasmania, Australia; Soft Computing Applications for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Australia's Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre; Preparing a Workforce for the New Blue Economy: People, Products and Policies
Catching the waves: it's time for Australia to embrace ocean renewable energy
Development of mathematical pathways for VET students to articulate to related higher education courses: a focus on engineering; International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education
Energy balance analysis for an oscillating water column wave energy converter; Ocean Engineering
Experimental Study into the Diffracted Wave Field Downstream of an Array of Wave Energy Converters in Irregular Waves; 12th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2017)
Final report and recommendations of the Specialist Committee on Hydrodynamics Modelling of Marine Renewable Energy Devices; The 28th International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC)
Hydrodynamic modelling of marine renewable energy devices: a state of the art review; Ocean Engineering
Marine engineering and applications; Mathematical Problems in Engineering: Theory, Methods and Applications
Modelling of seismic airgun bubble dynamics and pressure field using the Gilmore equation with additional damping factors; Ocean Engineering
Performance of ocean wave-energy arrays in Australia; 3rd Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC 2016)
Perspectives on a way forward for ocean renewable energy in Australia; Renewable Energy
Pioneering tidal energy development in Tasmania; Australian Ocean Renewable Energy Symposium (AORES)
Reskilling the manufacturing workforce and developing capabilities for the future; Australasian Journal of Engineering Education
Reskilling the manufacturing workforce and developing capabilities for the future
The Royal Institution of Naval Architects Medal of Distinction
Tidal energy in Australia – assessing resource and feasibility to Australia’s future energy mix; The 4th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC 2018)
Uncertainty analysis for a wave energy converter: the Monte Carlo method; The 4th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC 2018)
Uncertainty analysis of a WEC model test experiment; Renewable Energy
Wave energy an example of collaboration between industry and academia in Australia; Journal of Ocean Technology
WHC Nicholas Prize

Research Publications

Research Projects

Australia-China Joint Research Centre of Offshore Wind and Wave Energy Harnessing; Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (DISER)
Baseline Survey of the Blue Economy Zone (Phase II); Blue Economy CRC Co (BECRC)
Blue Economy CRC: Project Initiation; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (DoIIS)
Calculus in the real world: transforming the way we teach Mathematics in primary education; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Developing a Framework for a Blue Economy Zone; Blue Economy CRC Co (BECRC)
Development of mathematics pathways for VET students to articulate to related higher education courses; Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (DISER)
Evaluating and selecting STEM resources: capacity building for teachers in rural and regional schools; Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (DISER)
Experimental Performance of Marine Current Turbines; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Impacts of a Wave Energy Converter on marine ecosystems in coastal South Australia; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Impacts of a Wave Energy Converter on marine ecosystems of coastal South Australia; Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMAREST)
Inspiring mathematics and science in teacher education; Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (DISER)
Investigating the transformative role of Echo360 on learning and teaching; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Mitigating Uncertainty in Hydrodynamic Modelling of Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converters; Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMAREST)
Ocean Carbon Markets in Australia and New Zealand; Blue Economy CRC Co (BECRC)
Performance and design optimisation of Oscillating Water Column ocean wave energy converters; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Preliminary Investigation into the use of Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) to model underwater explosions; Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG)
Reskilling the manufacturing workforce and developing capabilities for the future; Office for Learning & Teaching (OLT)
The Australian Wave Energy Prospectivity Atlas Mapping, Assessing and Forecasting Australia s Wave Energy Resources; Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
The effect of mooring systems on the operability and survivability of a floating offshore wave energy converter: Numerical and experimental investigations; Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMAREST)
The ship within a ship: new-generation transhipment of bulk ore products; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Tidal Energy in Australia - Assessing Resource and Feasibility to Australia's Future Energy Mix; Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Towards an Australian capability in arrays of ocean wave-power machines; Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Calm water performance of a novel ROPAX catamaran
Development of an owe wave energy converter with novel unidirectional airflow features
Experimental investigation of full-scale MAKO tidal turbine in the Tamar Estuary
Investigation into the Response Based Analysis of Risers of Floating Systems
Performance of a novel tidal energy turbine
Performance of the novel Xl prototype tidal energy turbine
Study into High-Performance Simulation of Two Body Hydrodynamics
Underwater Explosions (UNDEX) and Cavitation Dynamics Adjacent to an Elastic Plate

Research Candidate Supervision

A Fluid Structure Interaction Study of a Cross-Flow Water Turbine
An Investigation of the Hydrodynamic Issues for a Novel Transhipment Concept
Asymmetric Slamming Loads of Large High Speeds Catamarans
CFD Investigations of Wave Energy Converter Performance
Hydrodynamic Interaction Between Oscillating Water Columns
Investigation of the flow as a feeder vessel manoeuvres in/out of the well dock of a floating harbour transhipper using mesh-free numerical methods
Modeling and Simulation of a ROV/AUV Equipped with a Collective and Cyclic Pitch Propeller (CCPP)
Numerical Investigation into Hydrodynamic Interaction between Two Submerged Bodies Moving in Respect to One Another using Openfoam CFD Code within Matlab
Optimisation of Oscillating water Column Devices Using Particle Image Velocimetry (PVI) Methods
Phase-averaged Analysis of an Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter
The Bubble Dynamics and Pressure Field Generated by a Seismic Airgun
The Impact of oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converters on the Marine Environment- Colonisarion by Biofouling Communities
The Influence of Hull Form on the Slamming Behaviour of Large High-Speed Catamarans