Fields of Research

Mechanical engineering
Ship and platform structures (incl. maritime hydrodynamics)
Marine engineering
Naval architecture
Automotive engineering
Ocean engineering
Manufacturing processes and technologies (excl. textiles)
Signal processing
Artificial intelligence
Automotive combustion and fuel engineering
Mechanical engineering asset management
Other engineering
Applied statistics
Autonomous vehicle systems

Research Objectives

Domestic passenger water transport (e.g. ferries)
Expanding knowledge in engineering
International passenger water transport (e.g. passenger ships)
Ground transport
Maritime
Water transport
Coastal sea freight transport
Other manufacturing
Rail freight

Career Best Publications

Determination of wave slamming loads on high-speed catamarans by hydroelastic segmented model experiments; International Journal of Maritime Engineering

Research Publications

An experimental investigation of ride control algorithms for high-speed catamarans Part 1: Reduction of ship motions; Journal of Ship Research
An experimental investigation of ride control algorithms for high-speed catamarans Part 2: Mitigation of wave impact loads; Journal of Ship Research
An experimental investigation on slamming kinematics, impulse and energy transfer for high-speed catamarans equipped with Ride Control Systems; Ocean Engineering
Application of RANSE-based simulations for resistance prediction of medium-speed catamarans at different scales; 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Centre bow and wet-deck design for motion and load reductions in wave piercing catamarans at medium speed; Ships and Offshore Structures
CFD simulation of motion responses of a trimaran in regular head waves; Royal Institution of Naval Architects. Transactions. Part A. International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Characterisation of slam events of a high-speed catamaran in irregular waves; FAST: International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
Classifying bow entry events of wave piercing catamarans in random waves using unsupervised and supervised techniques; International Conference on Marine Industry 4.0
Compression ratio effects in bobbin friction stir welding; 10th International Friction Stir Welding Symposium
Deep water entry of high speed ferry bows; 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Design and Simulation analysis of a Formula SAE electric vehicle propulsion system
Design features for bobbin friction stir welding tools: Development of a conceptual model linking the underlying physics to the production process; Materials & Design
Determination of wave slamming loads on high-speed catamarans by hydroelastic segmented model experiments; International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Effect of slam force duration on the vibratory response of a lightweight high-speed wave-piercing catamaran; Journal of Ship Research
Estimation of torsional and global loads for a wave-piercing high-speed catamaran at full-scale in irregular bow quartering seas using CFD simulation; Ocean Engineering
Experimental analysis of the wet flexural mode response of an NPL 6A hydroelastic segmented model; Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Experimental analysis of the wet flexural mode response of an NPL6a hydroelastic segment model; HIPER 06: 5th International Conference on High Performance Marine Vehicles
Fatigue estimation on a high-speed wave piercing catamaran during normal operations; Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects Part A: International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Fluid-structure interaction simulation of slam-induced bending in large high-speed wave-piercing catamarans; Journal of Fluids and Structures
Global and Slam Load Model Testing to Support Developing HSMV Operations in Severe Sea Conditions; International Conference for Innovation in High Speed Marine Vessels
Global load determination of high‑speed wave‑piercing catamarans using finite element method and linear least squares applied to sea trial strain measurements; Journal of Marine Science and Technology
Global Structural design of hydroelastic models; HiPer: International Conference on High Performance Marine Vehicles
High-speed wave-piercing catamaran global loads determined by FEA and sea trials; Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects Part A: International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Identification of extreme impulsive slam loads on high speed ferries by hydro-elastic model testing; 2nd International Conference on Violent Flows
Identification of wave impacts and separation of responses using EMD; Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
Influence of an active T-foil on motions and passenger comfort of a large high‑speed wave‑piercing catamaran based on sea trials; Journal of Marine Science and Technology
Influence of an active T-foil on motions and passenger comfort of a wave-piercing catamaran based on sea trials in oblique seas; Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment
Lessons learnt through the design, construction and testing of a hydroelastic model for determining motions, loads and slamming behavior in severe sea states; Sixth International Conference on Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology
Loading response of stern tab motion controls in shallow water; Royal Institution of Naval Architects. Transactions. Part A. International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Low Reynolds number performance of a model scale t-foil; International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Machine learning and cloud computing for remote monitoring of wave piercing catamarans: a case study using Matlab on Amazon web services; Smart Ship Technology 2020 International Conference
Machine learning and cloud computing for remote monitoring of wave piercing catamarans: a case study using MATLAB on Amazon web services; Smart Ship Technology Online Conference 2020
Measured loading response of model motion control stern tabs; Royal Institution of Naval Architects. Transactions. Part A.International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Mitigation of slamming of large wave-piercing catamarans; 30th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics
Motion and added resistance of a high-speed trimaran in regular oblique waves; International Conference on Ships and Offshore Structures ICSOS 2019
Non-linear Behaviour in the Seakeeping of High Speed Craft; 12th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
Optimisation of ride control operation to reduce motions and loads of high-speed catamarans; 14th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
Outcomes of recent work on the optimisation of ride control operation to reduce motions and loads of high‐speed catamarans; 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2019)
Parametric study of seakeeping of a trimaran in regular oblique waves; Ships and Offshore Structures
Performance prediction of a 112m wave-piercing catamaran; Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects Part A4: International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Pressure distribution due to stern tab deflection at model scale; Royal Institution of Naval Architects. Transactions. Part A. International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Real time structural loads monitoring for a large high-speed wave-piercing catamaran using numerical simulation and linear regression; Pacific International Maritime Conference 2019
Response of a high-speed wave-piercing catamaran to an active ride control system; Royal Institution of Naval Architects. Transactions. Part A. International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Slam and wave load response reconstruction in high speed catamarans using transmissibility on full scale sea trials; Ocean Engineering: An International Journal of Research and Development
Slam events of high-speed catamarans in irregular waves; Journal of Marine Science and Technology
Slam excitation scales for a large wave piercing catamaran and the effect on structural response; 13th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
Slam load estimation for high-speed catamarans in irregular head seas by full-scale computational fluid dynamics; Ocean Engineering
Slam loads and kinematics of wave-piercing catamarans during bow entry events in head seas; Journal of Ship Research
Slam loads and pressures acting on high-speed wave-piercing catamarans in regular waves; Marine Structures
Slamming and Whipping of Wave-Piercing Catamarans; Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology International Conference
Slamming kinematics, impulse and energy transfer for wave-piercing catamarans; Journal of Ship Research
Slamming of High-Speed Catamarans in Severe Sea Conditions Investigated by Hydroelastic Segmented Model Experiments; Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics
Systematic model tests on centre bow design for motion and slamming load alleviation in high speed catamarans; 14th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
The 2019 Vice Admiral E. L. Cochrane Award: Slam loads and kinematics of wave-piercing catamarans during bow entry events in head seas
The art of scientific research publications in engineering; Publishing Research Quarterly
The effect of centre bow and wet-deck geometry on wet-deck slamming loads and vertical bending moments of wave-piercing catamarans; Ocean Engineering
The influence of the centre bow and wet-deck geometry on motions of wave-piercing catamarans; Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment
The Medal of Distinction of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects for Response of a high-speed wave piercing catamaran to an active ride control system
The prediction of wetdeck slam loads on high-speed catamarans; International Maritime Conference, Pacific
The Vibratory Response of High-Speed Catamarans to Slamming Investigated by Hydroelastic Segmented Model Experiments; International Journal of Maritime Engineering
The whipping vibratory response of a hydroelastic segmented catamaran model; FAST: International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
Transient slam load estimation by RANSE simulation and by dynamic modeling of a hydroelastic segmented model; The 30th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics
Unsupervised and supervised machine learning techniques for slamming classification from SHM data; The 9th International Conference on Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology
Using remote monitoring and machine learning to classify slam events of wave piercing catamarans; International Journal of Maritime Engineering
Validation for full scale Ranse simulation of resistance prediction for high speed catamarans; 12th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation
Wave impact loads on wave-piercing catamarans; Ocean Engineering
Wave slamming loads on wave-piercer catamarans operating at high-speed determined by hydro-elastic segmented model experiments; Marine Structures
Wet-deck slamming loads and pressures acting on wave piercing catamarans; International Shipbuilding Progress

Research Projects

APR Internship; Australian Institute of Mathematics & Science Pty Ltd (AMSI)
Power and Propulsion Efficiency of High-Speed Catamaran Vessels; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Remote sensing to improve structural efficiency of high-speed catamarans; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Incat Catamaran Motions and Loads Research
UTAS Motorsport FSAE ELECTRIC
UTAS Motorsport FSAE Research

Research Candidate Supervision

Computational Finite Element Analysis Methods for the Design and Optimisation of Space Frame Vehicle Chassis
Global Bending Moments of High Speed Wave Piercing Catamarans (WPC) Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
High Speed Craft Motion and Wave Load
Motions and Wave Loads of of Large High SPeed Catamarans
Self-propulsion Tests of Catamaran Ferry
Severe Dynamic Asymmetric Structural Loads on Large High-Speed Catamarans
Wave Slam of Large High-Speed Catamarans