Contact Details
Qualifications:
BSc 1.1 honours 1976 Queen’s University Belfast Civil Engineering
PhD 1981 Queen’s University Belfast ‘A hydrodynamic study of wave energy systems with particular reference to oscillating water columns.’
FREng. Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
FICE Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers
FRINA Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects
CEng. Chartered engineer
Brief Description: Trevor is Professor of Coastal Engineering at Queen's University Belfast having been awarded a personal chair in 1993. He was elected a Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering in 2002. He is adviser to the board of Aquamarine Power Ltd., a company formed to commercially develop the OysterTM wave power system. His most significant engineering achievement has been as project manager of the team which designed, constructed and operated Britain's first wave power station located on the Isle of Islay. Prior to decommissioning in 1998, the 75kw plant was one of only four stations in the world supplying electricity to a national distribution grid. The significance of this work was recognised when the team was presented with The ESSO Energy award in 1994 by The Royal Society. This work lead to the construction of the 500kW LIMPET plant which was commissioned in 2001 and is now being commercially developed. His latest wave power device, OysterTM is scheduled to be launched in 2007 and should emerge as a leader in the global development of multi MW wave power farms.
Teaching Interests:
MEng Design
Coastal Engineering
Administrative Responsibilities:
Head of the Marine Renewable Research Group QUB
Centre for Coastal Science and Engineering QUB
Member of the School management board
Research Interests:
Ocean renewable energy, wave power and tidal stream
Wave mechanics and coastal processes
Wash from high speed ships
Consultancy:
Naval architecture (small craft design)
Testing marine structures, breakwaters, harbour layouts, wave power devices
Wave tank testing
Prototype monitoring at sea
