Professor Feargal Brennan
James Blyth Chair
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
Personal statement
Feargal Brennan is the James Blyth Distinguished Professor of Offshore Engineering at the University of Strathclyde.
He is Research Director of the Wind & Marine Systems and Structures (WAMSS) Centre for Doctoral Training. He is a Director and the Offshore Wind Champion for the EPSRC Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Programme, Principal Investigator of Ocean-Refuel and Co-Investigator of the CoTide UKRI/EPSRC Programmes. He sits on the UK Government Department of Energy Security and Net Zero Science Expert Group, SOWEC (The Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council) the NZTC (Net Zero Technology Centre) academic advisory board and the GUH (Global Underwater Hub) board. He is the UK standing member and leader of the UK delegation to the ISSC (International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress) and has served as expert witness for commercial offshore wind litigation cases at the London Court of International Arbitration.
Publications
- Experimental and computational analysis of elastomer membranes used in oscillating water column WECs
- Abad Farhad, Lotfian Saeid, Dai Saishuai, Zhao Guangwei, Idarraga Alarcon Guillermo, Yang Liu, Huang Yang, Xiao Qing, Brennan Feargal
- Renewable Energy Vol 226 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.120422
- Optimal control of wave cycloidal rotors with passively morphing foils : an analytical and numerical study
- Arredondo-Galeana Abel, Ermakov Andrei, Shi Weichao, Ringwood John V, Brennan Feargal
- Marine Structures Vol 95 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marstruc.2024.103597
- Re-evaluation of fatigue design curves for offshore wind monopile foundations using thick as-welded test specimens
- Mehmanparast Ali, Chahardehi Amir, Brennan Feargal, Manzocchi Mark
- Engineering Failure Analysis Vol 158 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2024.107971
- Hinged very large floating structures for wave energy conversion and wind turbine foundation
- Arredondo-Galeana Abel, Collu Maurizio, Brennan Feargal
- Supergen ORE Hub Seventh Annual Assembly (2024)
- Implementation of digital twin-enabled virtually monitored data in inspection planning
- Li Shen, Brennan Feargal
- Applied Ocean Research Vol 144 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2024.103903
- A critical review of challenges and opportunities for the design and operation of offshore structures supporting renewable hydrogen production, storage, and transport
- Rodríguez Castillo Claudio Alexis, Yeter Baran, Li Shen, Brennan Feargal, Collu Maurizio
- Wind Energy Science Vol 9, pp. 533–554 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-533-2024
Professional Activities
Projects
- Strathclyde Inspire Gate 2 Award
- Li, Shen (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator)
- Funding to support commercialisation activities
- 29-Jan-2023
- Strathclyde Inspire Gate 1 Award
- Li, Shen (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator)
- Funding to support patent application
- 27-Jan-2023
- CoTide – Co-design to deliver Scalable Tidal Stream Energy
- Brennan, Feargal (Principal Investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator) Oterkus, Selda (Co-investigator) Stack, Margaret (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2028
- Oil States Industries ATLP review and analysis
- Collu, Maurizio (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator)
- 16-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
- Assess the performance of an innovative offshore platform for wind turbine
- Dai, David (Principal Investigator) Collu, Maurizio (Co-investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Zhao, Guangwei (Co-investigator) Black, Steven (Co-investigator)
- 30-Jan-2023 - 04-Jan-2023
- Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) - Bridging the Gaps (BTG) – Net Zero / Circular Economy
- Javadi, Yashar (Principal Investigator) Lotfian, Saeid (Co-investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator)
- In-situ Robotic and Ultrasonic Stress Measurement for Predictive Maintenance of Offshore Wind Bolted Flange Connections
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023
Contact
Professor
Feargal
Brennan
James Blyth Chair
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
Email: feargal.brennan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4093