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 and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
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 is a member of the UK Government Department of Energy Security and Net Zero STAC (Science and Technology Advisory Council) among other advisory roles both nationally and internationally. 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 High Court in London and the London Court of International Arbitration.
Publications
- A review of fluid–structure interaction modelling for integrated analysis of floating offshore wind turbine substructures
- Ran Xiaoming, Rodriguez Claudio A, Rui Shengjie, Wang Xintong, Brennan Feargal, Collu Maurizio
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Vol 240 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2026.117223
- Towards optimised oscillating water columns with dielectric elastomer generators : a parametric analysis of design parameters and functional specifications
- Abad Farhad, Lotfian Saeid, Huang Yang, Dai Saishuai, Yang Liu, Xiao Qing, Brennan Feargal
- Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Vol 14 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse14121136
- Hydroelastic response of an articulated VLFS : experimental, potential flow and CFD insights.
- Arredondo-Galeana Abel, Brown Scott, Ogden David, Greaves Deborah, Brennan Feargal
- 10th international Conference on Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology (2026)
- Multiphysics modelling of S3-type flexible tube WECs with distributed DEG PTO : bulge wave dynamics and fluid-structure-electric coupling
- Huang Yang, Xiao Qing, Yang Liu, Dai Saishuai, Lotfian Saeid, Brennan Feargal
- Energy Conversion and Management Vol 360 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2026.121588
- Structural design and integrity assessment of FOWT substructures : supporting cost efficiency across the life cycle
- Wang Xintong, Rodriguez Castillo Claudio Alexis, Ran Xiaoming, Collu Maurizio, Brennan Feargal
- Supergen ORE Hub Early Career Researchers Forum and Annual Assembly (2026)
- A comprehensive fatigue test programme to better understand offshore steel monopile durability
- Brennan Feargal, Mehmanparast Ali
- Marine Structures Vol 109 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marstruc.2026.104078
Professional Activities
- Digital twin for risk-based structural integrity management of offshore structures
- Contributor
- 2/2025
- 9th International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering
- Organiser
- 2/6/2021
Projects
- Triton anchor structural analysis
- Li, Shen (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2026
- COLLU_OSI_ATLP_DLC12
- Collu, Maurizio (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Li, Shen (Co-investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator)
- 10-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Energy Transition course for ENI
- Collu, Maurizio (Principal Investigator) Anaya-Lara, Olimpo (Co-investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Campos-Gaona, David (Co-investigator) Recalde Camacho, Luis (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2027
- 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)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2028
Contact
Professor
Feargal
Brennan
James Blyth Chair
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
Email: feargal.brennan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4093