Dr David Dai
Senior Lecturer
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
Personal statement
Dr Saishuai (David) Dai has been a research assistant (2015-2016), then a research associate (2016-2020) and then a research fellow (2020-2023) in the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde at Glasgow. Since 2023, Dr Dai has taken on the role of the director of the Kelvin Hydrodynamics Laboratory and a lecturership in the department.
Dr Dai's research mainly focuses on hydrodynamics tank testing and CFD simulations of hydrodynamics problems, including but not limited to offshore renewable energy (wind, wave, tidal), conventional floating structures (floating/fixed oil&gas platforms) and offshore vessels.
Prize And Awards
- Honorable Mention for the 2022 Vice Admiral E. L. Cochrane Award
- Recipient
- 23/6/2022
Publications
- Enhancing wave energy conversion by multi-floating bodies arrayed within near-trapping modes
- Yu Jianyou, Cheng Yong, Dai Saishuai, Li Mingxin, Yuan Zhiming, Incecik Atilla
- Energy Vol 329 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.136756
- Hinged connected platforms for floating tidal turbines
- Arredondo-Galeana Abel, Chen Yongqiang, Dai Saishuai, Zhang Xiantao, Brennan Feargal
- The 16th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (2025)
- Hydrodynamic characteristics of a wave energy converter array-offshore aquaculture cage group hybrid system
- Cheng Yong, Hu Yinong, Yu Deshuang, Dai Saishuai, Yuan Zhiming, Incecik Atilla, Wang Gang
- Energy Vol 328 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.136522
- Modelling and testing of hinged connected VLFS with applicability to offshore renewables
- Arredondo-Galeana Abel, Li Shen, Dai David, Collu Maurizio
- Large Floating Solutions Design, Construction, Legality of Offshore Structures and Buoyant Urbanism (2025) (2025)
- Wave energy harvesting performance of a novel Dual-mode Oscillating Buoy- Parabolic Oscillating Water Column (DOB-POWC) hybrid system
- Liu Weifeng, Cheng Yong, Dai Saishuai, Yuan Zhiming, Incecik Atilla
- Renewable Energy Vol 248 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2025.123157
- Experimental investigation of hydroelastic response and resonance characteristics in Anaconda wave energy converter
- Huang Yang, Xiao Qing, Dai Saishuai, Cui Lin, Yang Liu, Lotfian Saeid, Abad Farhad, Idarraga Guillermo, Brennan Feargal
- Ocean Engineering Vol 334 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.121554
Teaching
NM978: Physical Testing of Offshore Renewable Energy Systems.
NM423: Seakeeping and Manoeuvring.
NM522/969: Renewable Marine Energy Systems.
IDCORE CDT: Fluids and Structures.
Professional Activities
- Facility Showcase Event
- Participant
- 20/5/2025
- Strategic Themes: EPSRC Critical Mass Programmes to Drive a Sustainable Future
- Participant
- 30/1/2025
- EPSRC Scoping Worskhop (Critical mass)
- Participant
- 30/1/2025
- Renewable Energy (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 11/1/2024
- 50 primary school pupils
- Host
- 2/11/2023
- Applied Sciences (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2023
Projects
- Model stability training for Maritime and Coastguard Agency 2025
- Dai, David (Principal Investigator)
- 16-Jan-2025 - 17-Jan-2025
- Low Cost Underwater Glider
- Aktas, Batuhan (Principal Investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Lazakis, Iraklis (Co-investigator)
- 31-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- Model stability training for Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Dai, David (Principal Investigator)
- 26-Jan-2024 - 27-Jan-2024
- 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
- Offshore Floating Structures (RAE visiting professor scheme -Dr Aijun Wang LIoyds Register)
- Dai, David (Principal Investigator)
- 16-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2027
- Computational Optimisation of the Vortex Turbine
- Terziev, Momchil (Principal Investigator) Dai, David (Principal Investigator) Incecik, Atilla (Principal Investigator) Iqbal, Muhammad (Research Co-investigator)
- Computational Fluid Dynamics modelling and optimisation of a propriatery renewable energy device.
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2024
Contact
Dr
David
Dai
Senior Lecturer
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
Email: saishuai.dai@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 330 2650