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
- Experimental investigation of nonlinear forces on a monopile offshore wind turbine foundation under directionally spread waves
- Ding Haoyu, Zhao Guangwei, Tang Tianning, Taylor Paul, Adcock Thomas AA, Dai Saishuai, Ning DeZhi, Chen Lifen, Li Jinxuan, Wang Rongquan, Zang Jun
- Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Vol 147 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4067116
- Failure analysis of tidal turbine blades : understanding erosion mechanisms and their impact on structural integrity
- Habibi Payvand, Abad Farhad, Dai Saishuai, Mehmanparast Ali, Lotfian Saeid
- Engineering Failure Analysis Vol 182 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2025.110045
- Synergising Floating Wind and Hydrogen Production and Storage: Insights From the HyFloat Concept
- Rodríguez Castillo Claudio Alexis, Dai Saishuai, Collu Maurizio, Brennan Feargal
- ASME 2025 44th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering 44th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1115/omae2025-157614
- CFD analysis of container ship manoeuvring performance under different trim conditions
- Yun Haechan, Choi Wooseok, Min Gyeongseo, Do Younguk, Kim Kangmin, Kim Daejeong, Dai Saishuai, Tezdogan Tahsin, Song Soonseok
- Ocean Engineering Vol 341 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.122489
- Evaluation of free-surface exposure effects on tidal turbine performance using CFD
- Min Gyeongseo, Choi Wooseok, Yun Haechan, Do Younguk, Kim Kangmin, Shi Weichao, Dai Saishuai, Kim Daejeong, Song Soonseok
- Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Vol 13 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13081589
- 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
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