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
- Energy harvesting and wave attenuation performance of a floating flexible annulus-shaped wave energy converter
- Teng Zhiyuan, Cheng Yong, Dai Saishuai, Yuan Zhiming, Incecik Atilla
- Ocean Engineering Vol 358 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2026.125872
- 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 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2026.121588
- Experimental analysis of resistance reduction and heel motion characteristics of wind-assisted vessels using the SIL system
- Min Gyeongseo, Yoon Hyeongseok, Jeon Jaeyoon, Dai Saishuai, Kim Sanghyun, Kim Daejeong, Kim Seungnam, Song Soonseok
- Ocean Engineering Vol 354 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2026.124905
- Beyond uniform roughness : ship resistance with spatially non-uniform hull surface conditions
- Han Sang-seok, Lee Ho-won, Dai Saishuai, Terziev Momchil
- Ocean Engineering Vol 352 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2026.124462
- Comparing the performance of different geometries of fixed OWC-type wave energy devices using CFD simulations
- Francis Vivek, Hann Martyn, Collins Keri, Mulard Aude, Dai Saishuai, Greaves Deborah
- International Marine Energy Journal Vol 8, pp. 473-479 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.36688/imej.8.473-479
- Hydroelastic performance of a flexible pontoon-type floating breakwater embedded with multiple oscillating-water-column devices
- Hu Yinong, Cheng Yong, Dai Saishuai, Yuan Zhiming, Incecik Atilla
- Renewable Energy Vol 259 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2025.125065
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
- Mull Kelp Farm Wave Attenuation Study
- Rodriguez Castillo, Claudio Alexis (Principal Investigator) Collu, Maurizio (Co-investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator)
- 30-Jan-2026 - 29-Jan-2027
- Survivability of Floating Offshore Solar Farms under Extreme Weather Conditions (International Joint Project)
- Yuan, Zhiming (Principal Investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Incecik, Atilla (Co-investigator) Terziev, Momchil (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 29-Jan-2028
- Analysis for a wave energy converter
- Dai, David (Principal Investigator) Incecik, Atilla (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2029
- Underwater laser cleaning of ships’ hulls for maritime sector decarbonisation
- Boulougouris, Evangelos (Principal Investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Nazemian, Amin (Co-investigator) Aung, Myo Zin (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- FTLP+
- Dai, David (Principal Investigator) Collu, Maurizio (Co-investigator) Rodriguez Castillo, Claudio Alexis (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2026
- Hydrogen Floating Powerhub - Feasibility Study
- Dai, David (Principal Investigator) Ahmed, Khaled (Co-investigator) Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Co-investigator) Li, Shen (Co-investigator) Turan, Osman (Co-investigator) Yuan, Zhiming (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
Contact
Dr
David
Dai
Senior Lecturer
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
Email: saishuai.dai@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 330 2650