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
- Reductions in current and wave-driven flows in jacket structures : a numerical investigation
- Archer Aidan J, Taylor Paul H, Wolgamot Hugh, Orszaghova Jana, Dai Saishuai
- Journal of Fluids and Structures Vol 145 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2026.104598
- 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
- CFD-MoorDyn coupling analysis for mooring line failure events of parked floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT)
- Do Younguk, Min Gyeongseo, Yun Haechan, Kim Kangmin, Jung Keounghyun, Dai Saishuai, Kim Daejeong, Choung Joonmo, Song Soonseok
- Ocean Engineering Vol 363 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2026.126703
- Wave energy conversion and attenuation of a floating composite-stiffness carpet as a flexible WEC-breakwater hybrid system
- Cheng Yong, Zhang Xinxin, Dai Saishuai, Yuan Zhiming, Incecik Atilla, Li Mingxin
- Energy Conversion and Management Vol 365 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2026.121787
- 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
- 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
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
- BASM-WEC Workshop
- Participant
- 2023
Projects
- Triton anchor structural analysis
- Li, Shen (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2026
- 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
- FTLP+
- Dai, David (Principal Investigator) Collu, Maurizio (Co-investigator) Rodriguez Castillo, Claudio Alexis (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2026
- Green Renewable Energy for Efficient Networks: Off-grid Facilities for PORTs (GREENOFFPORT)
- Gunbeyaz, Sefer Anil (Principal Investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Turan, Osman (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