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Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Decarbonisation and Offshore Renewable Energy Head of the School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (2017 - 2022)
Director of the COAST Laboratory
Member of the COAST Engineering Research Group
Director of the COAST Laboratory
Member of the COAST Engineering Research Group
Professional memberships
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (elected 2020)
Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects
Engineering Council, Chartered Engineer
Fellow of the Women’s Engineering Society
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Fellow of the Leadership Foundation
Senior Fellow HEA 2017
Roles on external bodies
Member of the RCUK Energy Programme’s Scientific Advisory Committee (2016 – 2020)
Member of the Editorial Advisory Panel of ICE’s international journal Engineering and Computational Mechanics
Member of the editorial board for the International Journal for Marine Energy
Member of the technical committee for EWTEC (European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference)
Member of the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Technical Advisory Group
Member of the Plymouth Employability Skills Board
Member of the Peer-review College of the EPSRC
Member of the NERC Pool of Technologies Reviewers
Member of the Royal Society’s research Grants Board 20K (Physical Sciences) (2019 – 2021)
Reviewer for international funding bodies (Singapore Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), Science & Engineering Research Council (SERC), German Academic Exchange Service), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, NOW.
Member of the Pool of Experts for the United Nations, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (OLA)
Previous member of the international Engineering Science Panel for Research Environment Evaluation of Uppsala University KoF2017 Quality and Renewal 2017 Uppsala University
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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EPSRC iCASE PhD Studentship: Sloshing of cryogenic hydrogen fuel - Airbus
Lee, Y. C. (PI - Principal Investigator), Greaves, D. (PI - Principal Investigator), Ransley, E. (PI - Principal Investigator) & Gambino, F. (PI - Principal Investigator)
1/10/21 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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GW-SHIFT
Greaves, D. (PI - Principal Investigator) & Lee, Y. C. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/01/24 → 31/01/28
Project: Research
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Flexible Responsive Systems in Wave Energy
Greaves, D. (PI - Principal Investigator), Ransley, E. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Hann, M. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Cheng, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Meng, M. (CoI - Co-Investigator) & Zheng, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
12/08/21 → 11/01/25
Project: Research
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IAA Additional Allocation 2025: Engagement and Collaborative Investigation into Dynamic Pressurisation of Sloshing in Cryogenic Fuel Tanks
Lee, Y. C. (PI - Principal Investigator) & Greaves, D. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
1/06/25 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
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Entrepreneurial Futures. Nurturing, embedding and accelerating an entrepreneurial culture in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly: an agile approach from higher and further education providers
Goodhew, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Alencastro, J. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Agarwal, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Knight, H. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Warwick, P. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Blake, W. (PI - Principal Investigator), Lunt, P. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Davidson, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Davey, P. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Greaves, D. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Ansell, L. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Johanning, L. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Whitley, T. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Hann, M. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Lopez-Santander, A. (CoI - Co-Investigator) & Rihan, H. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Good Growth
1/10/23 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
Research output
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CCP-WSI Blind Test Series 5: Numerical Investigation of Isothermal Sloshing in a Circular Tank Using OpenFOAM
Brown, S., Francis, V., Colville, S., Greaves, D. & Johanessen, I. P., 1 Jun 2025, The 35th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference. Vol. The 35th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference. ISOPE-I-25-332. (International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceedings published in a book › peer-review
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Comparison of floating offshore wind and tidal range for green hydrogen production and storage for industrial decarbonization
Pegler, D., Rawlinson-Smith, R., Michele, S., Coles, D. & Greaves, D., 16 Sept 2025, In: International Marine Energy Journal. 8, 3, p. 343-358 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Faraday waves and period tripling in a horizontal circular tank
Colville, S., Scolan, Y. M., Gambioli, F., Greaves, D., Ransley, E. & Lee, Y. C., 3 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1006, A4.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modelling the hydrodynamic response of a floating offshore wind turbine – a comparative study
Yu, S., Ransley, E., Qian, L., Zhou, Y., Brown, S., Greaves, D., Hann, M., Holcombe, A., Edwards, E., Tosdevin, T., Jagdale, S., Li, Q., Zhang, Y., Zhang, N., Yan, S., Ma, Q., Tagliafierro, B., Capasso, S., Martínez-Estévez, I. & Göteman, M. & 56 others, , Feb 2025, In: Applied Ocean Research. 155, 104441.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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On the development and application of short design events for the prediction of extreme responses of floating offshore wind turbines
Tosdevin, T., Brown, S., Fàbregas Flavià, F., Hann, M., Simmonds, D., Rawlinson-Smith, R., Wigg, R. & Greaves, D., 30 May 2025, In: Ocean Engineering. 327, 120929.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Media stories
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New Economics Study Results Reported from University of Plymouth (Techno-economic Analysis for Floating Offshore Wind and Offshore Green Hydrogen)
Greaves, D., Michele, S., Pegler, D. & Watkinson, M.
20/02/25
1 item of Media coverage
Media story
Datasets
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Supplementary information on early-stage floating offshore wind platform designs
Edwards, E. C. (Creator), Holcombe, A. (Creator), Brown, S. (Creator), Ransley, E. (Creator), Hann, M. (Creator) & Greaves, D. (Creator), University of Plymouth, 15 Dec 2023
DOI: 10.24382/scvw-0t77, https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/fose-datasets/35/
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Marinet2 - Datasets from the "Round robin" testing program on a hinged raft wave energy converter
Ohana, J. (Creator), Davey, T. (Creator), Sarmiento, J. (Creator), Thiebaut, F. (Creator), Haquin, S. (Creator), Weber, M. (Creator), Gueydon, S. (Creator), Judge, F. (Creator), Eoin, L. (Creator), O'Shea, M. (Creator), Gabl, R. (Creator), Jordan, L.-B. (Creator), Hann, M. (Creator), Wang, D. (Creator), Collins, K. (Creator), Conley, D. (Creator), Greaves, D. (Creator), Ingram, D. (Creator) & Murphy, J. (Creator), SEANOE, 2021
DOI: 10.17882/85077, https://www.seanoe.org/data/00739/85077/
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180427_dataset_ECM
Perez-Collazo, C. (Creator), Greaves, D. (Creator) & Iglesias Rodriguez, G. (Creator), University of Plymouth, 27 Apr 2018
DOI: 10.24382/bnwm-qd79, https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/fose-datasets/6/
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180309_dataset_MDPI_Energies
Perez-Collazo, C. (Creator), Greaves, D. (Creator) & Iglesias Rodriguez, G. (Creator), University of Plymouth, 13 Mar 2018
https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/fose-datasets/4/
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Research data supporting Open Access paper: "Physical modelling of wave scattering around fixed FPSO-shaped bodies"
Mai, T. (Creator), Greaves, D. (Creator), Raby, A. (Creator) & Taylor, P. H. (Creator), University of Plymouth, 19 Jan 2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2016.10.007, https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/fose-datasets/1/
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