Professor Gregorio Iglesias Rodriguez

Prof Gregorio Iglesias (GI) was previously the Head of the COAST Engineering Research Group and a Professor of Coastal Engineering at the University of Plymouth. He holds a Marie Curie fellowship (WaveImpact) focused on the effects of wave farms (arrays of wave energy converters) on coastal processes and, on this basis, the development of dual-purpose wave farms for coastal erosion management, in addition to carbon-free energy generation. With over 20 years’ experience, his research lines include: ocean renewable energy (resource assessment, impact assessment, development of wave energy converters, combined wave and wind systems, and economics), coastal processes (estuarine hydraulics, beach morphodynamics) and coastal and port structures (breakwater design). He patented a new type of wave energy converter (WaveCat), directed numerous laboratory tests of wave energy converters and breakwaters, and pioneered the application of Artificial Intelligence to beach morphology, infragravity waves in ports, laboratory tests of oil booms, and the design of coastal structures. GI is a member of the IEC Technical Committee in charge of the standards for wave energy device development (scale-model testing) and of the panel in charge of the Spanish Standards for Maritime Works (ROM). He is a member of various editorial boards, acts as a reviewer for international journals and research councils, has published over 100 journal papers and secured over £12M research income as Principal Investigator. His h-index is 31.

Appointments

·   Professor of Coastal Engineering, University of Plymouth (UK), 2012–present.

·   Marie Curie fellow, European Commission (CIGPCIG13-GA-2013-618556, Acronym: WAVEIMPACT), 2014–2018.

·   Head of the COAST Engineering Research Group, University of Plymouth (since 2012). In the period from Autumn 2012 to August 2016 the Research Group carried out 41 projects with a total funding of £6.2M (UoP, £3.1M)

·  Subject editor of Energy (Elsevier; 5-Year Impact Factor: 5.182) for Wave, Tidal and Hydro Power.

·   Member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Peer Review Associate College, UK.

·   Associate Professor, Coastal Engineering, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 2007–2012.

·   Visiting Scholar, Center for Applied Coastal Research, University of Delaware (USA), 2010.

·   Associate Professor, Coastal Engineering, University of A Coruña (Spain), 2003–2007.

·   Assistant Professor, Coastal Engineering, University of A Coruña (Spain), 1993–2003.

·   Coordinator of the Civil Engineering course, University of Santiago de Compostela (2010–2012).

·   Coordinator of the Research Group in Civil Engineering and Marine Energies (GICEMA) at the University of Santiago de Compostela (2010–2012).

·   Coordinator of Erasmus programmes for the Civil Engineering course, University of Santiago de Compostela (2010–2012).

Spain's Institution of Civil Engineers (Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos).

PIANC (The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure), Permanent task group: PIANC/Universities consortium (TG-PUC) 

 ·   Editorial Board of the International Journal of Ocean and Coastal Engineering (IJOCE), World Scientific.

·     Editorial Board of the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (Section Ocean Engineering) (JMSE; ISSN 2077-1312, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/jmse/ ).

·     Guest Editor, Special Issue “Complexity And Project Management: Challenges, Opportunities, And Future Research", Wiley. Ranking: 2/100 (Mathematics Interdisciplinary Applications); 9/64 (Multidisciplinary Sciences). Impact Factor: 4.621 (2017).

·     Research programme reviewer for: European Commission; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK; Ministry of Science and Technology, Spain; Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal; Research Foundation Flanders – FWO; Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan; etc.

·     Referee for: Renewable Energy, Energy, Coastal Engineering, Ocean and Coastal Management, Ecological Engineering, Geomorphology, Journal of Coastal Research, Geo-Marine Letters, Ocean Engineering, J. of Operational Oceanography, Applied Ocean Research, Energies, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, etc.

·     Co-convener, EGU2017, European Geosciences Union, session on Marine Renewable Energy: Resource Characterisation, Interactions and Impacts. Vienna, 23-28 April 2017.

·     Expert witness appointed to represent the Port Authority of Gijon (Spain) in the lawsuit concerning the recently built, €700m  Torres breakwater and port extension works, 2014-15.

·     Member of the panel in charge of the Spanish Standards for Maritime Works (Recomendaciones de Obras Marítimas, R.O.M.): R.O.M. 1.0 Breakwaters, R.O.M. 2.0 Quays.

·     Member of the IEC Technical Committee TC114 / PT: standards for sub-prototype size wave energy device development (scale-model tests of Wave Energy Converters).

·   Member of the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), Technical Committee IEC/TC 114/Ad Hoc Group (AHG) 7 “Assessment of information received on the usage of IEC/TS 62600-201, Tidal energy resource characterization and assessment”.

·     Member of the AENOR (Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification), AEN/CTN206/SC114 Committee "Marine Energies. Wave and Tidal Stream Energy Converters”.

·     Section Editor of the Journal Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability) - SSCI and SCIE Indexed.

·     Guest Editor of Sustainability, Special Issue on Wave Energy Converters (2016).

·     Review Editor, Coastal Ocean Processes, Frontiers in Marine Science.

·   External Reviewer of R&D Cluster Research Projects [Energy] at OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology), Japan, 14-16 December 2016.

·   Member of the Panel for the position of Senior Lecturer in Harbour and Coastal Engineering, University College Cork (Ireland), 20 October 2016.

·   Member of the Technical Committee, RENEW 2016 Renewable Energies Offshore Conference, Lisbon 24-28 October 2016.

·   Chairman, Session on Resource Assessment 4 – Tidal, RENEW 2016 Renewable Energies Offshore Conference, Lisbon 24-28 October 2016.

·   Chairman, Session on Economic Assessments 2, RENEW 2016 Renewable Energies Offshore Conference, Lisbon 24-28 October 2016.

·   Member of the Scientific Committee of 7th SCACR (Short Course/Conference on Applied Coastal Research), Univ. of Florence, October 2015.

·   External reviewer, MSc in Marine Renewable Energy, Bangor University (UK) (2015).

·   Member of the Scientific Committee, RENEW 2014 Renewable Energies Offshore Conference, Lisbon November 2014.

·   Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, 5th International Conference on the Application of Physical Modelling to Port and Coastal Protection (CoastLab14) (Varna, Bulgaria), 29 September - 2 October 2014.

·   Chairman, Session on Wave Device Development and Testing, European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), 3-6 September 2013, Aalborg, Denmark.

·   Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, 4th International Conference on the Application of Physical Modelling to Port and Coastal Protection (CoastLab 2012) (Ghent, Belgium), 17-20 September 2012

·   Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, 3rd International Conference on the Application of Physical Modelling to Port and Coastal Protection (CoastLab10) (Barcelona), 28 September – 1 October 2010

·   Member of the Scientific and International Advisory Committee, 2nd International Conference on the Application of Physical Modelling to Port and Coastal Protection (CoastLab08) (Bari, Italy), 2-5 July 2008

·   Member of the Scientific and International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean (ICCCM07) (Hammamet, Tunisia), 22-26 March 2007

·   Member of the Scientific and International Advisory Committee in the International Conference, International Conference on the Application of Physical Modelling to Port and Coastal Protection (CoastLab06) (Oporto, Portugal), 8-10 May 2006

·   Member of the panel for position 42064, Associate Professor in Wave Energy, at Aalborg University (Denmark), December 2013.

·     Performance and motion analysis of a chain moored OWC-type FB through physical modelling techniques, Lukas A. I. Macintosh, MSc in Coastal Engineering, University of Plymouth, October 2017.

·     Performance Characterization of a Floating Breakwater – OWC Hybrid Device in a Harbour Environment, William Gard Mortimer, MSc in Coastal Engineering, University of Plymouth, October 2017.

·     Numerical Comparison of Small Wave Energy Arrays with Variable Interdistances using BEM Solver NEMOH for Heaving Cylinders of Different Dimensions, Lander Galera Calero, MSc in Coastal Engineering, University of Plymouth, October 2017.

·     Combined wave and wind energy: synergies and implementation, Astariz Nuñez, S., PhD, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 07/03/2017.

·     The economics of tidal stream energy: a spatial approach, Vazquez Alvarez, A., PhD, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 07/03/2017.

·     A holistic methodology cum database for wave energy exploitation: Implementation on the Galician coast (NW Spain), Carballo, R., PhD, University of A Coruña (Spain), 20/12/2016. 

·     Performance of WaveCat under varying sea states, Sampanis, K., MSc, 2016.

·   High Frequency Sea Level Oscillations within the Dart Estuary, Chinnock, L., MSc, 2016.

·   Artificial Neural Networks applied to Rubblemound Structures, Nguyen, M., MEng, 2016.

·   Wave-Structure Interaction in Relation to the Scaled Nominal Diameter of Varying Rubble-Mound Breakwater Cores, Rolfe, J., MEng, 2016.

·   The Wave Structure Interaction of Uni & Bi-Modal Wave Spectra with a Rubble Mound Breakwater, Mayfield, J., MEng, 2016.

·   Beach Morphodynamics in the Lee of a Wave Farm: Synergies with Coastal Defence, Abanades, J., PhD, 2016.

·   An Evaluation of a New Hybrid Wave and Wind Energy Converter, Pérez, C., PhD, 2016.

·   Performance of WaveCat under varying sea states, Sampanis, K., MSc, 2016.

·   Optimisation of an OWC Wave Energy Converter by means of physical and numerical modelling, López, I., PhD, 2015.

·   Hybrid wave-wind offshore power for an island: resource, energy output and nearshore impact, Veigas Méndez, J.M., Ph.D., 29/07/2014.

[Outstanding PhD Thesis of the Year Award at the University of Santiago de Compostela (“Premio Extraordinario de Doutoramento”)].

·   Tidal stream exploitation in the Galician rias: resource, performance and impact, Ramos, J.V., Ph.D., 14/07/2014.

·   Low frequency waves and their effects on vessels at the Port of Ferrol, López, M., Ph.D., 14/07/2014.

·   Physical and numerical modelling of the WaveCat Wave Energy Converter, Fernández, H., Ph.D., 2012.

·   Multicriteria analysis for the implantation of wave energy systems in the northwestern coast of Galicia, Pombo, S., B.Sc., 2012. (In Spanish).

·   Tidal energy in Ria de Ribadeo: GIS on viability and impact factors, Besteiro, L.M., B.Eng., 2012. (In Spanish).

·   Analysis of the river-tidal current resource in the Estuary of the Miño, Cancio, J., B.Eng., 2012. (In Spanish).

·   Analysis of the behaviour of long-skirt, semirigid oil booms under waves and currents by means of physical modelling, Lastra, E., B.Eng., 2012. (In Spanish).

·   Analysis of the wave-structure interaction in submerged breakwaters by means of Artificial Intelligence, Rubinos, A., B.Eng., 2012. (In Spanish).

·   Analysis of the wind energy potential in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Vázquez, B., B.Eng., 2012. (In Spanish).

·   Assessment of the tidal stream potential in Ria de Ferrol, García, P., M.Eng., 2011. (In Spanish).

·   Tidal stream resource in Ria de Ortigueira, Sánchez, M., B.Eng., 2011. (In Spanish).

·   Assessment of the tidal potential in Ria de Ribadeo, Alvarez, M., B.Eng., 2011. (In Spanish).

·   Study of the current situation and new horizons in the development of wave energy, López, M., M.Eng., 2010. (In Spanish).

·   Numerical modelling of a Wave Energy Converter, López, I., M.Eng., 2010. (In Spanish).

·   Numerical modelling of the currents in the Ria de Muros y Noya and their energy potential, Carballo, R., Ph.D., 2009.

·   Analysis of the behaviour of floating booms under the action of waves and currents by means of physical modelling and Artificial Intelligence, Castro, A., Ph.D., 2009.

[Outstanding PhD Thesis of the Year Award, University of Santiago de Compostela (“Premio Extraordinario de Doutoramento”)].

·   The WaveCat Wave Energy Converter – Physical and Numerical Modelling, Fernández, H., B.Eng., 2009. (In Spanish).

·   Experimental study of an offshore system for wave energy production, Moura Paredes, G., University of Porto (Portugal), M.Eng., 2008. (In Portuguese) (Co-advisor; advisor: Prof. F. Taveira Pinto).

·   Salty discharges into the marine environment, Arévalo, P., M.Eng., 2008. (In Spanish).

·   Physical modelling applied to Maritime Engineering, Varela, F., B.Eng., 2008. (In Spanish).

·   Application of neural networks to the computation of overtopping on maritime structures, Cota Mascuñana, D., M.Eng., 2008. (In Spanish).

·   Study of the hydrodynamics in the Cove of San Ciprian (Lugo), Souto, D., B.Eng., 2007. (In Spanish).

·   Analysis by means of A.I. of the planform of headland-bay beaches, López, I., B.Eng., 2007. (In Spanish).

·   Energy analysis of the Galician coast. Study of the different wave energy conversion technologies, López, M., B.Eng., 2007. (In Spanish).

·   Optimum wastewater treatment in the Galician countryside, Parajes, J., B.Eng., 2006. (In Spanish).

·   Planform models for bayed beaches. Study by means of Artificial Neural networks, Valladares, M., M.Eng., 2006. (In Spanish).

·   Analysis of pocket beach planform by means of Artificial Intelligence, Diz-Lois, G., M.Eng., 2006. (In Spanish).

·   Experimental characterisation of the design variants of the anti-reflective system for the caisson quay, East Quay extension (Port of Almeria), Estrada, J., M.Eng., 2003. (In Spanish).

·   Wave propagation model using the parabolic approximation to Berhoff’s equation, Marín, R., M.Eng., 1999. (In Spanish).

•    Coastal Engineering 

•    Port & Harbour Engineering  

•   Marine Renewable Energy