Experience

OWC

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of Hydrogen

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Support local & international developers, investors and other stakeholders in offshore wind & other onshore/offshore renewables, hydrogen, and energy transition across Ireland, Vietnam and other countries. Support local & international developers, investors and other stakeholders in offshore wind & other onshore/offshore renewables, hydrogen, and energy transition across Ireland, Vietnam and other countries.



MaREI

• Mexico
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Research Fellow & Project Principal Investigator/Manager

  • Jul 2017 - Oct 2021

  MaREI (www.marei.ie) combines the expertise of a wide range of research groups and industry partners, with the shared mission of solving the main scientific, technical and socio-economic challenges across the marine and renewable energy sectors, and has over 200 researchers working across 12 academic institutions collaborating with over 60+ industry partners. My roles are: • Principal Investigator (Director) of industry projects in offshore wind turbines/substructures, offshore wind to hydrogen, offshore cables and floating wind. I have been managing the development of a Masterplan for Irish offshore wind energy including the appropriate mix of storage technologies linked to diverse markets. • Providing leadership and direction to a multidisciplinary team working in the areas of offshore wind, data and energy management, new energy markets, hydrogen, logistics, governance, environmental etc. • Ensuring that projects' goals and outputs are met. Show less



ANT Solutions

• Argentina
• Software Development

• Consultant

  • Sep 2016 - Jun 2017

  • Wind turbine erection monitoring and project management. • Development of innovative two-bladed offshore wind turbines, estimation of fatigue lives and loads & foundation selection. • Assessment of wind farm layouts using single and multiple wake models. • Development of offshore wind farms, including options for energy storage for different consumers, storage capacities, densities and periods. • Wind turbine erection monitoring and project management. • Development of innovative two-bladed offshore wind turbines, estimation of fatigue lives and loads & foundation selection. • Assessment of wind farm layouts using single and multiple wake models. • Development of offshore wind farms, including options for energy storage for different consumers, storage capacities, densities and periods.



Seawind Ocean Technology

• Netherlands
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Sep 2015 - Jun 2017

  Seawind (www.seawindtechnology.com) installed the world’s first floating wind turbine - BlueH. I completed: • Investigation of potential manufacturers for nacelle houses of 6-MW two-bladed wind turbines. • Due-diligence study of potential sub-contractors for construction of offshore wind farms. • Technical assistance for crowd fund raising and proposals for funding applications. Seawind (www.seawindtechnology.com) installed the world’s first floating wind turbine - BlueH. I completed: • Investigation of potential manufacturers for nacelle houses of 6-MW two-bladed wind turbines. • Due-diligence study of potential sub-contractors for construction of offshore wind farms. • Technical assistance for crowd fund raising and proposals for funding applications.



Wood Group - clean energy

• Senior Engineer

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2017

  Development of software modules, consultancy and customer support for offshore and energy industry: • Coupled modelling tool for floating wind turbines. • Business case for offshore wind and floating wind modelling tools. • Modules for modelling of wave energy converters (damper type), synthetic mooring rope, and floating body stiffness and damping by interfacing with WAMIT®. • Improved of Drift-Off, Operability and Hang-Off analysis modules for Optima®; Analysed the operations of three drill ships. • Dynamic analysis of moored floating bodies, moorings and risers • Developed algorithms and tool for simulating three-dimensional (3D) seabed profiles from large cloud of topography data provided by Clients. Data sets of up to one million points with high randomness. • Supported worldwide clients from oil, gas and offshore energy industry on using various technical functionalities of the software, modelling techniques and technical background. Show less



Trinity College Dublin

• Ireland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Fellow

  • Dec 2013 - Jul 2014

  • INDICATE project: Led the development of quantitative models for energy policy using Artificial Neuron Networks to identify the impact of low carbon heat policies to induce technological policy development by analysing 31,560 technology installations in the Irish Government-funded “Greener Homes Scheme”. • WRAM project: Led the development a new floating wave energy converter (oscillating water column type) including feasibility study, development of analytical models, design optimization and numerical analysis of 1/4-scale and full-scale models. Collaborated with Swirl Generators Ltd (formerly Wavebob). Show less

• Marie-Curie Post-doctoral Research Fellow

  • Apr 2011 - Nov 2013

  • EU FP7 SYSWIND project: Floating wind turbine modelling and control, I developed: - A new coupled model (aero-mechano-servo-mooring-hydrodynamics) for floating wind turbines (FWTs) - Passive controllers with optimized parameters by multiple tuned mass dampers (MTMDs) for FWT vibrations.- A semi-active algorithm for vibration control of FWT blades, nacelle and spar platform. • EU FP7 NOTES project: Fixed-base wind turbines, time-frequency & stochastic modelling of structures by wavelets and finite element method. • Project Manager (Sep 2012 – Jul 2013): Managed local organising team of the International Conference on Damage Assessment of Structures (DAMAS 2013, 200+ participants) and the 1st SYSWIND Workshop (60+ participants). I coordinated all activities including venue, facilities, advertisement, communications with publisher and participants, website, abstract and paper review. Show less



Plaxis BV

• Netherlands
• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Marie-Curie Post-doctoral Researcher

  • Apr 2010 - Mar 2011

  PLAXIS® (www.plaxis.nl) is also the world-renowned software for geotechnics. I completed: • Modelling and analysis of offshore wind turbines on monopile foundations. • Development of a module for conditional simulation of spatially-varying ground motions. • Simulation of undrained behaviour and liquefaction of dense sand using small-strain model of soils, seismic analysis of structures in multi-layer soils with soil-structure interactions. • Support PLAXIS’s worldwide clients from offshore, construction and design industry. Show less



Konkuk University

• South Korea
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Mar 2009 - Mar 2010

  • Coordinated the new graduate course "Bridge Dynamics", developed course materials, gave lectures, invited industry engineers for practical lectures, graded assignment and exam papers. • Supervised 01 MSc thesis on modal analysis with moving loads. • Transferred my PhD outcome to industry and to modules of XFINAS, a FEM-program for structural analysis. • Coordinated the new graduate course "Bridge Dynamics", developed course materials, gave lectures, invited industry engineers for practical lectures, graded assignment and exam papers. • Supervised 01 MSc thesis on modal analysis with moving loads. • Transferred my PhD outcome to industry and to modules of XFINAS, a FEM-program for structural analysis.



Asian Institute of Technology

• Thailand
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Research Associate

  • Aug 2003 - Dec 2008

  AIT (www.ait.asia) is a premier international postgraduate institution that promotes technological change and sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region. I completed. • PhD project: New three-dimensional (3-D) wheel-rail interface (WRI) considering both geometrical and equilibrium compatibilities, formulations of 3-D bridge-train dynamic interactions through WRI for both articulated trains (European TGV and Korean eXpress Train - KTX) and independent-cars trains (Japan Shinkansen and Taiwan HST), and an efficient numerical algorithm are developed. Elevation, alignment and angular profiles of rail surface are randomly simulated. • Special Study project: Dynamic analysis of fixed-base and isolated structures under multi-components base-excitations. • Structural dynamic and aerodynamic analysis of offshore platforms and cable-stayed bridges. • Examiner for Mathematics, appointed by the Embassy of Japan in Thailand, Examined Thai students (500+, every summer) for graduate study in Japan. • Teaching Assistant, Graduate course “Advanced Steel Structures”. Show less



Vietnam Maritime University (VMU)

• Assistant Instructor/Instructor

  • Dec 1999 - Jun 2001

  VMU (www.vimaru.edu.vn) is the national university for maritime navigation, ship building, ocean studies and offshore and waterway engineering. I lectured undergrad courses "Steel Structures" & "Structural Mechanics" and had pedagogy training. VMU (www.vimaru.edu.vn) is the national university for maritime navigation, ship building, ocean studies and offshore and waterway engineering. I lectured undergrad courses "Steel Structures" & "Structural Mechanics" and had pedagogy training.



Engineering Consultant JSC Company (VCC)

• Structural Engineer

  • Jul 1999 - Jun 2001

  VCC (www.vcc.com.vn) is the largest industrial and urban construction consulting company in Vietnam. My tasks included structural and foundation designs for office, school and factory buildings, and construction supervision of a resort complex. VCC (www.vcc.com.vn) is the largest industrial and urban construction consulting company in Vietnam. My tasks included structural and foundation designs for office, school and factory buildings, and construction supervision of a resort complex.