News
February 23, 2022
OFFshore Hub shines at first SUT ETM of 2022
As official sponsor of the Society for Underwater Technology’s (SUT) first Evening Technical Meeting (ETM) of 2022 in Perth, OFFshore Hub members presented to a packed (socially distanced) house – with over 75 people in attendance. The OFFshore Hub sponsored event highlighted impactful project outcomes of the OFFshore Hub wave-structure interaction research stream. The multidisciplinary research…
Read MoreJanuary 20, 2022
OFFshore Hub Presents at SUT Evening Technical Meeting
As part of the Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Offshore Floating Facilities (OFFshore Hub) Impact Engagement and Legacy program, academic and industry members of the team will be co-presenting at the the Society for Underwater Technology’s (SUT) first Evening Technical Meeting (ETM) of 2022. The focus of this ETM will be on high impact project…
Read MoreDecember 20, 2021
OFFshore Hub: an enduring legacy
The Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre (IOMRC) at UWA recently hosted a celebration event for the five-year ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Offshore Floating Facilities (OFFshore Hub). Industry partners, academics and colleagues from across the university attended, with Director Christophe Gaudin congratulating everyone for having made the OFFshore Hub a resounding success. Christophe spoke…
Read MoreJuly 1, 2021
Passing the Director baton
On July 1st 2021 the current OFFshore Hub Director Prof Phil Watson will pass on the Directorship to Head of UWA Oceans Graduate School, and OFFshore Hub Project 3 Chief Investigator, Prof Christophe Gaudin in order to take up the Directorship of the new ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Transforming energy Infrastructure through Digital…
Read MoreMay 21, 2021
ICE Publishing Awards 2021 Recipients
Each year ICE Publishing celebrates the best work published in its journals with the ICE Publishing Awards. This year OFFshore ITRH members Zefeng Zhou, Conleth O’Loughlin and David White are proud recipients of the 2021 Telford Gold Medal, Best Paper Overall for their work entitled An effective stress analysis for predicting the evolution of SCR–seabed…
Read MoreApril 7, 2021
Spotlight on PhD Student Alex Osuchowski
Alex Osuchowski is a PhD student in the Project 4: Novel Anchors and Subsea Foundation Systems project stream. Alex’s research interests lie in the integration of geophysical and geotechnical data collected during offshore site investigations to maximise our understanding of seabed conditions. His work focuses on the development of a workflow that utilises geophysical sub-bottom…
Read MoreMarch 3, 2021
Jack Jorgensen, Chris Lawlor Scholarship Recipient
Congratulations to new OFFshore Hub member Jack Jorgensen of the Project 5: Floating facility data analytics for condition/ longevity monitoring stream on his recent scholarship win. Jack, a first-year PhD student at UWA, has just commenced his study of the quantification and propagation of uncertainty through digital twins to predict remnant fatigue life of bolts…
Read MoreFebruary 19, 2021
Spotlight on PhD Student Mariajose Guevera
Mariajose Guevera is a PhD student in the Project 3: Reliable moorings and risers project stream. Her research focuses on potential improvements to estimates of conductor fatigue life by considering the whole-life response of the surrounding soil. Using conductor fatigue analysis, Mariajose is focussing on developing “intelligent” p-y curves to model the soil-structure interaction. She…
Read MoreFebruary 17, 2021
OFFshore ITRH awarded 16 million supercomputing hours for 2021
The OFFshore ITRH was once again successful in receiving access to world-class, supercomputer facilities through Pawsey’s Energy and Resources Scheme and the National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme (NCMAS) for 2021. The allocation process was highly competitive across the Australian research community this year with requests for core hours far exceeding capacity. The project team comprised of…
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2021
Mark Randolph, 2021 Officer of the Order of Australia
OFFshore Hub Chief Investigator and all round geotechnical champion Professor Mark Randolph has been named an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for 2021. This well deserved accolade adds to Mark’s already impressive list of awards. The Order of Australia recognises Australians who have demonstrated outstanding service or exceptional achievement and this year OFFshore…
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