News
August 30, 2019
Conference Skills and Effective Communication Workshop
Dr Krystyna Haq, Graduate Education Officer at UWA, recently stopped by OceanWorks to present a workshop on Conference Skills and Effective Communication to PhD students from the OFFshore ITRH and the Oceans Graduate School (OGS). Dr Haq has worked in the area of science communication for over 15 years and runs a wide range of…
Read MoreJuly 31, 2019
2019 SJTU Graduate Summer School
OFFshore ITRH member Wenhua Zhao recently attended the opening ceremony of the 2019 International Summer School on Naval Architecture, Ocean Engineering and Mechanics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). As an invited keynote speaker, Wenhua addressed both students and professors on the importance of ocean engineering and its various aspects, including climate change, renewables, and…
Read MoreJune 19, 2019
OMAE 2019 – 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering
It’s that time of year again when members of the OFFshore ITRH head off to present their current research to an international audience at the annual conference of Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE). This year’s conference marks its 38th anniversary and was held at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow, Scotland from the…
Read MoreApril 10, 2019
34th International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies
Members of the OFFshore Hub recently made a splash at the 34th International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies (IWWWFB) in Newcastle, New South Wales – the first time this prestigious workshop has been held in Australia. Chief Investigators Paul Taylor, Wenhua Zhao and Hugh Wolgamot, and Research Fellows Lifen Chen and Ian Milne,…
Read MoreMarch 8, 2019
World-class Ocean Engineering Expert Peter Tromans Visits the OFFshore Hub
The OFFshore ITRH is readying itself for the imminent arrival of Prof Peter Tromans, current Chairman of Ocean Wave Engineering Ltd in Oxford, UK. Prof Tromans has vast ocean engineering experience having worked at Shell for over 20 years in different roles, including as leader of the Response Based Design global team, and the Hydrodynamics…
Read MoreMarch 7, 2019
Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference 2019
Members of the OFFshore ITRH will be out in force at the up-coming 38th Australasian Oil and Gas (AOG) Exhibition & Conference, from March 13th to 15th at the Perth Conventional Centre. The three-day Exhibition and Conference will cover a range of topics centred around the theme ‘An Energy Shift’, highlighting changing trends in the industry…
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2019
Making Waves at the Shenton Park Field Station
The UWA Shenton Park Field Station wave flume refurbishment project is nearing completion. Once open, the facility will allow researchers to investigate the behaviour of fixed and floating structures when subject to either deep (offshore) or shallow (nearshore) water waves. This facility represents a significant increase in the testing capabilities of the offshore hydrodynamics team…
Read MoreDecember 18, 2018
Success in the 2019 Pawsey supercomputer allocation scheme
The OFFshore ITRH was awarded 12 million core hours from the 2019 Pawsey supercomputer allocation scheme in order to crunch the numbers on the “Further investigation on the hydrodynamics of offshore floating facilities using numerical modelling” project. This project combines fluid mechanics, oceanography and statistics in order to focus on a range of areas within the field…
Read MoreDecember 7, 2018
ARC Discovery Grant Winners
OFFshore ITRH Chief Investigators Mark Randolph and Yinghui Tian were both recently awarded ARC Discovery Grants for projects within the field of Geotechnical Engineering. The ARC Discovery Grant scheme encourages high-quality research and training by individuals and teams. It aims to enhance international collaboration in research while expanding Australia’s knowledge base and research capability. Over the…
Read MoreDecember 4, 2018
Dr Wenhua Zhao awarded an ARC DECRA grant
Congratulations to OFFshore ITRH Chief Investigator Dr Wenhua Zhao who was recently awarded an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) for his project entitled “Unlocking lab to field scaling in design for floating offshore structures”. The objectives of the DECRA scheme are to support excellent basic and applied research by early career researchers, advance…
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