Current Students

Junsik’s doctoral study focuses on developing a new type of dynamically installed anchor that is both cost-effective and provides improved performance in water and soil. In addition, he is developing an advanced soil-structure interface friction algorithm for more accurate capturing of interface frictional resistance using the CEL approach in ABAQUS.

Pourya is a PhD student whose research interests focus on a wide range of challenges in the design and installation of offshore wind turbine (OWT) foundations – including numerical modelling of the vibro-driving installation for OWT monopiles and in-service response of offshore foundations under cyclic/seismic loading conditions using advanced constitutive models and FE tools.

Junhao is focussing on addressing challenges in predicting the installation of drag anchors for offshore floating platforms. His work includes developing a Reliability Based Assessment framework to optimise anchor design and studying side loading effects on drag anchors to assess reliability under extreme conditions.

Mohammed is investigating the dynamic structural response of free-spanning pipelines over uneven seabeds using the finite element model in time and frequency domains to study the non-linear behaviour of the pipeline. His research aims to establish approaches to determine the fatigue life of free-spanning pipelines in a bid to avoid fatigue failure due to vibration.