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Professor Feargal Brennan

James Blyth Chair

Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

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Personal statement

Feargal Brennan is the James Blyth Distinguished Professor of Offshore Engineering at the ³Ô¹Ïtv and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

He is Research Director of the Wind & Marine Systems and Structures (WAMSS) Centre for Doctoral Training.  He is a Director and the Offshore Wind Champion for the EPSRC Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Programme, Principal Investigator of Ocean-Refuel and Co-Investigator of the CoTide UKRI/EPSRC Programmes.  He is a member of the UK Government Department of Energy Security and Net Zero STAC (Science and Technology Advisory Council) among other advisory roles both nationally and internationally.  He is the UK standing member and leader of the UK delegation to the ISSC (International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress) and has served as expert witness for commercial offshore wind litigation cases at the High Court in London and the London Court of International Arbitration.

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Publications

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Marine Structures Vol 109 (2026)
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Marine Systems & Ocean Technology Vol 21 (2026)
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Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science Vol 11, pp. 222-237 (2026)
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Ocean Engineering Vol 343 (2026)
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Journal of Fluids and Structures Vol 140 (2026)
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19th International Symposium on Tubular Structures (2025)

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Professional Activities

Contributor
2/2025
Organiser
2/6/2021

Projects

Collu, Maurizio (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Li, Shen (Co-investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator)
10-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
Li, Shen (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator)
Funding to support commercialisation activities
29-Jan-2023
Li, Shen (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator)
Funding to support patent application
27-Jan-2023
Brennan, Feargal (Principal Investigator) Arredondo Galeana, Abel (Researcher)
01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2027
Brennan, Feargal (Principal Investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator) Oterkus, Selda (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2028
Collu, Maurizio (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator)
16-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023

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Professor Feargal Brennan
James Blyth Chair
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

Email: feargal.brennan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4093