Public Engagement: P3/4 Class STEM interactive demonstration developing efficient wind turbines and silent foundations for offshore wind, Tannadice Primary School, Angus

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• Prizes

• Institution of Civil Engineers Geotechnical Research Medal 2023

  Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

• Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2025 finalist

  Prize: National/international honour

• Institution of Civil Engineers Telford Gold Medal 2024

  Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

• Winners of the International Marine Contractors Association Award for Sustainability best-practice

  Prize: Other distinction

• Best Research Paper Award ICPE2021

  Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

• Winners of the British Geotechnical Association Fleming Award 2023

  Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

• Research Outputs

• The effect of installation advancement ratio on interaction between helices of screw piles for offshore renewable energy

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Centrifuge modelling of two-way axial cyclic response of screw piles for offshore wind

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• A 1g model experimental study on the effects of installation parameters on vibratory driving performance of monopiles

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Tensile response of screw piles with varying installation approaches in layered sand

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• DEM study of particle scale effect on plain and rotary jacked pile behaviour in granular materials

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Centrifuge Modeling of the Installation Advancement Ratio Effect on the Cyclic Response of a Single-Helix Screw Pile for Floating Offshore Wind

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Silent piling for offshore jacket foundations in sand: DEM and centrifuge modelling

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Press/Media

• Dundee projects and academics recognised in Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2025

  Press/Media: Research

• Dundee University engineers hope to silence offshore construction

  Press/Media: Research

• Heerema Developing Silent Foundations

  Press/Media: Research

• Heerema developing Silent Foundation Concepts Technology in coordination with the University of Dundee

  Press/Media: Research

• Projects

• Supergen Wind Challenge 2015: Screw Piles for Wind Energy Foundation Systems (Joint with Universities of Durham and Southampton)

  Project: Research

• Development of Screw Anchors for Floating Marine Renewable Energy Systems Arrays Incorporating Anchor Sharing (SAFS) (Joint with University of Liege)

  Project: Research

• EPSRC PBIAA: Accelerating Impact in the Forth & Tay Offshore Wind Cluster

  Project: Research

• Accelerated Development Of Screw Anchors For Floating Wind (Joint with Industrial Partner Geowynd)

  Project: Research

• Activity

• Public Engagement: Tayport Episcopalian Church Talk, Sea Sunday: Local Offshore Renewable Energy Investigation and Development

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

• Public Engagement Lecture: Geotechnical modelling for the advancement of offshore renewable energy application

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

• Public engagement talk, Cafe Scientifique: Developing Silent Foundations & Anchors for Offshore Renewable Applications

  Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

• Theses

• Screw piles as offshore foundations : Numerical and physical modelling

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• The Effects of Rotary Installation on the Axial Capacity of Displacement Piles in Sand

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy