The UWA Oceans Institute hosts several industry and academic chairs, in fields of expertise relevant to MERA. This includes the Shell Chair, the Lloyd’s Register Chair, the Fugro Chair and the Ocean Engineering Chair. MERA leverages these relationships, bringing world-leading expertise to the development and support of research activities in ocean renewables.
The UWA Oceans Institute has also an established network of industry and academic relationships built within the ongoing research projects on wave energy funded by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Australian Research Council (ARC). These relationships currently include:
- Blue Economy CRC
- Curtin University
- Dalian Maritime University
- Delft University
- Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
- Oregon State University / PMEC
- Technical University of Denmark
- University of Adelaide
- University of Manchester
- University of Oxford
The vision for the GSMRF is to become a truly multi-disciplinary, cross-sector innovation space that fosters collaboration and co-working. The Wave Energy Research Centre already actively pursues a leading role in all areas of offshore renewable energy – encompassing offshore wind, tidal and wave energy – and applies its large local skill base to other regional issues. As part of the three main research programs, expertise in wave modelling, fluid mechanics and soil dynamics is also highly applicable to ports operations, aquaculture, coastal adaptation and many other activities in the Great Southern economy.
GSMRF hosts this expertise – a knowledge hub with potential for national and regional impact alike. Leveraging the facility for co-working space and marine field operations, new partnerships bring academic exchange and local upskilling to put Albany more prominently on the map for marine research and ocean renewable energy.
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