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Biography
Dr. Murphy is a B.E (Civil) graduate and holds a M.(Eng.) Sc. degree in Civil/Offshore Engineering and a Ph.D. in Coastal/Geotechnical Engineering. He is a senior lecturer for Offshore Renewable Energy and Harbour and Coastal Engineering and offshore renewable energy in the School of Engineering, University College Cork. He participates in a large number of EU funded projects and is/was co-ordinator of FP7 LEANWIND, H2020 MaRINET2, H2020 MARINERG-i, H2020 TAOIDE and HE MaRINERGi PP which are all related to advancing the offshore renewable energy (ORE) sector. Jimmy is a CO-PI in the SFI MaREI Centre as well as lead of the Lir National Ocean Test Facility (Lir NOTF) and the ORE Technology group within UCC/MaREI which consists of up to 25 staff and post graduate students. He supervises PhD and Masters students and has a number of publications in the areas of coastal engineering and offshore renewable energy.
Research Interests
Coastal Processes and Engineering Coastal Erosion and sediment transport Offshore structures Offshore Renewable Energy - wind, wave, tidal and floating solar energy Tank Testing of marine technologies Metocean assessments Wave mechanics, measurement and data analysis Numerical Modelling methods
Teaching Activities
Harbour and Coastal Engineering Hydrodynamics Wave mechanics Numerical Modelling Flooding Hydraulics Offshore Renewable Energy I have currently responsibility for the following modules CE4015 Environmental Hydraulics CE4020 Environmental Hydrodynamics CE6043 Harbour and Coastal Engineering I also teach half a module for a masters course in the Department of Geography GG6514 Coastal and Marine Systems
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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A techno-economic study on the utilisation of airborne wind energy for reverse osmosis seawater desalination
Salari, M. E., Zabihi, M. & Murphy, J., 30 Jan 2025, In: Heliyon. 11, 2, e41814.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Calibrating hydrodynamic viscous damping in engineering models of floating wind platform utilising simplified CFD models
Belvasi, N., Desmond, C. & Murphy, J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Estimation of Suspended Solids Concentration from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler in a Tidally Dominated Continental Shelf Sea Setting and Its Use as a Numerical Modelling Validation Technique
Creane, S., O’Shea, M., Coughlan, M. & Murphy, J., 14 Jun 2025, In: Water (Switzerland). 17, 12, 1788.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An advanced geospatial assessment of the Levelised cost of energy (LCOE) for wave farms in Irish and western UK waters
O'Connell, R., Kamidelivand, M., Furlong, R., Guerrini, M., Cullinane, M. & Murphy, J., Feb 2024, In: Renewable Energy. 221, 119864.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An analysis of floating wind turbine towing operations using OpenFAST
Ramachandran, R. C., Serraris, J. J., de Ridder, E. J., Desmond, C. & Murphy, J., 2024, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2875, 1, 012035.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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