Biography

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2018) 'Development of a free heaving OWC model with non-linear PTO interaction'
O'Connell, Ken; Thiebaut, Florent; Kelly, Ger; Cashman, Andrew (2018) 'Development of a free heaving OWC model with non-linear PTO interaction'. Renewable Energy, 117 :108-115 [ Publisher's Version] [DOI] [CORA Link] [Details]

Other Journals

  Year Publication
(2011) 'Testing of a floating OWC device with movable guide vane impulse turbine power take-off'
Thiebaut, F and DO‘Sullivan, P and Ceballos, S and L\'opez, J and Boake, C and Bard, J and Brinquete, N and Varandas, J and Gato, LMC and Alcorn, R and others (2011) 'Testing of a floating OWC device with movable guide vane impulse turbine power take-off' Proceedings of the 9th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Southampton, UK, . [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2014) ICOE 2014
Bret Bosma, Wanan Sheng, Florent Thiebaut (2014) Performance Assessment of a Floating Power System for the Galway Bay Wave Energy Test Site ICOE 2014 [Details]
(2014) Renew 2014
P. Casaubieilh, F. Thiebaut, B. Bosma, C. Retzler, M. Shaw, Y. Letertre & W. Sheng (2014) Performance improvements of mooring systems for wave energy converters Renew 2014 [CORA Link] [Details]
(2013) PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME 32ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OCEAN, OFFSHORE AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING - 2013 - VOL 8
Sheng, W;Thiebaut, F;Babuchon, M;Brooks, J;Lewis, A;Alcorn, R (2013) INVESTIGATION TO AIR COMPRESSIBILITY OF OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME 32ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OCEAN, OFFSHORE AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING - 2013 - VOL 8 [Details]
(2013) SHF, Ocean Energy EMR 2013
F. Thiebaut, M. Healy, T. Lewis and R. Alcorn, MARINET (2013) Streamlined, free-of-charge access to test facilities: How world-class research centres are joining forces to accelerate the development of marine renewable energy SHF, Ocean Energy EMR 2013 [Details]
(2010) ICOE 2010
F. Thiebaut, R. Alcorn (2010) Servomotor controlled piston rig for the simulation of an Oscillating Water Column air chamber ICOE 2010 [Details]

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
Fugro Geotechniques Civil engineer 03-JUL-05 / 28-FEB-06
Wave Energy Centre Research Engineer 14-JUN-07 / 29-FEB-08
University College Cork - HMRC/Beaufort Research engineer 01-APR-08 /

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2005 ENSHMG/ENSE3 (Ecole Nationale superieur hydraulique et mechanique de Grenoble, France) Master of Engineering Science Hydraulic and Civil engineering
2007 Loughborough University Master of Engineering Science Renewable energy technologies

Languages

  Language Reading Writing Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
Portuguese Functional Functional Functional
French Fluent Fluent Fluent
Spanish Fluent Functional Fluent
German Basic Basic Basic

Outreach Activities

  Description

I am organising visits to the Lir National Ocean Test Facilities for companies, researchers, students and schools.

Mechaton Challenge in HMRC basin organized by IMERC, 18th Oct. 2014. Supervising the construction in one day of a remotely operated underwater vehicle.