Theses & Dissertations
2023
Tony Clay, Parametric Structural Design of Vertical-Axis Tidal Turbine Arrays, MS Thesis, 2023
2022
Katherine Van Ness, Experimental Study of Active and Passive Blade Pitch Control Strategies for Axial-flow Marine Current Turbines, PhD Dissertation, 2022
Isabel Scherl, Optimization, Modeling, and Control of Cross-Flow Turbine Arrays, PhD Dissertation, 2022
2021
Curtis Rusch, Scaling of Point-Absorber Wave Energy Converter Hydrodynamics, PhD Dissertation, 2021
Trevor Harrison, Buoyancy Controlled Float Swarms for Distributed Sensing in Coastal Waterways, PhD Dissertation, 2021 (presentation, video)
2020
Jessica Noe, Dynamics of an Underwater Drifting Instrument: System Modeling and Control Design for the uFloat, 2020 (presentation)
Annika O'Dea, Remote Sensing of Nearshore Hydrodynamic and Morphodynamic Processes, PhD Dissertation, 2020
Hannah Ross, Scaling effects of the hydrodynamics and performance of current turbines, PhD Dissertation, 2020
2019
Caitlyn Clark, Risk- and Reliability-Based Design Optimization of Offshore Renewable Energy Systems, PhD Dissertation, 2019
Emma Cotter, Advanced Environmental Monitoring for Marine Renewable Energy, PhD Dissertation, 2019
Austin Nicolai, Augmented Deep Learning Techniques for Robotic State Estimation, PhD Dissertation, 2019
Benjamin W. Strom, Cross-Flow Turbine Fluid Mechanics: Experimental Optimization and Analysis, PhD Dissertation, 2019
Hannah Aaronson, Design and Implementation of a Power Smoothing System for Cross-flow Current Turbines, Masters Thesis, 2019 (presentation)
Fadia Ticona Rollano, Breaking waves in deep water: measurements and modeling of energy dissipation, Masters Thesis, 2019
Una Savic, Assessment of the Active Absorption System of the Large Wave Flume, Masters Thesis, 2019
Carl Campbell Stringer, Implications of Biofouling on Cross-flow Turbine Performance, Masters Thesis, 2019 (presentation)
Michael Devin, Optimizing Shared Mooring and Anchoring Strength for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Arrays, Undergraduate Honors Thesis, 2019
Ali Mohtat, Development and Analysis of Higher-order Nonlinear Wavemaker Theory for Intermediate to Deep-water Waves Based on Inverse Scattering Transform, PhD Dissertation, 2019
2018
Dominic D. Forbush, Multi-mode Controller Development for Cross-Flow Hydrokinetic Turbines, PhD Dissertation, 2018 (presentation)
Gabriel Garcia, Wave runup: Physics, variability, and societal impacts, PhD Dissertation, 2018
Maricarmen Guerra, Flow characterization for in-stream energy sites, PhD Dissertation, 2018
Christopher J. Sharp, Wave Energy Converter Array Optimization: Algorithm Development and Investigation of Layout Design Influences, PhD Dissertation, 2018
Nan Zhang, Numerical Simulations and Microscale Analyses of Offshore Anchor-Granular Material Systems, PhD Dissertation, 2018
Colin Comard, Impacts of Prediction on Wave Energy Converter Control, Masters Thesis, 2018
Brandon Johnson, Examining Electrical Power System Reliability, Security, and Resiliency in the Face of Uncertainty, PhD Dissertation, 2018
2017
Ramona Barber, Adaptive Pitch Composite Blades for Axial-Flow Marine Hydrokinetic Turbines, PhD Dissertation, May, 2017
Junhui Lou, Numerical Simulation, Laboratory and Field Experiments, Analysis and Design of Wave Energy Converter and Mooring System, PhD Dissertation, 2017
Ezra Beaver, A Comparative Case Study of Instream Tidal Energy Siting Locations, Masters Thesis, 2017
Kaylie McTiernan, Tidal Energy Scenario Analysis: Holistic Stakeholder Considerations for Sustainable Development, Masters Thesis, June, 2017
2016
Robert Cavagnaro, Performance Evaluation, Emulation, and Control of Cross-Flow Hydrokinetic Turbines, PhD Thesis, March, 2016
Hannah Linder, Evaluating Statistical Models for Baseline Characterization and Measuring Change in Environmental Monitoring Data, Masters Thesis, August, 2016
Neal McMillin, Learning from Early Commercial Tidal Energy Projects in the Puget Sound, Washington and the Pentland Firth, Scotland, Masters Thesis, 2016
Polis Hilary, Public Willingness to Pay and Policy Preferences for Tidal Energy Research and Development: A Study of Households in Washington State, Masters Thesis, 2016
2015
James Joslin, Advancing Marine Renewable Energy Monitoring Capabilities, PhD Thesis, June, 2015
Paul Murphy, Estimation of Acoustic Particle Motion and Source Bearing Using a Drifting Hydrophone Array near a River Current Turbine to Assess Disturbances to Fish, Masters Thesis, March, 2015
Lauren Wiesbron, Evaluating Biological Characteristics of Marine Renewable Energy Sites for Environmental Monitoring, Masters Thesis, 2015
2014
Teymour Javaherchi, Numerical investigation of Marine Hydrokinetic Turbines: methodology development for single turbine and small array simulation, and application to flume and full-scale reference models, Phd Thesis, August, 2014
Chase Haegele, Wake Characterization of a Cross-Flow Turbine, Masters Thesis, December, 2014
Dale Jacques, Describing and Comparing Variability of Fish and Macrozooplankton Density at Marine Hydrokinetic Energy Sites, Masters Thesis, 2014
Ramona Barber, Passive Pitch Control in Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades, Masters Thesis, 2014
Tyler Nichol, Numerical Modeling of Compliant-Moored System Dynamics with Applications to Marine Energy Converters, Masters Thesis, March, 2014
2013
Chris Bassett, Ambient Noise in an Urbanized Tidal Channel, PhD Thesis, August, 2013
Arshiya Hoseyni Chime, Analysis of Hydrokinetic Turbines in Open Channel Flows, Masters Thesis, December, 2013
Walt Deppe, Hypoxic Intrusions to Puget Sound from the Pacific Ocean, Masters Thesis, December, 2013
Nick Stelzenmuller, Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine Array Performance and Wake Characteristics, Masters Thesis, December, 2013
Samantha Adamski, Numerical Modeling of the Effects of a Free Surface on the Operating Characteristics of Marine Hydrokinetic Turbines, Masters Thesis, March, 2013
2012
Kristen Thyng, Numerical Simulation of Admiralty Inlet, WA, with Tidal Hydrokinetic Turbine Siting Application, PhD Thesis, June, 2012
Michael Palodichuk, Resolving Spatial Resource Gradients at Tidal Energy Sites, Masters Thesis, March, 2012
Adam Niblick, Experimental and Analytical Study of Helical Cross-Flow Turbines for a Tidal Micropower Generation System, Masters Thesis, March, 2012
Taylor Hall, Numerical Simulation of a Cross Flow Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine, Masters Thesis, March, 2012
2011
Geoff DuBuque, A Lumped Parameter Equilibrium Model of a Submerged Body with Mooring Lines, Masters Thesis, August, 2011
Moriel Arango, Resource Assessment and Feasibility Study for Use of Hydrokinetic Turbines in the Tailwaters of the Priest Rapids Project, Masters Thesis, June, 2011
Anderson Ogg, Screening Tests of Composites for use in Tidal Energy Devices, Masters Thesis, June, 2011
Joe Graber, Land-based Infrared Imagery for Marine Mammal Detection, Masters Thesis, March, 2011
2010
Teymour Javaherchi, Numerical Modeling of Tidal Turbines: Methodology Development and Potential Physical Environmental Effects, Masters Thesis, December, 2010
Jeff Epler, Tidal Resource Characterization from Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, Masters Thesis, May, 2010
Chris Bassett, Underwater Ambient Noise at a Proposed Tidal Energy Site in Puget Sound, Masters Thesis, May, 2010
2009
Brian Polagye, Hydrodynamic effects of kinetic power extraction by in-stream tidal turbines, Ph.D. Dissertation, March, 2009
Sam Gooch, Siting Methodologies for Tidal In-Stream Energy Conversion (TISEC) Systems, Masters Thesis, August, 2009
Jessica Theilmann, Power Extraction from Irrigation Laterals and Canals in the Columbia Basin Project, Masters Thesis, January, 2009