Adi Kurniawan

Adi Kurniawan is a Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia (UWA) in the School of Earth and Oceans, affiliated with the Marine Energy Research Australia (MERA) and the Great Southern Marine Research Facility (GSMRF). His research focuses on wave energy conversion, wave-structure interactions, and multi-objective optimization. He holds a PhD in Marine Technology from NTNU and has held roles at Aalborg University and the University of Plymouth. Kurniawan co-authored Ocean Waves and Oscillating Systems and contributes to industry standards (Standards Australia Committee EL-066) and journal editing (Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering).

Research Interests:

• Wave energy converter (WEC) design and optimization
• Nonlinear wave dynamics and numerical modeling
• Multi-objective optimization of wave farms
• Parametric resonance mitigation in WECs

Teaching: Previously taught OCEN4007 Renewable Ocean Energy. Active in the Oceans Graduate School, covering oceanography, hydrodynamics, and marine geoscience.

Collaborations: Works with industry on sponsored projects, including wave energy device modeling and power prediction. Part of the UN SDGs contributing to sustainable energy solutions (SDG 7, 13, 14).

Grants: Lead investigator on projects like 'Advancing ocean renewable energy systems through physics and machine learning' and 'WaveX Albany', totaling over $2M in funding. Projects emphasize scalability, cost reduction, and environmental impact assessments.

Labs/Teams: Based at the GSMRF in Albany, collaborating with international partners on WEC testing and deployment strategies.