Aidan Bharath

Aidan Bharath is a Researcher III in Mechanical Engineering at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), affiliated with the Center for Energy Conversion and Storage Systems. His work focuses on marine renewable energy systems, particularly wave and tidal resource assessment, turbulent computational fluid dynamics, and wave energy converter array modeling.

• Education: Ph.D. in Maritime Engineering from the Australian Maritime College.

Bharath's research explores predicting non-tidal components of tidal flows, numerical investigation of wave impacts on tidal devices, and energy loss in wave energy converter arrays. At NREL, he investigates grid integration benefits of marine renewable energies and industry innovation.

His recent publications (2023–2025) highlight expertise in fatigue analysis of tidal turbines, data acquisition systems for marine energy, resistive control in hydraulic power take-off systems, and experimental data collection for wave energy converters. Keywords span Renewable Energy, Mechanical Engineering, and Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Key collaborations include projects with researchers like M. Bichanich, R. Raye, and W. Sheng, focusing on grid integration, cost-effective marine energy technologies, and turbulence mitigation strategies.

Research activities at NREL involve resource assessment, experimental validation of energy converters, and modeling frameworks for optimizing energy capture and minimizing losses in marine environments.