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Tim Stallard is a Professor of Offshore and Renewable Energy Engineering at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on maximizing the societal value of offshore renewable energy technologies, particularly tidal and wind turbines. He leads projects addressing unsteady flow-structure interactions, wake dynamics, and array optimization. Stallard collaborates extensively with industry and academia, including roles in the EPSRC Supergen ORE Hub and EU Interreg TIGER project. He has supervised 17 PhD/MSc theses on topics like tidal turbine fatigue, wind farm wakes, and wave energy converters.
Education:
- Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil), University of Oxford (2005)
- Master of Engineering (MEng), The University of Sheffield (2000)
Research Interests:
His work integrates numerical modeling, experimental fluid dynamics, and field data to advance offshore renewable energy systems. Key areas include turbulent flow characterization, tidal/wind array performance, and environmental-economic impact analysis. He contributes to UN SDGs related to affordable and clean energy (SDG7) and climate action (SDG13).
Awards:
- 2023 IAHR Harold Jan Schoemaker Prize (for outstanding contributions to hydraulic engineering)
Advising & Grants:
Stallard has supervised projects funded by EPSRC, EU Interreg, and industry partners like E.ON and Alstom Ocean. His current grants include the Supergen ORE Impact Hub (2023-2027) and TIGER (2019-2023). Research outputs span 134 publications in journals like Renewable Energy and Physics of Fluids.
Labs & Teams:
He collaborates within Manchester Energy and Manchester Environmental Research Institute, leading multidisciplinary teams in offshore energy innovation.
