Prof. Feargal Brennan

Professor Brennan is Director of the University of Strathclyde Offshore Engineering Institute and is the James Blyth Chair of Offshore Engineering at the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering.

Feargal is a leading authority on the development and assessment of offshore renewables including wind, wave, tidal stream. He has for over twenty-five years been at the forefront of internationally leading research in structural integrity and its application to ships, offshore renewables and the oil & gas sector. He has published over one hundred and fifty papers in peer reviewed technical journals and conferences and sits on numerous national and international committees concerning structural integrity and offshore renewable energy. He is director of the Cranfield - Oxford - Strathclyde University Renewable Energy Marine Structures (REMS) Centre for Doctoral Training.