Biography

• B.Tech. (Civil), Bradford, 1971.
• M.Sc., Wales(Bangor), 1973.
• Ph.D., Wales(Bangor), 1983.

Current Post

• Senior Lecturer
• Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UCC.
• Date of Appointment : February 1983.
• Director, Hydraulics & Maritime Research Centre, UCC.

Previous Posts

• College Lecturer, Civil Engineering, UCC. October 1975 to February 1983.
• Research Assistant, University of Wales, Bangor, 1974 to 1975.
• Site Engineer, John Howard & Co., UK, 1969 to 1970.

Professional affiliations

• Associate Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (London).

International Activities

• Associate Editor, Elsevier Journal – “Ocean Engineering”.
• Expert Evaluator for the CONCERTO Programme proposals for Integrated Projects under the Sixth Framework Programme in February 2004.   
• Expert evaluator for the JOULE and MAST Programmes in FP4.
• Irish National Delegate to the International Energy Agency Implementing Agreement for Ocean Energy Systems in 2003.
• Member of the External Advisory Group (EAG) for Energy to the European Commission in the Fifth Framework Programme from 1999 – 2002.

Recent Research Projects

• Marine Institute, Wave Energy Team, 2004-2007, €812,000.
• European Union, EMC Squared, 2004-2007, €213,000.
• European Union, WAVETRAIN, 2004-2007, €142,000.
• European Union, CA-OE, 2004-2007, €60,000.
• Sustainable Energy Ireland, OE Buoy Testing, 2004-2005, €62,000.
• Marine Institute, POWERED, 2003-2005, €90,000.
• Marine Institute, OE Buoy Optimisation, 2003-2005, €72,000.
• HEA PRTL2, Coastal Processes, 2000-2004, €57,000.
• HEA PRTL2, Marine Resources Development, 2000-2004, €79,000.
• Entreprise Ireland, IP Ocean Energy, 2002-2003, €98,000.
• European Union, LABBUOY, 2001-2004, €92,000.
• European Union, WAVENET, 2000-2003, €60,000.
• European Union, SWERF, 2000-2003, €55,000.
• European Union, WAVEDRAGON, 1999-2001, €73,000.
• European Union, SPERBUOY, 1999-2001, €82,000.
• European Union, OPTCURRENT, 1998-2001, €135,000.
• European Union, OPTICREST, 1998-2001, €77,000.

Recent Publications

Harrington, J. Lewis, A.W. & Sutton, S. (2004) Dredging and Dredge Disposal and Reuse in Ireland – A Small Island Perspective, WODCON XVII, Proceesdings of the 17th World Dredging Congress.

Lewis, A.W. (2003) Hydrodynamic modelling of a floating oscillating water column system Proc. Fifth European Wave Energy Conference, held Cork Ireland, September 2003.

Delauré, Y.M.C. & Lewis, A.W. (2003) “3D Hydrodynamic Modelling of Fixed Oscillating Water Column Wave Power Plant by a Boundary Element Method”, Ocean Engineering, Vol 30, pp 309-330.

A.H. Clemént, P. McCullen, A. Falcao, A. Fiorentino, F. Gardner, K. Hammarlund, G. Lemonis, T. Lewis, K. Nielson, S. Petroncini, M.T. Pontes, P. Schild, B.O. Sjöström, H.C Sorenson, T. Thorpe (2002) “Wave Energy in Europe: Current Status and Perspectives.” Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol.6, n°5, pp.405-431

Murphy, J., Lewis, A.W. & Schüttrumpf, H. (2001) Wave Run-up and Overtopping of Sea Dikes: Results from new model studies Fourth International Symposium on Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis, Waves 2001, San Francisco, pub. A.S.C.E.

Delauré Y. & Lewis A.W. (2001) A 3D parametric study of a rectangular bottom mounted Oscillating Water Column power plant. Proceedings of International Society of Offshore Engineers, ISOPE 2001, Stavanger, Norway.

Delauré Y. , Holmes B. & Lewis A. (2001) Tidal Current Energy and Tidal
Farm Design Proceedings of Conference on Renewable Energy in Maritime and
Island Climates, REMIC, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Sept 2001.

Hitching, E. and Lewis, A.W. (2001) Turbulence Parameters over Vortex Ripples, Proceedings Coastal Dynamics 2001, held Lund, Sweden, A.S.C.E. (pub.).

Gilbert, G., Bryden, I., Rados, K. and Lewis, A.W. (2001) A Model to Optimise the Electrical and Economic Performance of Tidal Current Energy Conversion Systems, Proc. Marine Energy Conference,held Newcastle April 2001, pub. Inst. Marine Eng. London.

Masuda, Y.,Kuboki, T., Lewis, A.W., Xianguang, L. and Thakker, A. (2001) The BBDB Wave Energy Device, Proc. Marine Energy Conference,held Newcastle April 2001, pub. Inst. Marine Eng. London.

Delauré Y. & Lewis A. (2000) An experimental assessment of 3D Panel Methods for response prediction of generic Oscillating Water Columns Proceedings of International Society of Offshore Engineers, ISOPE 2000, Seattle, USA.

Lewis, A.W. (2000) The Performance of the B2D2 wave energy device in Atlantic Conditions, Proceedings of 4th European Wave Energy Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, Dec 2000.

Delauré Y. & Lewis A. (2000) A comparison of OWC response prediction by a boundary element method with scaled model test results Proceedings of 4th European Wave Energy Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, Dec 2000.