About

Peter graduated with a BA in Engineering from Cambridge University in 1971, and a PhD in aerodynamics three years later. His working life began in industry with the Atkins Group. In 1980 he joined the University of Manchester where he was awarded a DSc. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering since 2001. His research interests have focused on offshore structures, coastal engineering, marine energy (wave and tidal), and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) particularly Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), publishing over 180 Q1 journal papers. He has been developing wave energy devices for 15 years resulting in the system M4. He is the inaugural Osborne Reynolds Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Manchester.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

offshore structures, coastal engineering, marine energy (wave and tidal), and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) particularly Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH).

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