
Profiles
Mr Tom Tosdevin
COAST Researcher
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Biography
Biography
Researcher supporting Marine-i and the work of the COAST research group through physical and numerical modelling of floating offshore renewable energy devices. Particularly interested in extreme response modelling and reliability.
Qualifications
MSc Marine renewable energy (2018), University of Plymouth
BSc Astrophysics (2014), Queen Mary University of London
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
PGCE and QTS - 3 years teaching secondary school Maths and Physics (2014 - 2017)
Research
Research
Research interests
Probabilistic design in offshore renewable energy.
Numerical and physical modelling of offshore renewable energy devices.
Research groups
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Giassi, M., Thomas, S., Tosdevin, T., Engström, J., Hann, M., Isberg, J. and Göteman, M., 2020. Capturing the experimental behaviour of a point-absorber WEC by simplified numerical models. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 99, p.103143.
Tosdevin, T., Giassi, M., Thomas, S., Engstrom, J., Hann, M., Isberg, J., Goteman, M., Ransley, E., Musliedlak, P., Simmonds, D. and Greaves, D., 2020. On the calibration of a WEC-Sim model for heaving point absorbers.
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