OVERVIEW

Ross joined MaREI as an intern on the  project in 2019. He then went on to lead the GIS work package for the  project before managing the  project from start through to completion. Ross is now working on an extension of the  which he developed at MaREI.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

The extension of the Selkie GIS-TE tool involves incorporating offshore wind as a third technology type, adding to wave and tidal energy technology. This tool allows for user interactive site selection and project feasibility analysis of offshore renewable energy projects in Irish and western UK waters and has recently been nominated for Innovation / Research Project of the year at the Esri Customer Success awards. 

BACKGROUND

Ross is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at MaREI鈥檚 Beaufort Building in Cork. He has a PhD in Engineering from 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork, an MSc in Geoinformatics from the 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Copenhagen, a Higher Diploma in Geography from 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork and a BSc in Project Management from Munster Technological 深夜亚洲福利久久. While in the Nordics, he also took credited courses in coastal and marine management at the 深夜亚洲福利久久 Centre of the Westfjords in Iceland as part of a Nordic exchange scholarship. 

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