Professor Tim O`Doherty

Overview

Mechanical, Manufacturing and Medical Engineering Energy and Environment

Academic Experience2010    Chair                      Cardiff University2005    Reader                  Cardiff University2001    Senior Lecturer     Cardiff University1991    Lecturer                 Cardiff University

Industrial Experience
1988            Arup
1983-1985  Mechanical Design Draughtsman HM naval base Devonport
1978-1983  Fitter and Turner HM Naval Base Deveonport

Academic QualificationsPhD 1991                                  University of Wales
1st BEng in Mech Engg 1988   University of Wales

Professional QualificationsC.Eng.
Fellow Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Member Energy Institute.

General
Leader of Cardiff Marine Energy Research Group, CMERG (2005- present). http://cmerg.engineering.cf.ac.ukChair PRiMaRE (2018-2019)
Guest Editor Journal of Marine Science Engineering (2019)
Member EWTEC Technical Committee (2015 – present)
Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Marine Energy (2013- )
Co-organiser of the 2009 British-French Combustion Symposium Leader of Cardiff’s research into High Temperature Heat Recovery (1994- present).
Member of Editorial Panel for ICE Journal of Energy (2007- present)
Member IMechE Academic Standards Committee (2007 - present).

Awards1. Best Paper Award. S Ordonez-Sanchez, K Porter, C Frost, M Allmark, C Johnstone, T O’Doherty. Effects of Wave-Current Interactions on the Performance of Tidal Stream Turbines, 3rd AWTEC, Singapore (2016).2. Winner of IMechE Process Engg Best Paper 2009. "T O'Doherty, D A Egarr M G Faram and N Syred. Assessment of residence time in a hydrodynamic vortex separator by applying distribution models". Proc IMechE Part E, J of Process Mechanicla Engineering Proc IMechE Part E Vol 223 (E3) pp 179-188.3. The Combustion Institute ‘Sugden’ Award - best paper in the field of combustion 1997. “N Syred, W Fick, T O’Doherty, A J Griffiths - The effect of the precessing vortex core on combustion in a swirl burner. Combustion Science Technology, Vol 125, (1997) 139-157,  ISSN 0010-2202”. 
4. Cardiff University Innovation Network award -Early Stage Collaboration with ITT Ltd (2003) “Design of heat exchangeer for food waste disposal unit using exhaust gases and performance improvement of condenser”. 
5. Visiting Research Fellowship at Adelaide University in 2001, part funded by the Australian Research Council through Adelaide University.

Over 175 refereed papers in journal and conferences.

Industrial Collaborators:
NREL, Marine Current Turbines, Tidal Energy Limited, Nautricity, Schottel Hydro, Bosch Rexroth Ltd, National Instruments, TaTa Steel, Arup, ANSYS, Ansaldo Ricerche, ENEL, ENEA, KEMA, Greth, Balcke Durre,  Mitsui Babcock, FCT, Hydro Intl Ltd, Hydroventuri ltd,  Babtie, PowerGen, Sony, Dyson, etc.

International Collaborators:
Inha University, S Korea,
Mississippi State University, USA
Dalhousie University, Canada
IFREMER, France

Invited Lectures and Presentations * NREL On Hydrokinetic turbines research (2018).* Global Green Hub Korea. On Tidal Stream Turbines: The needs for research for survivability (2017).* UK-Mexico workshop on ‘Energetic Sustainability in Mexico: The role of UKR&D collaborations in tackling the XXI century
challenges’. British Council, Mexico (2016).
* Intl Sustainable Energy conference, The Philippines. (2016).
* Keynote, Ninth Tidal Energy Forum Bristol (2015). Keynote, Primare conference (2015).* UK-S. Korea tidal energy workshop, UK SIN, on Tidal energy device reliability and condition monitoring. (2015).
* Swedish-British Ocean Energy Technology Workshop by UK SIN, Nordic region, on Tidal Stream Turbines: Modelling for
Survivability and Condition Monitoring (2015).
* UK – India wave & tidal energy workshop, on Tidal Stream Energy Modelling and Condition Monitoring (2014).
* World Renewable Energy Congress, on Modelling Tidal Turbines (2014).
* IMechE, South Wales Section, on Tidal Energy (2014).
* Mississippi State University, USA, on Tidal Energy (2013).* University of Adelaide, Australia, on Tidal Energy (2013).* IoM, South Wales on Tidal Energy (2012).
* The Royal Society of Chemistry on Biomass Combustion (1999).* University of Adelaide, Australia, on swirl flows and the Precessing Vortex Core (three separate occasions) (1998 and 2001).* UTM Malaysia on numerical modelling (1993).