Edwards Emma

Edwards Emma is a Career Development Fellow at St Peter's College, University of Oxford, affiliated with the Engineering Science department. Her research focuses on offshore renewable energy, particularly wave-structure interaction of floating bodies with applications to wave energy and floating offshore wind. She is interested in the effect of geometry on wave-structure interaction and the performance of offshore energy devices. Emma's PhD at MIT, supervised by Professor Dick Yue, was on the optimization of the geometry of axisymmetric point absorber wave energy converters. She has also worked on floating offshore wind, including numerical and experimental modelling, and collaborates with colleagues at MIT and the University of Plymouth.

Emma Edwards is a Career Development Fellow at the University of Oxford, specializing in wave power, floating offshore wind, and offshore renewable energy. Her research focuses on the hydrodynamic response of floating offshore wind turbines, wave structure interaction, and the optimization of wave energy converters. Edwards has contributed to the development of numerical models, experimental testing, and comparative studies of floating platforms. Her work includes the analysis of wave resource assessments, the design of dynamic power cables, and the use of surrogate models for aerodynamic emulation. Her research addresses the challenges of integrating offshore renewable energy systems into the marine environment.