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Wave Energy Research Centre

Locality: Albany, Western Australia

Address: 55 Proudlove Parade 6330 Albany, WA, Australia

Website: https://marineresearch-gs.com/wave-energy-research-centre

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25.01.2022 The full suite of online resources produced by the Great Southern Science Council is now available! And WE(RC) were part of it, hosting the live launch event and featuring two of our team members in interviews & Study Guides. Live-streamed launch https://youtu.be/EVjPvuxZvwU Promo Reel https://youtu.be/cuqWt6fB0mY Fun Reel https://youtu.be/bdbbYPveueY EVERYTHING http://www.greatsouthernsciencecouncil.org.au/science-rocks

24.01.2022 New partners, more to offer and so much to learn in our Albany headquarters!

22.01.2022 Our headquarters hosted the live-streamed launch of the Great Southern Science Council's online resource pack for High School students, educators - and anyone with a love for learning! http://www.greatsouthernsciencecouncil.org.au/science-rocks. Thanks to Meri Spencer for the photos!

21.01.2022 Science Rocks! The Great Southern Science Council's Career Expo is being launched today - at our very own Great Southern Marine Research Facility in Albany.

20.01.2022 Join us on November 24 for an evening of inspiring discussion with leading experts as they highlight the diversity of skills and initiatives across WA that will help us transition to a renewable energy future!

20.01.2022 We're excited to now be able to offer this event free, thanks to support from Business Events Perth! Come along and hear how a smart transition to a low-carbon economy can benefit our State.

20.01.2022 We're hosting 3 great sessions at our Albany HQ to celebrate National Science Week! The first, this Friday, showcases the array of tech gear we use to study oceanography and marine science. Bring your lunch and join us at 12 to see how it's done!

20.01.2022 The real-time data website that keeps on giving: https://wawaves.org/ - check out the current swell off the southern WA coast. The drifting Sofar Ocean Spotters caught big waves offshore that have now arrived at our trusty array of nearshore (Torbay) wave rider buoys. Stay safe

18.01.2022 This new drone footage panorama lets you explore our beautiful (but admittedly not always sunny) City of Albany, the UWA regional campus and our foreshore HQ: the "Great Southern Marine Research Facility". Happy panning https://www.facebook.com/219511754798911/posts/3018456644904394/

18.01.2022 The Southern Ports Board of Directors held their September meeting in Albany last week and offered stakeholders and the Albany Port Community Consultation Committee an opportunity to mingle & chat. Our Centre Manager Dr Wiebke Ebeling was appointed as Director in July and represents Albany on the Board. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=354979395553285

17.01.2022 Meet the Marine Machines of the Great Southern - part 1 today: stunning fish, measuring water quality and developing ocean energy knowledge base! Thanks to our experts and to all participants, for joining us on this glorious winter day. UWA Albany Campus Inspiring Australia - National Networks Great Southern Science Council

17.01.2022 Delighted to have had the opportunity to talk to US Consul General David Gainer today and to show him our HQs at the Great Southern Marine Research Facility. And thanks to the Great Southern Development Commission for a lovely luncheon. So many synergies to share and opportunities to explore.

16.01.2022 If you missed the chance to hear Dr Adi Kurniawan's insightful lecture on the history, challenges and potential of wave energy at UWA Albany Campus last week, it's now just one click away! https://www.albany.uwa.edu.au/news

14.01.2022 The (largest ever awarded) CRC "Blue Economy" kicks off research with 17 Scoping Projects. Our Executive is involved in four of them: Christophe Gaudin WERC Director and Geotechnics Lead Robust site selection procedures, and environmental and operational monitoring strategies including the application of remote monitoring technologies Jeff Hansen WERC Oceanography Co-Lead Operational modelling for offshore aquaculture and energy Scott Draper WERC Hydrodynamics... Co-Lead Multi-Purpose Offshore/High Energy Platforms: Concepts and Applications Hugh Wolgamot WERC Hydrodynamics Co-Lead Offshore / High Energy Sustainable Hybrid Power Systems https://blueeconomycrc.com.au/crc-announce-commissioning-o/ See more

14.01.2022 An excellent compilation of the recent "Great Southern Great Science Symposium", as part of National Science Week in the Great Southern https://youtu.be/AsEa5VCIBMo - with our local Hydrodynamics & wave energy expert Dr Adi Kurniawan in the mix of inspiring talks! Great Southern Science Council

13.01.2022 Our "Hydrodynamics" researcher and wave energy guru Dr Adi Kurniawan will give a public lecture at UWA Albany on Wednesday 29 July, 5:30pm. Free but please book due to venue management requirements. https://events.uwa.edu.au//2020070/whatson/Albany%20Centre

13.01.2022 Sense & Sustainability - meet our Presenters! Christophe Gaudin is the founding Director of our Research Centre and leads the Geotechnics research program. He is a geotechnical engineer with over 20 years’ experience with the offshore oil and gas industry. Over the last 5 years, He has redirected his research efforts towards offshore renewables, pursuing scientific interests and becoming acutely aware of the imperative for renewable energy and its potential for the Australia...n economy. Christophe is a Professor at The University of Western Australia where he established the National Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility a world-leading 650sqm laboratory on the UWA Crawley campus that supports over 50 research and industry projects every year. To hear more about Christophe's transition from offshore oil & gas to offshore renewables, please join us on Tuesday 24th November, 5.15pm at the Albany Entertainment Centre. This is a FREE event but registrations are essential (COVID rules). Tickets are available from the AEC box office, via phone (08 9844 5005) or email to [email protected]

13.01.2022 Our two small Sofar Ocean spotter buoys - at 900 kms apart! - rode the open water super waves during the recent storm http://www.news.uwa.edu.au//new-data-reveals-significance- - and they keep going

11.01.2022 Spend your lunchtime tomorrow learning all about whale disentanglement with DBCA Parks and Wildlife at the last of our Meet the Machine series - 12-1 pm, here at the Great Southern Marine Research Facility, Proudlove Parade, Albany. Inspiring Australia - National Networks, Great Southern Science Council

11.01.2022 Feed the inner nerd - especially if also being an inside nerd these days! Check out the track of our new Sofar Ocean Technologies "Spotter" buoys free-floating in the vast ocean after deployments off the Schmidt Ocean Institute RV Falkor and at Sandpatch (Albany-Torbay) a couple of weeks ago. https://wawaves.org/

08.01.2022 Our scientists are truly part of the Great Southern pool of expertise! Two of us will feature in the Great Southern Science Council's launch of the "Science Rocks Career Expo" Resource Pack - with video material and Study Guides for download by schools (and anyone who loves learning!). Science Rocks will launch on Monday 11:30am AWST in a live-streamed panel discussion, hosted at our HQ in Albany: Promo trailer https://youtu.be/cuqWt6fB0mY Live-stream https://youtu.be/KneMvukmnR4

08.01.2022 National Science Week is officially kicking off! The launch will be broadcast from Questacon in Canberra, on Friday 9am AWST https://youtu.be/89vbFCdgdd4, followed by the "Science Saving Lives" expert panel discussion. If you are already registered for our Great Southern Great Science Symposium at the Albany Entertainment on Friday, we will see you there. Wave energy posters during the lunch break and talk just after.

07.01.2022 Happy Friday news: our "Wooyan Gaba Room" ("blue ocean" in Noongar) at Albany headquarters in the Great Southern Marine Research Facility has joined the https://www.facebook.com/ChildrensUniversityWesternAustraliaPartnership/ as a Learning Destination! Get your 7-11yo signed up so we can welcome them and their Learning Passports in the October school holiday program. Hands-on wave energy activities, not just for the little ones

07.01.2022 Only two hours to go! Join the live-stream

05.01.2022 Meet the Marine Machines of the Great Southern - part 2 yesterday: measuring dirt & dust in our harbour waters, identifying potential marine pests and a Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle! Thanks to Paul Mackey from Southern Ports and to all participants, for joining us on another glorious winter day. Inspiring Australia - National Networks Great Southern Science Council

04.01.2022 Sense & Sustainability - meet our presenters! Miranda has been the Chief Executive of National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) since its inception in 2016 and is a strategic and adaptive leader at the forefront of collaboration and innovation across the Australian energy resources sector. She brings a deep and broad range of energy and resource industry experiences, skills and capabilities to achieve NERA’s vision of Australia as a global energy powerhouse: a sought-after d...estination of investment and leading source of knowledge and solutions. NERA is working with industry, universities and researchers, entrepreneurs, innovative SMEs, skills initiatives and governments to support the cultural change and new thinking required to overcome barriers to collaboration and innovation. To hear more about NERA's contribution to our economic and renewable energy future, please join us on Tuesday 24th November, 5.15pm at the Albany Entertainment Centre. This is a FREE event but registrations are essential (COVID rules). Tickets are available from the AEC box office, via phone (08 9844 5005) or email to [email protected]

03.01.2022 World Ocean Day is today - hooray! - but don't miss a live-streamed presentation about the Great Southern Reef on Wednesday 10 June 5pm AWST: https://youtu.be/2z__S5fuSxQ Unparalleled biodiversity at our doorstep!

02.01.2022 Sense & Sustainability - meet our Presenters! Jillian Formentin, also our MC for the evening, is a Chartered Engineer and the WA Division President of Engineers Australia. After an early career as a Project Leader, Operations Manager and Principal Engineer of gas supply, distribution, utilisation and storage facilities, Jillian specialised as a consultant in team performance and risk management in heavy industry. Jillian has designed and delivered programs that have profound...ly improved the safe construction and operation of oil, gas, electricity, mining and transport facilities in Australia and overseas. She believes that sustainability comes with the capacity to be successful in varying conditions, going beyond simply stopping bad things happening and allowing people to perform better. To hear Jillian's perspectives on the transition to a low carbon economy please join us next Tuesday November 24, 5.15pm at the Albany Entertainment Centre. This is a free event but registrations are essential. Tickets are available from the AEC Box Office, via the phone by calling (08) 9844 5005, or via email by contacting [email protected]