Professor Simon Neill
Professor in Physical Oceanography

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Contact info
Room: Room 212, Marine Centre Wales Phone: 01248 383938
Email: s.p.neill@bangor.ac.uk
Web: Google Scholar; ResearchGate; Amazon Author Page; Twitter; Google Knowledge Panel
I am professor in physical oceanography, specializing in ocean renewable energy: characterizing the wave and tidal energy resource, understanding wave-tide interaction, optimizing grid integration of arrays of marine renewable energy devices, and quantifying the environmental impacts of extracting energy from the oceans. I am founder and course director of an MSc in Marine Renewable Energy, and committee member of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), working on revising IEC Technical Specification 62600-201: Tidal Energy Resource Assessment and Characterization. I am a member of the editorial board of the Elsevier journal Renewable Energy, have written a textbook on marine energy "Fundamentals of Ocean Renewable Energy: Generating Electricity from the Sea", and am lead sediment scientist at FORCE (Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy). I also have other shelf sea research interests, including palaeoceanography, sediment dynamics, and simulating the dispersal of marine organisms and microplastics.
I currently lead a wide range of research projects at Bangor University, including:
- NERC – SE Asia Plastics. South East Asia MArine Plastics (SEAmap): Reduction, Control and Mitigation of Marine Plastic Pollution in the Philippines. Neill SP (PI), Hiddink JG, Robins PE, Lewis MJ, Skov MW, Dunn CP (School of Natural Sciences), Taboada E (University of San Carlos, Philippines); £708,034. 2020-2023.
- European Regional Development Fund. Smart Efficient Energy Centre (SEEC) (£7M) Simon Neill (PI), Iestyn Pierce & Graham Ormondroyd. 2019-2023.
Research Areas
- Papur › Ymchwil › Heb ei adolygu gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
A progress report on the control of the free surface in a 3D Navier Stokes solver for coastal applications.
Gejadze, I., Copeland, G., Neill, S. P., Fang, F. & Pain, C., 1 Ion 2004, t. 681-694.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
Characterizing the tidal energy resource of the West Anglesey Demonstration Zone (UK), using TELEMAC-2D and field observations
Piano, M., Ward, S. L., Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P., Lewis, M. J., Davies, A. G., Powell, B. I., Owen, A. W. & Hashemi, R. M., 15 Hyd 2015.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
Modelling of SAR signatures of bathymetric features in the Bristol Channel using a coupled wave-current model
Macklin, T., Wolf, J., Wakelin, S., Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 1 Ion 2005, t. 611-618.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
The benefits of combining coupled wave-current models with SAR observations for the interpretation of ocean-surface currents.
Macklin, T., Wolf, J., Wakelin, S., Gommenginger, C., Ferrier, G., Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 1 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Cyhoeddwyd
The benefits of combining coupled wave-current models with SAR observations for the interpretation of ocean-surface currents.
Macklin, T., Wolf, J., Wakelin, S., Gommenginger, C., Ferrier, G., Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 23 Ion 2006.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
- Papur › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Field Investigations of Scour Around Scaled Piles in a Region of Wave Breaking : Hydrodynamic Field Investigations on Scour around Piles
Kannapiran, T. & Neill, S., Ebr 2023.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Murlen › Ymchwil › Heb ei adolygu gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Inter-annual variability of headland sandbanks affecting nearshore wave climates and flood risk.
Rulent, J., Lewis, M., Vafeidis, A., Scott, T., Conley, D. & Neill, S., Medi 2016.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Murlen
- Cyhoeddwyd
Simulating the dispersal of marine plastic during Super Typhoon Rai
Roome, E., Robins, P. & Neill, S., 9 Hyd 2024.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Murlen
- Cyhoeddwyd
Simulating the dispersal of marine plastics during extreme events
Roome, E., Robins, P. & Neill, S., 26 Maw 2024.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Murlen
- Cyfraniad Arall › Ymchwil › Heb ei adolygu gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Tidal power plants: Predictable electricity from the sea
Neill, S., 1 Medi 2018, 2 t. London : Energy Institute.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad arall › Cyfraniad Arall