Professor Simon Neill
Professor in Physical Oceanography
Affiliations
Contact info
Room: Room 212, Marine Centre Wales Phone: 01248 383938
Email: s.p.neill@bangor.ac.uk
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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
- 2009
- Published
A numerical study of lateral grain size sorting by an estuarine front.
Neill, S. P., 10 Feb 2009, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 81, 3, p. 345-352Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2008
- Published
Tidal and surge modelling using differential quadrature: a case study in the Bristol Channel.
Hashemi, M. R., Abedini, M. J., Neill, S. P. & Malekzadeh, P., 1 Oct 2008, In: Coastal Engineering. 55, 10, p. 811-819Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The role of Coriolis in sandbank formation due to a headland/island system.
Neill, S. P., 10 Sept 2008, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 79, 3, p. 419-428Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
A model of inter-annual variability in beach levels.
Neill, S. P., Elliott, A. & Hashemi, R. M., 15 Aug 2008, In: Continental Shelf Research. 28, 14, p. 1769-1781Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2007
- Published
Simulating storm waves in the Irish Sea
Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Jun 2007, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Maritime Engineering. 160, 2, p. 57-64Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The tidal flux in the Firth of Forth
Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 1 Mar 2007, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Maritime Engineering. 160, 1, p. 25-32Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
An enhanced depth-averaged tidal model for morphological studies in the presence of rotary currents.
Neill, S. P., Hashemi, M. R. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Jan 2007, In: Continental Shelf Research. 27, 1, p. 82-102Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2006
- Published
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 Jan 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- Published
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 Jan 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- 2005
- Published
Observing estuarine currents and fronts in the Tay Estuary, Scotland, using an airborne SAR with along-track interferometry (ATI)
Ferrier, G., Macklin, J. T., Neill, S. P., Folkard, A. M., Copeland, G. J. & Anderson, J. M., 20 Oct 2005, In: International Journal of Remote Sensing. 26, 20, p. 4399-4404Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Estimates of the extreme meteorological and oceanographic conditions near Amlwch.
Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Jan 2005, 2005 ed. Unknown.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
- Published
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 Jan 2005, p. 611-618.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- 2004
- Published
Observations and simulations of an unsteady island wake in the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Jul 2004, In: Ocean Dynamics. 54, 3-4, p. 324-332Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
In situ measurements of spring-neap variations to unsteady island wake development in the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Jun 2004, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 60, 2, p. 229-239Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
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 Jan 2004, p. 681-694.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- Published
Observations and numerical modelling of a non-buoyant front in the Tay Estuary, Scotland.
Neill, S. P., Copeland, G. J., Ferrier, G. & Folkard, A. M., 1 Jan 2004, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 59, 1, p. 173-184Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Oceanographic observations in the Savick Brook.
Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 1 Jan 2004, 2004 ed. Unknown.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report