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Prof Jin Wang

School of Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Email: J.Wang@ljmu.ac.uk

Telephone: 0151 231 2445

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Professor of Marine Technology (since 2002)
Director of Liverpool Logistics, Offshore and Marine (LOOM) Research Institute (since 2003)
Associate Dean (Research and Knowledge Exchange), Faculty of Engineering and Technology (since 2015)

Career history
2002 – date: Professor of Marine Technology, LJMU
1999-2002: Reader in Marine Engineering, LJMU
1995-1999: Lecturer in Marine and Offshore Engineering, LJMU
1991-1995: Research Associate (RA 1A), Engineering Design Centre & Dept. of Computing Science, Newcastle University
1990: Scientific Researcher, Loughborough University

Education
PhD in Maritime Safety Engineering (Newcastle, UK)
MSc in Marine Engineering (Newcastle, UK)
BEng in Marine Automation (Dalian Maritime University, PRC)

Professional qualifications
Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (FIMarEST), 1999 - date (Member from 1995 to 1999).
Fellow of the UK Safety and Reliability Society (FSaRS), 2011 - date (Member from 1997 to 2011).
Fellow of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects (FRINA), 2005 - date.
Chartered Engineer (CEng), 1996 - date.

Research and scholarship awards

First Runner up Award for 2024 UK-Malaysia Education Institutional Partnership, British Malaysian Chamber of Commerce Berhad (BMCC), as the Chair of UK-Malaysia University Consortium. Winner of the “Award for Risk Reduction in Mechanical Engineering” for outstanding contribution in risk reduction of maritime/mechanical systems from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) in 2018
2017 RINA – Lloyd’s Register Maritime Safety Award for Lifetime Achievement for improvement of the safety of life at sea the and the protection of the maritime environment through novel and improved design, construction and operational procedures, from Royal Institution of Naval Architecture.
‘Outstanding Contribution to Marine Safety’ award for 2017 from the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST).
Awarded a Research Fellowship on Maritime Safety Regulations from the Leverhulme Trust, 2011-2013.
Won the IMarEST Denny Medal 2007 for the work “Facilitating the treatment of uncertainty in marine formal safety assessment” , IMarEST.
Won the Research Leadership Award for exceptional research in Risk and Safety Assessment of Marine Engineering Systems by Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management, 2008.
Won the IMarEST Denny Medal 2004 for the work “Fuzzy logic approaches to safety assessment in maritime engineering applications”, IMarEST.
Globally ranked 60th and nationally 5th in Civil Engineering (including Maritime Engineering and Naval Architecture) in the World Ranking of Scientists, based on publications and citations, published in October 2021 (https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3).

Completed supervision of more than 60 PhD and 20 postdoctoral researchers (about 60% as the first supervisor)
2 research monographs, 12 book chapters
More than 200 SCI cited journal papers (h-index 51, 10,000 citations in Web of Science; h-index 67, 18,000 citations in Google Scholar)

Research interests: Design and operation of maritime engineering systems such as ships, offshore installations and port terminals.
Delivered more than 10 keynote addresses at reputable international conferences such as ESREL 2014 and 2023.

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES (evidence of esteem)
Government agencies/funding bodies
Member of sub-panel 12 in Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 and 2021 in the UK.
Review panel member (one of five) of the UK’s Subgalcial Lake Ellsworth exploration project failure (May 2013).
The sole assessor for Leanwind (10m euro) and one of the two assessors for Space@Sea (8m euro).
Chair of UK-Malaysia University Consortium (https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/microsites/uk-malaysia-university-consortium)

Professional bodies
Chairman of the Marine Transportation Safety Committee of the European Safety and Reliability Society (since 2010).
Member of Formal Safety Assessment Experts Group at IMO (since 2009).

Editorial Board/Editor of National and International Journals
Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Marine Science and Technology (SCI cited, since 2022, Deputy Editor since 2013).
Associate Editor of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering and of Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment (SCI cited)

Involvement in organisation of conferences and workshops
Co-chair of the International Workshop on Automation, Computing and Manufacturing, Wuhan, China, 14-16 April 2006 (sponsored by the UK EPSRC).
Co-Chair, The Liverpool-Shanghai Symposium on Maritime Logistics – A Fusion of Research, Knowledge and Experience, funded by the UK EPSRC, 18-19 August 2010
Chairman of Maritime Piracy Workshop, Liverpool John Moores University, Funded by NERC (Global Uncertainties), 26th Feb. 2013.
Co-Chairman of the Academic Committee of the 3rd International Conference on Transportation Information and Safety, June 25 – June 28, 2015, Wuhan, P. R. China.

RESEARCH GRANTS

CURRENT RESEARCH GRANTS (as PI or Co-Investigator)

EU Horizon Europe, €236748, 2024-2026, DROMS-FOWT - Development of a real-time opportunistic maintenance strategy for floating offshore wind turbines (as PI).
EU Horizon Europe, €110,400 (out of €1.127m), 2024-2028, WINDHY - Multi-disciplinary risk management for stable, safe, and sustainable offshore wind-powered hydrogen production (as PI).
British Council, £120,291, 2022-2024, UK-Malaysia University Consortium (as PI).
British Academy, £10,000, 2024, PPHE24\100114, Enabling Cost-effective and Low Carbon Blue-Green Mobility (as PI).
Royal Academy of Engineering, £30,000, 2021-2024, VP in Marine Technology and Project Management (as PI).
RAEng, £12,800 (out of £199,450), 2020-2024, “Safe and Sustainable Decommissioning of Offshore Structures Taking into Consideration the Peculiarities of the ASEAN & South Asia Regions (as PI).
EU Horizon 2020, €1,324,800, 2019-2025, ReMESH - Research Network on Emergency Resources Supply Chain (as Co-PI).
EU H2020, €626,319 (out of €6,691,135), 2023-2026, 101096068, RETROFIT55 - Decarbonising the Shipping Industry and Cutting Emissions by at least 55% by 2030 through Retrofit (as CoI).
Horizon Europe via UKRI, €236,748/£204,093, 2023-2025, 101110205, ULTIMATE - Development of a Fully Intelligent Maintenance Framework for Prognostic Health Management of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (as CoI).
UKRI – Innovate UK, £568,352 out of £4,581,435, 2023-2025, 10,055,448, RESTORE - Retrofittable Propulsion System for Electric Vessels with Hydrogen Range Extender (as CoI).
EU Horizon Europe, €202,400 (out of €607,200), 2024-2028, 101130406, ice-Link – Integration of advanced experiments, computation and data for innovation in freeze casting and advanced porous structures (As CoI)..
EU Horizon Europe, €184,000 (out of €795,800), 2024-2028, 101129996, SynAM – Integration of advanced experiments, computation and data for innovation in freeze casting and advanced porous structures (as CoI).
Royal Society £12,000, 2023-2025, EC\NSFC\223196, Adapting to Risks Posed by Climate Change on Port Clusters: Insights for the Cases of the UK and China (as CoI).
UKRI-Innovate UK, £100,000 (out of £25m), 2023-2025, eSOV: Electric SOV with Methanol Range Extender (as CoI).
UKRI-Innovate UK, £345,085 (out of £1,471,973), 2024-2026, HIGHFlEX - Development of a HIGH Capacity FLEXible Energy Storage System for Mini-Grid Application in Sub-Sahara Africa (as CoI).
UKRI-Innovate UK, £397,110 (out of £1,841,540), 2024-2026, METTLE - Mobile Energy Storage Unit With Swappable Second-Life Battery (as CoI).
UK EPSRC, £4,884,930, 2024-2032, EP/Y035488/1, N0MES - EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Net Zero Maritime Energy Solutions (as CoI).
Royal Society, £12,000, 2024-2032, EC\NSFC\233298, Risk and Reliability Assessment of Passenger Ship Evacuation Strategies in Arctic Environments (as CoI).
Connected Places Catapult (CPC), £46570 of £500,000, 2024, Liverpool/Belfast green shipping corridor (as CoI).
EPSRC- Clean Maritime Research, £39,920, 2024-2025, Hub - Wave 1 Funding Call HYDRO-Port - Safety Management and Risk Assessment of liquid hydrogen bunkering and storage in ports (as CoI).
MarRI-UK, £115,892, 2024-2026, MarRI-UK_CORE_2024_02, Towards a New Horizon: Autonomous Vessel Navigation Challenges, and the Future of Human-Machine Interactions in Maritime Operations (as CoI).

COMPLETED GRANTS (As PI/Co-Investigator)
EU, €404,347 (of €3,920,146), 2017-2023, ARCWIND - Adaptation and implementation of floating wind energy conversion technology (Co-PI: Dr. C. Michailidis (CUT)) for the Atlantic region (as PI).
EU, €180,000 (of €517,500), 2017-2023, Partnership for Research In Geopolymer Concretes (PRIGeoC) (as PI).
EU, €1,417,500 , 2017-2023, RESET - Reliability and Safety Engineering and Technology for large maritime engineering systems. https://etmjwang.wixsite.com/eu-reset (as PI).
EU, €224,934, 2020-2022, STOPFIRE - Emergency decision support system of offshore platform fires (as PI).
Royal Society, £12,000, 2018-2021, Resilience and risk of offshore wind energy generation platforms under extreme environments (as PI) .
Petroleum Technology Dev. Fund, £15,000, 2017-2021, Quantitative Pipeline Risk Assessment (QRA): Non-Historic Data Based Assessment for Onshore Pipelines (as PI).
Health & Safety Executive, £15,438, 2017-2018, Effective collision risk management for offshore installations and ship/platform collision incident database (as PI).
EU, €700,000 (of €9m), 2011-2016, Weastflows, Strengthening the development of sustainable connectivity in NWE for freight and logistics (as PI).
RMRI, £30,000, 2014-2017, e-safety case (as PI).
EU, €384,300, 2012-2016, FP 7 Marie Curie Research Network (IRSES) on risk assessment and decision science (as PI).
Royal Society, £12,000, 2014-2016, International Collaboration (as PI).
RAEng, £5,865, 2014, Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Award (as PI).
£42,281, 2011-2013, Assessment of marine regulations (as PI).
ESRC (RCUK), £4,720, 2012-1013, Impact support fund in maritime security (as PI).
EPSRC, £248,795, 2008-2012, EP/F024436, Security and risk-based operation of CLSCs (as PI).
EPSRC, £135,751, 2009-2012, EP/F041993/1, A fire and rescue management system (as PI).
EPSRC, £71,823, 1998-2001, GR/M24967, A safety based decision support system (as PI).
EPSRC, £86,782, 2001-2004, GR/R30624, Application of approximate reasoning methodologies (as PI).
EPSRC, £112,850, 2004-2007, GR/S85504, An advanced decision support tool (as PI).
EPSRC, £3,752, 2003, GR/S28853, An investigation of latest developments in risk assessment (as PI).
EPSRC, £11,957, 2010, EP/I004947/1, Organisation of a maritime logistics symposium (as PI).
UK HSE, £30,000, 1998-2004, D3474, An offshore decision making system (as PI).
EU, 30,000 euro, 2002-2006, GTC2-2000-33043,Safety and Reliability Network (as PI).
Royal Society, £5,000, 2011-2012, Maritime safety assessment - RS Kan Tong Po Visiting Professorship (as PI).
RAEng, £15,763, 2006-07, Support for secondment at American Bureau of Shipping Consulting
American Bureau of Shipping Consulting, £5,000, 2017-2011, Risk-based decision making (as PI).
Royal Academy of Engineering, £29,880, 2015-2018, Visiting Professorship in Functional Safety, 2015-2018 (as PI).
Royal Academy of Engineering, £30,000, 2016-2019, Visiting Professorship in Marine Technology and Risk Assessment (as PI).
EU Horizon 2020, €170,200 (out of €961,400), 2019-2023, ENHANCE - Enhancing human performance in complex socio-technical systems (as CoI).
EU H2020, €211,500 (out of €1,116,000), 2018-2023, GOLF - Integration of Global and Local Agri-Food Supply Chains Towards Sustainable Food Security (as CoI).
EU (Interreg AA), €480k (out of €2.54m), 2019-2023, EMPORIA4KT: Innovative Technology and Knowledge Transfer for Blue Economics (as CoI).
MarRI-UK, £31,998 (out of £224,000), 2023, Disruptive technologies for enhancing UK shipbuilding’s (as CoI).
EU H2020, €224,934, 2020-2023, Materials Modelling at Atomic Scales and Applications (as CoI).
EU ERDF, £1,000,000 (out of £8,486,679), 2019-2023, SUD - Sustainable Urban Development (Low Carbon and Environment and Resource Efficiency): Liverpool City Region (as Co-I).
IAMU via Nippon Foundation, $19,920, 2020-2022, Risk Evaluation and Safety Optimization in the Maritime Industry (CoI).
RAEng, £10,000 (out of £100,000), 2020-2023, The risks of structural failure of decommissioned offshore oil and gas installations (CoI).
MoD (UK) via QinetiQ, £71k, 20201-22, Establish a formal risk assessment methodology to provide confidence regarding rigor for MoD battery certification (as CoI).
InnovateUK, £48,028 (out of £497,914), 2022-23, “Reducing Maritime Emissions” (as CoI).
British Council, £50,000, 2022-2024, “Catalyst project for Graduate Employability with the UK-Malaysia-Indonesia partnership” (as CoI).
MoD (UK) via QinetiQ, £55k, 2020-21, Risk-Based Specifications of Portable Power Packs for Different Applications (CoI).
DfT, £20,591, Intelligent real-time seat allocation for better rail services, 2016-2018 (CoI).
Mersey Travel, £16k, Safe Cycling, 2017-2018 (CoI).
Mersey Travel, £55k, An advanced model for realising cycling risk prediction, 2017-2018 (CoI).
Newton Fund, £18,000, Modelling and optimising rail operations - A passenger-oriented approach, 2016-2017 (CoI).
IAMU, $54,000, 2013-2015, Development of taxonomy for deck officers' non-technical skills (CoI).
TSB, £20k (of £705k), 2014-2016, VoyagOR - Voyage optimal routing in the Cloud (CoI).
British Council, £41,000, 2015-2016, UK-Vietnam ICT for sustaining logistic services (CoI).
RCUK NEMODE, £3,000, 2014-2015, Enabling digital, innovative technologies (CoI).
EPSRC, £87,062, 2001-2004, GR/R32413, Application of approximate reasoning methodologies (CoI).
EPSRC, £113,572, 2004-2007, GR/S85498, An advanced decision support tool (CoI).
EPSRC, £63,784, 2004-208, EP/S904616, UK-China network (CoI).
DTI KTP, £122,733, 2008-2010, 6571, KTP with Risktec Solutions Ltd (CoI).
EU, €1,180,000 (of €7m), 2010-2014, Intelligent Transport in Dynamic Environment (INTRADE)
UK BIS, £300,000, 2015-2017, Digital innovation research in maritime logistics (CoI).
EU, €590k, 2013-2017, FP7, ENRICH: EC-China Research Network for Integrated Supply Chains (CoI).
Nippon Foundation, USD $47,162, 2016-2017, An open-source marine systems and vessels modelling platform (CoI).
EU (Interreg Atlantic Area), €185k (of €3m), 2017-2019, BluePort - Atlantic Blue Port Services “Discharge polluted water in port, not at sea” (as CoI).
Roy. Acad. of Eng., £24,000, 2016-2017, Green logistics – a UK-Vietnam research collaboration (CoI).
Department for Transport, £20,591, 2016-2017, Intelligent real-time seat allocation for better rail services (CoI).
Newton Fund, £18,000, 2016-2017, Modelling and optimising rail operations – a passenger-oriented approach (CoI).
AECOM, £30,000, Optimisation & simulation for transport and logistics, 2016-2019 (as CoI).
Roy. Acad. of Eng., £30,000, Visiting Professorship with Risktec in Risk Assessment, 2018-2020 (as CoI).

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Research Projects Completed
Postdoctoral projects
1. Dr M. An & Dr H.S. Sii, “A safety based decision support system for the design of large offshore engineering products” (1998-2001), sponsored jointly by the HSE, EPSRC and Shell. (The EPSRC assessed this project as “outstanding”, the highest possible grade).
2. Dr H.S. Sii, “Application of approximate reasoning approaches in offshore engineering design: risk modelling” (2001-2004), sponsored by the EPSRC. (Rated as “Tending to Outstanding” by the EPSRC).
3. Dr A.G. Eleye-Datubo, “Maritime risk assessment using Fuzzy-Bayesian networks” (2005-2006), sponsored by the Faculty of Technology and Environment, LJMU.
4. Dr J. Ren, “An advanced tool for safety based offshore operations – risk modelling” (2004-2007), sponsored by the EPSRC.
5. Dr. Z.L. Yang, “Advanced maritime risk modelling and decision making” (2006-2008), sponsored by the Faculty of Technology and Environment of LJMU.
6. Dr B. Jones, “Effective cargo handling in a sea port” (2009-2011), sponsored by a EU grant (Intrade) (2nd supervisor).
7. Dr R. Riahi, “Security modelling of container liners” (2008-2011), sponsored by the EPSRC.
8. Dr T.T. Nguyen, “3D port container movement simulation and optimisation” (2011-2013), sponsored by EU (2nd supervisor).
9. Dr J. Lee, “Simulation of a sea port operation in a virtual environment” (2011-2013), funded by EU (Intrade) (co-supervisor).
10. Dr D.B. Matellini, “Risk-based decision making”, (2012-2013), funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
11. Dr S. Chaurasia, “Sustainable maritime logistics research using operational research” (2015-2016), funded by UK BIS (co-supervisor).
12. Dr S. Kavakeb, “Transport system simulation and optimisation” (2015-2016), funded by BC (co-supervisor).
13. Dr J. Peiro Ramada, “Sustainable maritime logistics research using operational research” (2017), funded by BC (2nd supervisor).
14. Dr I. Gheyas, “Simulation for port operations” (1-11/2017), funded by Newton Fund (2nd supervisor).
15. Dr M. Garza, “Fleet sizing for vehicles in ports” (2017-18), funded by Newton Fund (2nd supervisor).
16. Dr C. Lersteau, “Container stacking in ports” (2017-18), funded by Newton Fund (2nd supervisor).
17. S. Loughney, “Ship/offshore installation collision analysis” (2017-2019), funded by LJMU (2017-2019).
18. Dr. Y. Yang, “Integrity modelling of floating offshore wind installations” (2018-2020), funded by EU.
19. Dr. Michailides Constantine, “Structural health modelling of floating offshore wind turbines” (2018-2020), funded by EU.
20. Dr Christos Sakaris, “Array health diagnosis and prognosis of floating offshore wind installations” (2019-2020), funded by EU.
21. E. Shaw, “Risk-based specifications of portable power packs for different applications – part 1”, funded by the Ministry of Defence via QinetiQ (2019-2020) (2nd supervisor).
22. Dr. Yanfu Wang, “Emergency decision support system of offshore platform fires” (2020-2022), funded by EU.

Doctoral projects
23. Dr A. Pillay, “Formal safety assessment of fishing vessels” (1998-2001), sponsored by HEFCE NFF, ORS, QARS and IMarEST Stanley Gray Fellowship.
24. Dr H.S. Sii, “Marine and offshore safety assessment” (1998-2001), partially supported by the IMarEST Stanley Gray Fellowship.
25. Dr P. Lois, “Cyprus and Mediterranean cruise market: a financial and economic appraisal” (1998-2004).
26. Dr S.W. Kim, “Formal fire safety assessment of passenger ships” (1999-2005), partially funded by Chosun University and IMarEST Stanley Gray Fellowship.
27. Dr A.G. Eleye-Datubo, “Integrative risk-based assessment modelling of safety-critical marine and offshore applications” (2002-2006), funded by HEFCE and EPSRC.
28. Dr Z. Yang, “Risk assessment and decision making of container supply chains”, 2003-2006, partially supported by the IMarEST Stanley Gray Fellowship.
29. Dr S. Ung, “The development of safety and security assessment techniques and their application to port operations” (2003-2007), partially supported by the IMarEST Stanley Gray Fellowship.
30. Dr Kiani, “The impact of automation on the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the quayside and container yard cranes and the selection decision for the yard operating systems” (2003-2007), funded by the Iranian government.
31. Dr E. Mistralis, “Formal safety assessment of marine applications” (2001-2007), partially supported by the IMarEST Stanley Gray Fellowship.
32. Dr A. Harati Mokhtari, “Impact of New Technologies on Safety of Marine Navigation” (2003-2007), funded by the Iranian government (2nd supervisor).
33. Dr D. Godaliyadde, “Formal safety assessment and its application to ship hull vibration” (2005-2008).
34. Dr J.A. Lee, “Technical management of VLCC hull structures based on safety case principles” (2002-2009).
35. Dr B. Jones, “A risk based maintenance methodology of industrial systems” (2006-2009).
36. Dr H. Karahalios, “A risk based appraisal on maritime regulations in shipping industry” (2006-2009).
37. Dr (Capt.) K. Subramanian, “Human reliability assessment in oil tanker operations” (2008-2011) (2nd supervisor).
38. Dr S. Chen, “Qualitative and quantitative analysis of marine accidents using a human error framework” (2006-2009) (3rd supervisor/adviser).
39. Dr P. Eugene, “Risk based framework in ballast water management” (2003-2009) (3rd supervisor).
40. Dr M. Miri Lavasani, “Advanced quantitative risk assessment of offshore gas pipeline systems” (2007-2010).
41. Dr A. Cunningham, “Implementation of Monte Carlo methods considering RAMS applications in the marine industry” (2007-2010), funded by the EPSRC DTA.
42. Dr R. Riahi, “Enabling security and risk based operation of container line supply chains under high uncertainties” (2008-2011), funded by the EPSRC.
43. Dr E. Chukawuka, “Risk based design, maintenance and inspection of marine and offshore structures under particular reference to fatigue analysis” (2007-2011), partially funded by the EU.
44. Dr T. Nwaoha, “Advanced risk and maintenance modelling in LNG carrier operations” (2008-2011) (2nd supervisor).
45. Dr (Capt.) K. Mokhtari, “Advanced risk assessment in offshore terminals and marine ports” (2009-2011) (2nd supervisor).
46. Dr N. Abdul Rahman, "Development of decision making models for analysing a steaming speed for liner containerships under uncertainty" (2009-2012), funded by Malaysian Gov.
47. Dr K. Abujaafa, “Enabling risk-based marine operations” (2009-2012), funded by the Libyan government (2nd supervisor)
48. Dr B. Matellini, “A fire and rescue management system” (2009-2013), funded by the EPSRC.
49. Dr S. Pristrom, “A study of maritime security” (2009-2013), funded by IMO and LJMU.
50. Dr D. McNamara, “Development of models using Monte Carlo to analyse the operation of efficiency of the operation of marine systems” (2009-2013), funded by EPSRC DTA.
51. Dr A. John, “Proactive risk assessment of marine infrastructure systems: resilience engineering perspectives” (2010-2013), funded by EU (Weastflows).
52. Dr A. Babader, “Environmental impact modelling and optimisation of waste packaging” (2011-2014), funded by Saudi Arabian government (2nd supervisor).
53. Dr Nural Haqimin Bin Mohd Salleh, “Supply chain risk assessment and management in liner shipping industry under high uncertainties” (2013-2017), funded by the Malaysian government (2nd supervisor).
54. Dr S. Kavakeb, “Optimisation of container movement scheduling in a sea port” (2011-2014), funded by EU (Intrade) (third supervisor).
55. Dr Z.H. (Dianna) Qu, “Quality control in shipping operation using six sigma principles” (2012-2015) (2nd supervisor), funded by EU’s Intrade project (Second supervisor).
56. Dr M. Kasaeyan, “Risk-based offshore design” (2011-2015).
57. Dr A. Dantsoho, “Benchmarking the performance in Nigerian ports” (2011-2015), funded by the Nigerian Port Authority (third supervisor).
58. Dr D. Njumo, “Risk assessment of shipyard operations” (2012-2015), funded by the Common Wealth Scholarships (second supervisor).
59. Dr D. Paraskevadakis, “Infrastructure capacity analysis in North West of Europe (2011-2016), funded by EU (Weastflows).
60. Dr H. Al Yami, “Assessment and its application to sea port systems” (2010-2016), funded by Saudi Arabian government (2nd supervisor).
61. Dr S. Haddad., “Supply chain management modelling" (2010-2016), funded by Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport (2nd supervisor).
62. Dr M. Ha, “Port logistics performance measurement” (2012-2016) (2nd supervisor).
63. Dr C. Li, “A system dynamics approach for chemical supply chain risk management: modelling and simulation” (2012-2016), partially supported by an EU Marie Curie project (2nd supervisor).
64. Dr S. Loughney, “Offshore e-integrity case” (2014-2017), funded by MRRI and LJMU.
65. Dr A.Y. Usman, “A resilience modelling approach on oil terminal operations under high uncertainty” (2014-2017), funded by Lloyds Register (2nd supervisor).
66. Dr A. Ishola, “Emergency modelling and planning of chemical refinery processes” (2014-2018) (3rd supervisor)
67. Dr D. Frank, “An Investigation into the Application of Formal Decision Making Techniques to Design Alterations and Additions (As&As) for Vessels of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)” (2009-2018), funded by the MoD.
68. Dr A. P. Maurice, “Development of an efficient planned maintenance framework for marine and offshore machineries operating under highly uncertain environment” (2012-2017).
69. Dr. L. Wang, “Research on risk assessment methods for healthcare supply chain in hospital - An investigation of the feasibility of integrating risk and Lean & Agile management” (2015-2018) (second supervisor).
70. Dr. A.M.Y Taha, “Investigating an interactive technological self-study conceptual framework for on-board maritime education and training” (2010-2018), funded by the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of LJMU (co-supervisor).
71. Dr. D. Yazdani, “Optimisation in Dynamic Environments” (2016-2019), funded by the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of LJMU (3rd supervisor).
72. Dr. A. Bury, “Short-sea shipping for greener logistics transport in North West of Europe (2011-2019), funded by EU (Weastflows)
73. Dr. Fayas Ahmad Najib, “Development of decision making techniques for analysing the Northern Sea shipping route” (2013-2019), funded by the Malaysian government (2nd supervisor).
74. Dr. Muhd Zulhilmi (Wanzul) Abdul Halim, “Measuring service quality of electronic documentation (export) in Malaysia” (2013-2019), funded by the Malaysian government (2nd supervisor).
75. Dr. I. C. Ikewete, “A risk-based framework for design, inspection and maintenance of offshore wind farm turbines” (2012-2019). (3rd supervisor)
76. Dr. Gregory Asuelimen, “An enhanced risk assessment model for offshore seismic survey in hostile environments: A case study of Arctic oil and gas exploration” (2016-2019).
77. Dr. S. Fan, “The Influence of Seafarer’s Emotion on Navigation Safety”, dual PhD degree funded by LJMU and Wuhan University of Technology (2017-2020).
78. Dr. S. Hassan, “Quantitative risk assessment: towards non historic data based assessment” (2017-2020), funded by Petroleum Technology Development Fund.
79. Dr. M.I. Navaz. “Risk Based Verification of Offshore Installations on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf” (2012-2019), funded by Lloyds Register of Shipping.
80. Dr. C. Kelly, “Investigation into the uses of life cycle analysis as an alternative method of selecting tidal power schemes” (2016-2019), funded by the Dean’s scholarship (3rd supervisor).
81. Dr. M. Usman, “Predictive maintenance modelling of large two-stroke marine engines” (2014-2021), funded by Lloyds Register (2nd supervisor).
82. Dr. S. Symes, “Ship simulator-based seafarers’ skill acquisition incorporating the use of Functional-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)”, funded by LJMU scholarship (2017-2022).
83. Dr. E. Shaw, “Investigation and analysis into the current status and future direction relating to the application of complex computer technology for safety critical systems in the marine sector”, funded by LJMU scholarship (2017-2022).
84. Dr. J. Cutler, “erformance Evaluation of a Combined Floating Offshore Energy System (CFOES) in Operational and Extreme Conditions”, funded by LJMU Scholarship (2019-2022). (MB, et al.)
85. Dr. Andrew Spiteri, “A novel design to induce a passive air layer under ships to reduce viscous drag” (2019-2022), (3rd supervisor).
86. Dr. Xuri Xin, Risk assessment and control of ship collision in complex traffic waters/systems (2022-2024), under the dual PhD programme with Wuhan University of Technology (3rd supervisor).
87. Dr. O. Chukwuka, “Risk analysis for emergency supply chain with particular focus on intermodal transport” (2019-2022), funded by Nigerian Government (3rd supervisor).
88. Dr. M.S. Gbako, “Benchmarking the current state of the art of Inland Waterways” (2019-2022), funded by Nigerian Government (3rd supervisor).

MPhil projects
89. R. Smyth, “Development of a training and education framework in risk assessment business” (2008-2010), funded by DTI and Risktec) (2nd supervisor).
90. D. Gohomene, “A decision making system for port selection" (2008-2011) (2nd supervisor).

Other projects
91. 128. Dr. D. Cooper, “Safety and Engineering Risk Management” (2018-2021), Visiting Professor from Risktec and funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering (2nd supervisor).
92. 120. Prof. Ron Bell, “Functional safety” (2015-2018), funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering via its Visiting Professorship Scheme.
93. Dr. Paul Davies, “Risk Assessment and Marine Technology” (2016-2019), funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering via its Visiting Professorship Scheme.

Current Projects
94. S. Waddington, “Offshore decommissioning, risk assessment template using with Monte Carlo analysis” (2019-2024).
95. M. Jenkins, “Modelling Health and Safety performance in relation to varying degrees of State intervention in industry” (2019-2023), funded by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Limited.
96. David Hitchmough, Study of Antifouling Coatings and Textures to Reduce Drag on the Hull of a Boat (2021-2024), (3rd supervisor).
97. Maisem Moammer, An evaluation of risk methodologies and framework for building a smart port (2021-2024), funded by Libyan Government (3rd supervisor).
98. Taylor Larsen, Development of a framework for the reliability and survivability design of Wave Energy Converters (WECs) (3rd supervisor).
99. Mohamed Hamoud, “A decision-making framework for energy management of a multi-sourced power production plant” (2022-2027) (4th supervisor).
100. Philip Aihonsu, “Hydrogen fuelled vessels safety assessment using fuzzy modelling and evidential reasoning with Bayesian network” (2023-2028).

Degrees

1994, Newcastle University, United Kingdom, PhD in Maritime Safety Engineering
1989, Newcastle University, United Kingdom, MSc in Marine Engineering
Dalian Maritime University, China, BEng in Marine Automation (Marine Control Engineering)

Academic appointments

Professor of Marine Technology; Director of LOOM Research Institute; Associate Dean (Scholarship, Research and Knowledge Transfer), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Liverpool John Moores University, 1995 - present
Research Associate, Engineering Design Centre and Department of Computer Science, Newcastle University, 1991 - 1995
Scientific Researcher, Mechanical Engineering, Loughborough University, 1990 - 1990

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