Dr Damon Howe is the Deputy Program Leader for the Offshore Engineering and Technology Deputy Program.

Damon works as a lecturer and researcher at the Australian Maritime College (AMC) – University of Tasmania as a member of the marine renewable energy research team. While his primary research expertise is in ocean renewable energy, particularly ocean wave energy, Damon’s expertise also extends to offshore structures, both fixed and floating. His work aims to further the knowledge and development of marine renewable energy systems by exploring the synergistic potential for colocation of marine renewable energy devices with nearshore and offshore structures.

Damon obtained his PhD in Maritime Engineering from the Australian Maritime College – University of Tasmania following a BEng (Ocean Engineering)(Honours) also completed at AMC. The topic of Damon’s PhD was the integration of oscillating water column wave energy converters within multi-purpose maritime structures.

Damon’s current research works are largely focused on the development of marine renewable energy infrastructure to support the expansion of Blue Economy industries. Much of the research work is focused on model-scale hydrodynamic testing of offshore systems and structures utilising the experimental facilities at AMC. Additionally, his current research interests also extend to applications for machine learning and deep learning in ocean engineering, including sea-state estimation and computer vision for motion response.