Bryson Robertson
Professor, Director of the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems
Mechanical Engineering, Institute for Integrated Energy Systems
- Contact:
- Office: Engineering Office Wing, Room 233 bryson@uvic.ca
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-7844-8708
- Area(s) of expertise:
- wave tidal and offshore wind energy resource characteristics, co-design of wind and wave renewable technologies, marine power within emerging blue economy
About Bryson
Dr. Bryson Robertson is the Director of the Institute for Integrated Energy System (IESVic) and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Prior academic and administrative appointments include a Professor of Civil Engineering at Oregon State University and the Director of the Pacific Marine Energy Center.
His research and teaching interests include the wave mechanics, hydrodynamics of floating bodies, and renewable energy. Working with partners in industry, government and academia, he focuses on wave, tidal and offshore wind energy resource characteristics; the co-design of offshore wind and wave renewable technologies; and numerically integrating marine power within the emerging Blue Economy.
In complimentary research, Dr. Robertson also looks at the future of our global energy systems; the nexus of technology, climate change, policy, economics, and society on the decarbonization of electrical systems; and the public trust requirements to transition power system.
Publications
See Dr. Robertson's ORCID page and Google Scholar page for a list of publications.