JBA welcomes two IDCORE research engineers

JBA Consulting has boosted its Marine and Coastal Risk Management team with the addition of two IDCORE research engineers.

The research engineers, Ben Hudson and Edward Kay, will work on the further development, testing and application of JBA’s metocean planning tool – ForeCoast Marine Mission Planner, JBA’s press release reads.

Ben Hudson is tasked with applying the Mission Planner to the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) wave and tidal test facility in Orkney, and Edward Kay will apply the tool to offshore wind operations in UK and European Waters, according to JBA.

The IDCORE programme is a four year Engineering Doctorate (EngD) course in marine renewable energy, comprising of intensive training at the University of Edinburgh followed by a three year industrial placement.

JBA will host two IDCORE students at its Skipton office over the next three years, JBA’s press release reads.

As reported earlier, EMEC, JBA Consulting and Met Office have joined forces to develop software for operational planning at EMEC’s wave and tidal test sites in Orkney.

The system for Marine Mission Planner will be based on JBA’s ForeCoast Marine Mission Planner – a forecasting and decision support tool designed to help guide vessel operations days, weeks and months ahead.

JBA Consulting is an environmental engineering company whose marine and coastal specialists provide services in marine and flood modelling, development of forecasting systems, sediment transport analysis and marine and coastal engineering.

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