Andrew Hillis

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Dr Hillis is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering and a member of the Centre for Power Transmission and Motion Control. He has research interests in the areas of Dynamics and Control and Structural Health Monitoring.

Dr Hillis obtained Masters and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bristol in 2001 and 2005 respectively. He has previously worked for Engineering Consultancies 42 Technology and Atkins Oil & Gas. Dr Hillis joined the University of Bath as a lecturer in 2007. He is a member of the Centre for Power Transmission and Motion Control, and has research interests in the areas of Dynamics and Control and Structural Health Monitoring.

Research

Andy's current research interests include:

Adaptive control systems
Vibration-based structural health monitoring
Active noise and vibration control.

Some past and present research projects which Dr Hillis has been involved with include:

Development of active engine mounts for vibration cancellation in cars
The bicoherence method for damage detection in structures and machines
Efficient fluid power systems
Active control of pressure ripple in fluid power systems
Development of active suspension systems for aircraft.

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Projects

10 Finished

Predictability bounded control of the Mocean WEC

Hillis, A., Johnston, N., Plummer, A. & Sell, N.

Wave Energy Scotland

1/11/17 → 31/01/18

Project: Central government, health and local authorities

Adeptive Control of the WaveSun WEC using a Romax Electromechanical PTO

Hillis, A., Johnston, N., Plummer, A. & Sell, N.

Wave Energy Scotland

1/11/17 → 31/01/18

Project: Central government, health and local authorities

The Multi-Float WaveSub Waver Energy Converter

Hillis, A. & Plummer, A.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

1/10/16 → 30/09/17

Project: Research council

CCell Mark 3- Novel Wave Energy Converter

Hillis, A.

Wave Energy Scotland

1/02/16 → 30/04/17

Project: Central government, health and local authorities

Mid Stage Development of Ccell Wave Energy Converter

Hillis, A. & Plummer, A.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

4/05/15 → 3/07/18

Project: Research council

Research Output

32 Article
18 Paper
9 Conference contribution
2 Chapter
6 More

Computational modelling and experimental tank testing of the multi float WaveSub under regular wave forcing

Faraggiana, E., Whitlam, C., Chapman, J., Hillis, A., Roesner, J., Hann, M., Grieves, D., Yu, Y-H., Ruehl, K., Masters, I., Foster, G. & Stockman, G., 2 Jan 2020, In : Renewable Energy. 152, p. 892-909

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Power capture gains for the WaveSub submerged WEC using active control

Hillis, A., Whitlam, C., Brask, A., Chapman, J. & Plummer, A., 1 Sep 2019.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

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Simulation of a power electronic conversion system with short-term energy storage for actively controlled wave energy converters

Hillis, A. J., Plummer, A. R., Zeng, X. & Chapman, J., 14 Oct 2019, 2019 Offshore Energy and Storage Summit, OSES 2019. IEEE, p. 1-7 7 p. 8867347. (2019 Offshore Energy and Storage Summit, OSES 2019).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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