# Eduardo Lopes

> Eduardo Lopes develops high-fidelity computational models of oscillating water column wave energy converters at the University of Lisbon's Instituto Superior Técnico, supervised by Prof. António Sarmento — one of the architects of the Pico OWC plant, the world's first grid-connected wave energy device. Eduardo's thesis addresses the longstanding gap between frequency-domain linear potential flow models — which underpredict air-column pressures by 30–40% in Atlantic sea states — and the prohibitively expensive fully nonlinear CFD simulations. He has implemented a weakly nonlinear time-domain solver that couples a boundary element method for the submerged hull with an OpenFOAM volume-of-fluid model confined to the air chamber, reducing computation time by a factor of 60 versus fully resolved CFD while capturing the key nonlinear air compressibility effects. Validation against new experimental data from the IST wave tank facility shows agreement within 8% for pressure amplitudes and 5% for capture width ratio across a wide wave height range. A consultancy agreement with EDP Renewables' offshore innovation group means Eduardo is directly advising on the hydrodynamic design of a commercial OWC demonstration array planned for the Portuguese western coast.

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**Institution:** University of Lisbon
**Field:** Ocean Energy Systems
**Advisor:** Prof. António Sarmento
**Thesis:** Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Modelling of Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converters for Atlantic Portuguese Waters
**Publications:** 2

## Skills

- OpenFOAM VOF free-surface CFD
- physical scale modelling wave tank
- WAMIT frequency domain BEM
- Python time-domain simulation

## Industry transition signals

- WEC design consultant for EDP Renewables
- presenting at EWTEC 2027
- EU-funded BlueEconomy project associate

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