Feargal Brennan is the James Blyth Professor of Offshore Engineering and head of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde.  He is an international expert in offshore engineering and structural integrity applied to Oil & Gas, Offshore Wind and Marine Renewable Energy.  In addition to over 200 publications in scientific journals and conferences, he has authored a number of reports for the UK HSE and other government/regulatory agencies.  He is the Director of the Renewable Energy Marine Structures Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) (Cranfield, Oxford and Strathclyde), Research Director of the Wind & Marine Systems and Structures (WAMSS) CDT (Strathclyde, Edinburgh and Oxford) and the “Offshore Wind Champion” for the EPSRC Flagship Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Programme.  He sits on the ORE Catapult Research Advisory Board, the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council, leader of the UK delegation to the International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress and served as expert witness in the London Court of International Arbitration.