Francois Flocard

Senior Project Engineer, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Core responsibilities

Francois is a Senior Project Engineer at the Water Research Laboratory. Francois has been with WRL since early 2011 and been involved in several large studies during this time. His primary fields of interest are related to wave dynamics, wave climate assessment, coastal structures (physical and numerical models), as well as related field studies.

Since graduating from one of the leading French engineering schools in 2002 with a Master of Engineering Science degree (specialising in the fields of Mechanical Design and Hydraulics), Francois has worked on a range of consulting engineering projects in the oil and gas industry, and also in ocean wave energy conversion.

Francois was awarded his PhD, undertaken at the University of Sydney, investigating the benefits of inertia modification on the efficiency and survival of ocean wave energy converters. Francois brings the combined attributes of a practical engineering background and academic analysis to resolve complex coastal and hydraulic problems.

Professional Organisations

Member of INORE (International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy)

Education

Post graduate (including any certifications)

PhD (Civil Engineering), University of Sydney

MEngSc (Hydraulics), Ecole Nationale des Arts et Metiers, France

Undergraduate

BE Hons 1 (Mechanical Engineering), Ecole Nationale des Arts et Metiers, France