Dr. Bryson Robertson is the Director of the Institute for Integrated Energy System (IESVic) and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Victoria. His research and teaching interests include the wave mechanics, hydrodynamics of floating bodies, and renewable energy. Working with partners in industry, government, and academia, he focuses on wave, tidal and offshore wind energy resource characteristics; the co-design of offshore wind and wave renewable technologies; and numerically integrating marine power within the emerging Blue Economy.In complimentary research, Dr. Robertson also looks at the future of our global energy systems; the nexus of technology, climate change, policy, economics, and society on the decarbonization of electrical systems; and the public trust requirements to transition power system
Director, Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria