Dr. Craig Hill is an Associate Professor in the University of Minnesota (UMN) Duluth Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, and affiliated with the UMN Duluth Large Lakes Observatory and the Institute on the Environment. Dr. Hill has been involved with marine renewable energy research for more than 15 years spanning the Pacific Northwest, Great Lakes region, and beyond. His research group focuses on identifying new technologies to aid in society’s transition towards sustainable energy, smart environments, and resilient coastal communities. This includes exploring new real-time observation platforms for marine monitoring, fluid-structure interactions and control systems of marine energy technologies, wave climate and coastal impacts in the Great Lakes, and opportunities for marine energy technologies to power blue industries.Through the Large Lakes Observatory, Dr. Hill actively participates in mooring deployments on Lake Superior and collaborates across a variety of industries working in the marine environment.
Associate Professor – Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department, University of Minnesota Duluth