Rate My Professor James Gilbert

Professor James Gilbert is the Professor of Engineering and Director of the Energy and Environment Institute at the University of Hull. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering in 1986 and PhD in 1989 from the University of Sheffield. Over more than 30 years as a lecturer and researcher at the University of Hull, Professor Gilbert has addressed a wide range of engineering challenges unified by the theme of measuring, modelling, and controlling engineering systems. These encompass robotics and manufacturing systems, medical rehabilitation devices, energy harvesting from microwatts generated by human movement to megawatts from offshore wind turbines, and speech restoration for individuals post-laryngectomy using articulator movement measurements.

His current research primarily centers on sensing and measurement in offshore renewable energy systems, with a particular emphasis on offshore wind. Professor Gilbert serves as Research, Development, and Innovation lead for Aura, a collaboration between Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Ørsted, the University of Sheffield, Durham University, and the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. He was Hull Principal Investigator on the £7.6 million EPSRC Prosperity Partnership ‘A New Partnership in Offshore Wind’ (EP/R004900/1, 2017-2022) and the £9 million EPSRC Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub (EP/S000747/1, 2018-2022). He leads industry interaction for the EPSRC/NERC funded Centre for Doctoral Training in Offshore Wind and the Environment (EP/S023763/1, 2019-2027) and is the University of Hull lead for the £2 million Operations and Maintenance Centre of Excellence in partnership with the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. He teaches modules such as Offshore Wind Energy (Level 7), Power Electronics (Level 6), Control Engineering (Level 5), and Analogue Electronics (Level 4).