Dr. Federico Zilic De Arcos

Biography

Federico Zilic de Arcos completed his undergraduate studies in naval engineering at Austral University of Chile in 2015, specializing in naval architecture and marine engineering. He worked as a research assistant at Canal de Ensayos Hidrodinámicos in Valdivia, Chile, where he co-founded a start-up company named Okeanos. In 2017, he joined the University of Oxford as a DPhil student, focusing his thesis on tidal turbine hydrodynamics and fluid-structure interactions. Following this, Federico was awarded the H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship, co-funded by the Region Normandy, which allowed him to study dynamic loads on axial-flow rotors for floating energy systems at the Laboratoire Ondes et Milieux Complexes in Le Havre, France. He returned to the University of Oxford in 2024 as a Departmental Lecturer in Civil Engineering and Fluid Mechanics, affiliated with St Edmund Hall. His research interests primarily focus on numerical and experimental aero-/hydrodynamics, particularly concerning renewable energy systems. His work encompasses the development and validation of numerical models to predict the steady and dynamic loads on axial-flow turbines, as well as research into rotor fluid dynamics, fluid-structure interactions, and floating energy systems.

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