QED Naval, a provider of consultancy services to the marine renewable energy sector and technical support to the Subhub Platform, has welcomed a new member of staff into the ranks.

Aris Zavvos who has recently joined has a Sustainable Energy Systems Master degree and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Edinburgh. Aris has been recruited as the Electrical Systems and Turbine Integration Engineer to manage the electrical design and development of the Subhub tidal turbine foundation as well as validating the instrumentation and data acquisition system during the testing stages of our first prototype.

Aris did his undergraduate studies on Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Technical University of Crete (Greece). He has an MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. After the end of his PhD studies he worked as machines design engineer for the wind turbine sector (Direct Drive generators) and for the industry sector (Permanent Magnet motors).

Press Release, September 02, 2014