Key Technical Reports
- Biological Evaluation Effects of Bathymetric Surveys Required for Wave Energy Conversion Testing Facilities Planned for Kāne‘ohe Bay and Pauwela (Maui), January 2011
- Kāne‘ohe Wave Energy Test Site: Multibeam Bathymetry Survey, Sea Engineering, October 2011
- Kāne‘ohe Wave Energy Test Site: Sub-Bottom Profiler Survey, Sea Engineering, November 2011
- Kāne‘ohe Wave Energy Test Site: Remotely Operated Vehicle Survey, Sea Engineering, February 2012
- Geophysical Surveys of the Wave Energy Test Site at MCBH, Kāne‘ohe, Sea Engineering, March 2012
- Geophysical Surveys of the Wave Energy Test Site at MCBH, Kāne‘ohe: Diver Surveys Site 2, Sea Engineering, December 2012
- Kāne‘ohe Wave Energy Test Site: Side Scan Data Report 2, Sea Engineering, May 2013
- Kāne‘ohe Wave Energy Test Site: Dive Survey Report, Sea Engineering, December 2013
- Wave Energy Conversion and Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Potential in Developing Member Countries, Asian Development Bank, June 2014
- Wave Energy Resources for Representative Sites Around the Hawaiian Islands, October 2010
- Wave Power Analysis for Makapu‘u Point, O‘ahu, UH Department of Ocean and Resource Engineering, December 2012
- Wave Energy Test Site Progress Report: Comparison of Wave Hindcast Model Results with Waverider Measurements, UH Department of Ocean and Resource Engineering, December 2012
- Wave Energy Resource Characterization at the U.S. Navy Wave Energy Test Site and Other Locations in Hawai‘i, UH Department of Ocean and Resource Engineering, November 2014
- Annual Report of the Wave Energy Test Site at MCBH, Kāne‘ohe, Sea Engineering, June 2017
- Sea Spider Survey Field Reports, University of Washington, September 2015 – June 2017
- Surface Wave Instrumentation Float with Tracking (SWIFT) Drifter Survey Reports, University of Washington, September 2015 – March 2019
- WETS Acoustic Measurement Field Reports, Sea Engineering, November 2014 – January 2017
- Performance Assessment of Subsurface Logger for Ocean Waves (SLOW) Prototype, University of Washington, August 2016
- Transmission Loss Modeling Acoustic Model Survey & Implementation of Parabolic Equation Model, University of Washington, January 2017
- WETS Shore Side Report: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) Installation, Sea Engineering, January 2015
- WETS Acoustic Survey Final Report, University of Washington, August 2019
- WETS Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) Data Report, Sea Engineering, June 2012
- WETS Comparison of Waverider Data & Sentinel V100 ADCP Data Reports, Sea Engineering, May – September 2015
- WETS Sentinel V100 ADCP Data Analysis at 30m Reports, Sea Engineering, September 2016 – August 2017
- WETS Sentinel V100 ADCP Data Analysis at 70m Reports, Sea Engineering, August 2017 – December 2018
- Sediment Transport Analysis Reports, Task 3A-3D, Sea Engineering, December 2014 – April 2017
- Ecological Survey Field Reports, Diving #1-4, Sea Engineering, March 2015 – March 2016
- WEC Ocean Testing: Test Protocols Report, GL Garrad Hassan, May 2013
- WEC Ocean Testing: Operational Documentation, GL Garrad Hassan, July 2013
- WEC Ocean Testing: Performance Model Verification, Progress Report #1, DNV GL Energy, March 2016
- WEC Ocean Testing: Testing Support, Progress Report #1, DNV GL Energy, April 2016
- WEC Ocean Testing: Performance Model Verification, Progress Report #2, DNV GL Energy, June 2016
- WETS Deepwater Mooring Inspection, Sea Engineering, March 2017
- Evaluation of WETS Mooring: Failure Mode Investigation Report, DNV GL, Nobel Denton Marine Services, December 2017
- OTEC Heat Exchanger Program: 2013 Progress Reports, Makai Ocean Engineering, May 2012 – October 2013
- OTEC Heat Exchanger Program: 2013 Annual Report, Makai Ocean Engineering, October 2013
- OTEC Heat Exchanger Program: 2015 Ultrasonic Scanning for Corrosion Monitoring Progress Reports, Makai Ocean Engineering, May – September 2014
- OTEC Heat Exchanger Program: 2015 Ultrasonic Scanning for Corrosion Monitoring Report, Makai Ocean Engineering, February 2015
- OTEC Heat Exchanger Program: 2016 Ultrasonic Scanning for Corrosion Monitoring Progress Reports, Makai Ocean Engineering, April 2015 – August 2016
- OTEC Heat Exchanger Program: 2016 Ultrasonic Scanning for Corrosion Monitoring Report, Makai Ocean Engineering, August 2016
- Corrosion of Bare and Coated Al 5052-H3 and Al 6061-T6 in Seawater, UH Department of Mechanical Engineering, September 2011
Book Chapters
- 2016, L.A. Vega, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, in M. Kaltschmitt, N.J. Themelis, L.Y. Bronicki, L., Söder, L.A. Vega (eds.) Renewable Energy Systems, Reference Work Entry.
- 2012, L. Vega, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, in R.A. Meyers (ed.) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Reference Work Entry, pp. 7296-7328.
Peer-Reviewed Papers
- 2020, N. Li, K.F. Cheung, P. Cross, Numerical wave modeling for operational and survival analyses of wave energy converters at the U.S. Navy Wave Energy Test Site in Hawai‘i, Renewable Energy, Vol. 161, pp. 240-256.
- 2018, G. Nihous, A Preliminary Investigation of the Effect of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Effluent Discharge Options on Global OTEC Resources, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol. 6, Issue 1, Paper 25. (Open Access: PDF)
- 2018, Y. Jia, G.C. Nihous, K. Rajagopalan, An Evaluation of the Large-Scale Implementation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Using an Ocean General Circulation Model with Low-Complexity Atmospheric Feedback Effects, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol. 6, Issue 1, Paper 12. (Open Access: PDF)
- 2016, K. Rajagopalan, G. Nihous, Study of the force coefficients on plates using an open source numerical wave tank, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 118, pp. 187-203.
- 2016, N. Li, K.F. Cheung, J.E. Stopa, F. Hsiao, Y-L. Chen, L. Vega, P. Cross, Thirty-four years of Hawai‘i wave hindcast from downscaling of climate forecast system reanalysis, Ocean Modeling, Vol. 100, pp. 78-95.
- 2015, C.M. Comfort, K.C.Weng, Vertical habitat and behaviour of the bluntnose sixgill shark in Hawai‘i, Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Vol. 115, pp. 116-126.
- 2014, G.C. Nihous, Maximum wave power absorption by slender bodies of arbitrary cross sections in oblique seas, Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 47, pp. 17-27.
- 2014, J.E. Stopa, K.F. Cheung, Periodicity and patterns of ocean wind and wave climate, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Vol. 119, Issue 8, pp. 5563-5584. (Open Access: PDF)
- 2014, X. Wang, P. Singh, Z. Gao, X. Zhang, Z.I. Johnson, G. Wang, Distribution and Diversity of Planktonic Fungi in the West Pacific Warm Pool, PLoS ONE, Vol. 9, Issue 7, Paper e101523. (Open Access: PDF)
- 2014, G.C. Nihous, The method of imbedded Lagrangian element to estimate wave power absorption by some submerged devices, Journal of Marine Science and Application, Vol. 13, pp. 134-142.
- 2014, J.E. Stopa, K.F. Cheung, Intercomparison of wind and wave data from the ECMWF Reanalysis Interim and the NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis, Ocean Modelling, Vol. 75, pp. 65-83.
- 2014, K. Rajagopalan, G.C. Nihous, Predictions of Water-Column Properties under Widespread Artificial Upwelling Scenarios in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre using an Ocean General Circulation Model, Journal of Marine Environmental Engineering, Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp. 285-304.
- 2013, K. Rajagopalan, G.C. Nihous, An assessment of global Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion resources under broad geographical constraints, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Vol. 5, Paper 063124.
- 2013, J.E. Stopa, K.F. Cheung, H.L. Tolman, A. Chawla, Patterns and cycles in the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis wind and wave data, Ocean Modelling, Vol. 70, pp. 207-220.
- 2013, G.C. Nihous, Maximum wave power absorption by flexible line attenuators, Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 43, pp. 68-70.
- 2013, J.E. Stopa, J-F. Filipot, N. Li, K.F. Cheung, Y-L. Chen, L. Vega, Wave energy resources along the Hawaiian Island chain, Renewable Energy, Vol. 55, pp. 305-321.
- 2013, K. Rajagopalan, G.C. Nihous, An Assessment of Global Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Resources With a High-Resolution Ocean General Circulation Model, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 135, Issue 4, Paper 041202.
- 2013, K. Rajagopalan, G.C. Nihous, Estimates of global Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) resources using an ocean general circulation model, Renewable Energy, Vol. 50, pp. 532-540.
- 2012, G.C. Nihous, Wave power extraction by arbitrary arrays of non-diffracting oscillating water columns, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 51, pp. 94-105.
- 2012, J-F. Filipot, K.F. Cheung, Spectral wave modeling in fringing reef environments, Coastal Engineering, Vol. 67, pp. 67-79.
- 2012, R.A. Arinaga, K.F. Cheung, Atlas of global wave energy from 10 years of reanalysis and hindcast data, Renewable Energy, Vol. 39, Issue 1, pp. 49-64.
- 2011, J.E. Stopa, K.F. Cheung, Y-L. Chen, Assessment of wave energy resources in Hawai‘i, Renewable Energy, Vol. 36, Issue 2, pp. 554-567.
- 2011, G.C. Nihous, A Discussion of Endoreversible Engines at Maximum Output, Fundamental Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering, Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 73-81. (Open Access: PDF)
Conference Proceedings and Presentations
- 2019, P. Cross, K. Rajagopalan, A. Druetzler, A. Argyros, J. Joslin, E. Hjetland, A. Stewart, Recent Developments at the U.S. Navy Wave Energy Test Site, Proceeding of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Naples, Italy, September 1-6.
- 2018, P. Cross, Ocean Testing at WETS – Ramping Up, Presented at the HydroVision Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, June 28.
- 2018, P. Cross, Ocean Energy in Hawai‘i, Presented at the OES IEA Workshop: Ocean Renewable Energy in Island Regions, Cherbourg, France, June 11.
- 2018, P. Cross, U.S. Navy Wave Energy Test Site, Presented at the International Marine Renewable Energy Conference, Washington, DC, May 2.
- 2018, K. Rajagopalan, P. Cross, L. Vega, Numerical Modeling of the Lifesaver Mooring System for Deployment at WETS, Proceeding of the Marine Energy Technology Symposium, Washington, D.C., April 30 – May 2.
- 2018, N. Li, K.F. Cheung, P. Cross, Probabilistic Distributions of Extreme Wave Heights at the Wave Energy Test Site in Hawaiʻi, Proceeding of the Marine Energy Technology Symposium, Washington, D.C., April 30 – May 2.
- 2017, T. Lettenmaier, B.A. Ling, L.A. Vega, E. Nelson, Open Ocean Testing of the Azura Prototype Wave Energy Converter in Hawai‘i, Poster presented at the Marine Energy Technology Symposium, Washington, D.C., May 1-3.
- 2017, B. Polagye, P. Murphy, L. Vega, P. Cross, Acoustic Characteristics of the Lifesaver Wave Energy Converter, Presented at the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Cork, Ireland, August 27 – September 1.
- 2017, N. Li, K.F. Cheung, P. Cross, L. Vega, Probabilistic Wave Parameters for WEC Survival Analysis at U.S. Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site in Hawai‘i, Proceeding of the Marine Energy Technology Symposium, Washington, D.C., May 1-3.
- 2016, N. Li, K.F. Cheung, P. Cross, L. Vega, Wave Energy Resource Characterization at the U.S. Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site, Hawai‘i, Proceeding of the Marine Energy Technology Symposium, Washington, D.C., April 25-27.
- 2018, P. Cross, Environmental Measurements at the U.S. Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site, Presented at the Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, April 24.
- 2017, P. Cross, HNEI Role at U.S. Navy Wave Energy Test Site, Presented at the Ocean Renewable Energy Conference, Portland, Oregon, September 13-14.
- 2017, B. Polagye, P. Murphy, L. Vega, P. Cross, Acoustic Characteristics of the Lifesaver Wave Energy Converter, Presented at the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), Cork, Ireland, August 27 – September 1.
- 2017, T. Lettenmaier, B. Ling, L. Vega, E. Nelson, Open Ocean Testing of the Azura Prototype Wave Energy Converter in Hawai‘i, Poster presented at the Marine Energy Technology Symposium (METS), Washington, D.C., May 1.
- 2016, L.A. Vega, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), Poster presented at the Ocean Energy Europe Conference & Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium, November 8-9.
- 2016, P. Cross, U.S. Navy Wave Energy Test Site – Project Overview and Early Research, Presented at the Energy Harvesting Workshop, Arlington, Virginia, September 6-7.
- 2016, P. Cross, WETS, Presented at the International Marine Renewable Energy Conference Panel, Washington, DC, April 25-27.
- 2016, N. Li, K.F. Cheung, P. Cross, L. Vega, Wave Energy Resource Characterization at the U.S. Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site, Hawai‘i, Proceeding of the Marine Energy Technology Symposium, Washington, D.C., April 25-27.
- 2016, P. Cross, U.S. Navy Wave Energy Test Site – Research Update, Presented at the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE), Edinburgh, Scotland, February 23.
- 2016, B.Polagye, P. Murphy, P. Cross, K. Bethune, L. Vega, Temporal and Spatial Variations in Sound Produced by a Wave Energy Converter, Presented at the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE), Edinburgh, Scotland, February 23.
- 2015, P. Cross, R. Rocheleau, L. Vega, N. Li, K.F. Cheung, Early Research Efforts at the Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site, Proceeding of the Marine Energy Technology Symposium, Washington, D.C., April 27-29.
- 2015, K. Rajagopalan, G. Nihous, L. Vega, Development of a Numerical Wave Tank to Support WETS Activities, Proceeding of the Marine Energy Technology Symposium (METS), Washington, D.C., April 27-29.
- 2015, G. Nihous, K. Rajagopalan, L.A. Vega, Numerical Modeling Tools in Support of WEC Device Performance Evaluation at the U.S. Navy Wave Energy Test Site (WETS), Presented at the Marine Energy Technology Symposium (METS), April 27-29.
- 2014, P. Cross, Research at the Hawai‘i Wave Energy Test Site, Presented at the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, November 4.
- 2013, L.A. Vega, Wave Energy and Ocean-Thermal Energy: Resource Assessment and Modeling, Presented at Energy Ocean International, Providence, Rhode Island, June 10.
- 2013, A. DeVisser, B. Cable, L. Vega, Wave Energy Test Site (WETS): Marine Corps Base Hawai‘i (MCBH), Presented at Energy Ocean International, Providence, Rhode Island, June 10.
- 2011, C.M. Comfort, L. Vega, Environmental assessment for ocean thermal energy conversion in Hawai‘i: Available data and a protocol for baseline monitoring, Proceeding of the IEEE OCEANS 2011 Conference, Waikoloa, Hawai‘i, September 19-22, INSPEC 12470499.
- 2011, L.A. Vega, Hawai’i National Marine Renewable Energy Center (HINMREC), Proceeding of the IEEE OCEANS 2011 Conference, Waikoloa, Hawai‘i, September 19-22, INSPEC 12459011.
- 2011, L. Vega, Expansion of Existing Facility in Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) Marine Corps Base Hawai‘i (MCBH), Presented to the U.S. Department of Energy, February 11.
- 2010, L.A. Vega, Economics of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC): An update, Proceeding of the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 3-6, Paper OTC 21016.
- 2010, L.A. Vega, D. Michaelis, First generation 50 MW OTEC plantship for the production of electricity and desalinated water, Proceeding of the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 3-6, Paper OTC 20957.
Student Theses
- 2014, M. Frederick, Hydrodynamic Modeling of Pelamis P1-750 Wave Energy Converters using WAMIT Software, Master of Science Thesis, Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
- 2012, C.M. Comfort, Spatial and Trophic Ecology of the Bluntnose Sixgill Shark: Environmental Drivers of Behavior and Comparative Trophic Position in Two Distinct Habitats, Master of Science Thesis, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
- 2012, R.E. Hager, Geometric Effects on Maximum Power Absorption Efficiency for a Single, Two-Dimensional Heaving Body, Master of Science Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
