OSMAN TURAN
Professor, Namibia University of Science and Technology
Introduction
OSMAN TURAN is a Professor of Marine Design and the Director of Maritime Human Factors Centre at the Department of Naval Architecture, Marine and Ocean Engineering, University of Strathclyde. His expertise is on Safe and Energy-Efficient Marine design and operations, including maritime human factors.
He has been working on green shipping with a focus on Energy Saving Devices and ship operations covering, energy saving devices, biofouling, voyage optimisation for energy efficiency, port-ship interaction and crew awareness and training for energy efficiency.
Prof Turan has extensive experience managing projects while serving as the international scientific advisor to the Norwegian National project ‘ Smart Maritime Project’. He has been involved in more than 100 research and consultancy projects. Prof Turan has participated as an investigator in EPSRC’s largest-ever funded marine research projects in energy efficiency: Low Carbon Shipping (2010-2013) and Shipping in Changing Climates (2013-2017). Prof Turan was the coordinator of FP7 SEAHORSE project, which received the LR-RINA maritime safety award 2017 and the scientific co-ordinator for the recently completed H2020 SAFEMODE project in collaboration with aviation industry. Prof Turan was also the winner of the 2018 TRAVISION (TRA 2018) Senior European Researcher Award in waterborne transport organised by the European Commission.
