Guilherme Paredes is a PhD student at Faculty of Engineering,
University of Porto. His research is focused on the study of
mooring systems for offshore wave energy
converters. His main goals are the development of a new numerical model
for cable
dynamics, the development of techniques for the
study of small scale mooring models in wave tanks, and the design of
mooring
configurations. The research is of interest to
companies developing offshore devices for wind, wave and current energy
harnessing.