Dominic Forbush

Postdoctoral Appointee

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Postdoctoral Appointee

dforbus@sandia.gov

Biography

Dominic Forbush, PhD, is a postdoctoral appointee in the Water Power Technologies Program at Sandia National Laboratories. Dominic’s research focuses on the control, modeling, and the development of innovative solutions for wave energy convertors (WECs). Particularly, Dominic is involved in developing and supporting open-source WEC modeling tools, wave tank testing of WEC devices and control approaches, and the application structured innovation techniques to the wave energy space. Dominic has a bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate all in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington, where his graduate work focused on the control of cross-flow hydrokinetic turbines.

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