Nataliia Sergiienko

Dr Nataliia Sergiienko

Senior Lecturer

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Proposed PhD projects

  • robust controllers for wave energy converters
  • holistic design of floating offshore wind turbines
  • stabilisation of floating offshore wind turbines
  • dynamics of hybrid wind-wave systems
  • use of wave energy converters to reduce low-frequency waves
  • co-located wind-wave energy systems
  • use of wave energy to charge AUVs
  • UAVs with a distributed propulsion system

 

Previous Honours/Masters projects

Aerospace   # Co-supervision
2024 Design, build and fly a distributed propulsion aircraft 6 Harry Rowton
2023 UAV with a distributed propulsion system 6 Harry Rowton
2021 Lunar crate exploration 4 A/Prof Rini Akmeliawati
2020 Drone for weed control 6 A/Prof Rini Akmeliawati
2020 Design, build and test a dual-fuel turbine engine 1  
2020 Design and build a perching UAV 6 Prof Maziar Arjomandi
2019 Design, build and test a CubeSat 6 Prof Maziar Arjomandi
Robotics      
2020 Robotic vulnerable road user platform 4 Andrew van den Berg
2020 Active kangaroo target 3 Dr David Harvey
Andrew van den Berg
Renewables      
2024 Controlling coastal erosion with wave energy 4 Prof Ben Cazzolato
2023/24 Co-located wind-wave energy system 1  
2023/24 Floating offshore wind turbine 2  
2023/24 Hybrid wind-wave energy system 2  
2023 Controlling coastal erosion with wave energy 4 Prof Ben Cazzolato
2022 Controlling coastal erosion with wave energy 6 Prof Ben Cazzolato
2021 Offshore wind turbine control 6 Prof Maziar Arjomandi
2020 Design, build and test a floating wind turbine 1 Leandro Souza Pinheiro da Silva
2019 Automatic alignment of a heliostat 2 Prof Ben Cazzolato
2017 Surging and pitching wave energy converters 1 Prof Ben Cazzolato
2016 Heaving buoy wave energy converter 3 Prof Ben Cazzolato

 

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2023 - ongoing Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2019 - 2022 Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering University of Adelaide
    2016 - 2016 Casual tutor - Advanced PID Control University of Adelaide
    2015 - 2017 Casual tutor - Dynamics and Control II (Auto Control II) University of Adelaide
    2014 - 2016 Casual tutor - Engineering Mechanics (Dynamics) University of Adelaide
    2007 - 2012 Modelling, Simulation and Analysis Engineer Innalabs Ltd
  • Language Competencies

    Language Competency
    English Can peer review
    Russian Can peer review
    Ukrainian Can peer review
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    2014 - 2018 University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia PhD in Mechanical Engineering
    2005 - 2007 National Technical University of Ukraine 'KPI' Ukraine Master of Engineering (Control Systems for Aerospace Vehicles)
    2001 - 2005 National Technical University of Ukraine 'KPI' Ukraine Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace)

Grants:

Years Grant title Scheme Amount awarded
2024 A new phase of offshore renewable energy hydrodynamics ARC DP $638,518
2024 Ocean Wave Energy in Australia Blue Economy Cooperative Research
Centre
$260,797
2023 Development of a coupled LTD-CFD workflow for simulation of wave energy converters in extreme sea states National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme 2024 1,000,000 core hours
2023 Developing a deployment-ready robust controller for wave energy converters ARC Early Career Industry Fellowship $448,887
2022 Wave gauge system for measuring wave height in a wave flume or tank The University of Adelaide Small Equipment Support Scheme $7,500
2021 Advanced Control: The fast-track to commercialisation of wave energy converters Access to Pawsey Supercomputers – Energy and Resources Merit Allocation Scheme 750,000 core hours
2020 Advanced Control: The fast-track to commercialisation of wave energy converters Access to Pawsey Supercomputers – Energy and Resources Merit Allocation Scheme 250,000 core hours
2020 Ultra-fine Attitude Control via Event-based Star Tracking and Piezoelectric Stabilisation SmartSat CRC $600,000
2020 Adaptive Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography for Multiphase Flows ARC LIEF $760,000

Awards:

Year Award   Funding
2024 Third Prize - Mechanical Engineering Project
Honours project "Coastal Defence Powered By Waves"
The University of Adelaide
Ingenuity
 
2024 Net Zero Electricity Award
Honours project "Coastal Defence Powered By Waves"
Institute of Sustainability, Energy and Resources  
2024 Best Paper Award 2nd AP SDEWES  
2020 Best Paper Award (Real World Application) GECCO 2020  
2019 Women’s Research Excellence Award The University of Adelaide $5,000
2019 SA Fresh Scientist    
2019 Best Paper Award (Real World Application) GECCO 2019  
2018 Dean's Commendation For Doctoral Thesis Excellence The University of Adelaide  
2017 Best Research Quality in Control Centre for Energy Technology  
2014 Australian Postgraduate Award The University of Adelaide  
2005 Ukraine Parliament Scholarship    
2004 The Pavlovsky Scholarship National Technical University of Ukraine  
2003 The Kyiv Mayor Scholarship for Gifted Youth    
Date Position Institution Subject
2021, 2023 Project advisor The University of Adelaide Research Methods & Project Management
2019, 2020,
2023, 2024
Course coordinator, Lecturer The University of Adelaide Space Vehicle Design
2019 - 2020 Course coordinator, Lecturer The University of Adelaide Advanced Topics in Aerospace Engineering
2016 - 2018 Teaching assistant The University of Adelaide Advanced PID Control
2015 - 2016 Teaching assistant, invited lecturer The University of Adelaide Dynamics and Control II (Auto Control II)
2014 - 2016 Teaching assistant The University of Adelaide Engineering Mechanics (Dynamics)

 

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2022 Co-Supervisor Mathematical Theory of Controlling Coastlines While Generating Power Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Amy-Rose Westcott
    2021 Co-Supervisor Robust Power-Maximising Control of Wave Energy Converters Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yifeng Gu
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2019 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Stochastic Analysis of Marine Renewable Energy Devices: Wave, Wind, and Hybrid Systems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Leandro da Silva
    2019 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Performance Enhancement of Submerged Ocean Wave Energy Converter using Nonlinear Stiffness Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Benjamin Wilhelm Schubert
    2018 - 2022 Co-Supervisor The impact of hydrodynamic coupling on the performance of multi-mode wave energy converters Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Ngan Bich Dinh Tran
  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Phone: 83136465
  • Email: nataliia.sergiienko@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83134367
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Engineering South, floor 2
  • Org Unit: Mechanical Engineering

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