
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.
- My Research
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Ocean Wave Energy
- coastline protection using wave energy converters
- hydrodynamic modelling of ocean wave energy converters
- control of multi-degree-of-freedom WECs
- layout optimisation of a wave farm
Offshore Wind Energy
- hybrid wave-wind platforms
- dynamics and control of floating offshore wind turbines
- scaling up floating offshore wind platforms
Honours/Masters Projects
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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)
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Journals
Year Citation 2023 da Silva, L. S. P., Pesce, C. P., de Oliveira, M., Sergiienko, N. Y., Cazzolato, B., & Ding, B. (2023). Stochastic analysis of the nonlinear dynamics of oscillating water columns: A frequency domain approach. Applied Ocean Research, 139, 103711.
2023 Cui, L., Sergiienko, N., Cazzolato, B., Leontini, J., Tothova, D., Cannard, P., . . . Manasseh, R. (2023). On using Helmholtz-type resonance to reduce the size of dual-purpose offshore oscillating water column wave energy converters. Physics of Fluids, 35(9).
2023 Meng, F., Sergiienko, N., Ding, B., Zhou, B., Silva, L. S. P. D., Cazzolato, B., & Li, Y. (2023). Co-located offshore wind–wave energy systems: Can motion suppression and reliable power generation be achieved simultaneously?. Applied Energy, 331, 12 pages.
Scopus1 WoS12022 Sergiienko, N. Y., Bacelli, G., Coe, R. G., & Cazzolato, B. S. (2022). A comparison of efficiency-aware model-predictive control approaches for wave energy devices. Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, 8(1), 17-29.
Scopus22022 Neshat, M., Mirjalili, S., Sergiienko, N. Y., Esmaeilzadeh, S., Amini, E., Heydari, A., & Garcia, D. A. (2022). Layout optimisation of offshore wave energy converters using a novel multi-swarm cooperative algorithm with backtracking strategy: A case study from coasts of Australia. Energy, 239, 1-29.
Scopus19 WoS172022 Meng, F., Ding, B., Sergiienko, N. Y., Chen, H., Xu, H., & Li, Y. (2022). Power set-point tracking of a point absorber with multiple power take-off units in irregular waves. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 13(2), 767-777.
Scopus4 WoS32022 Schubert, B. W., Sergiienko, N. Y., Cazzolato, B. S., Robertson, W. S. P., & Ghayesh, M. H. (2022). The true potential of nonlinear stiffness for point absorbing wave energy converters. Ocean Engineering, 245, 12 pages.
Scopus8 WoS72022 Tran, N., Sergiienko, N. Y., Cazzolato, B. S., Ghayesh, M. H., & Arjomandi, M. (2022). Design considerations for a three-tethered point absorber wave energy converter with nonlinear coupling between hydrodynamic modes. Ocean Engineering, 254, 1-15.
Scopus1 WoS12022 Sergiienko, N. Y., da Silva, L. S. P., Bachynski-Polić, E. E., Cazzolato, B. S., Arjomandi, M., & Ding, B. (2022). Review of scaling laws applied to floating offshore wind turbines. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 162, 13 pages.
Scopus8 WoS72022 Schubert, B. W., Robertson, W. S. P., Cazzolato, B. S., Sergiienko, N. Y., & Ghayesh, M. H. (2022). Nonlinear stiffness enhancement of submerged wave energy device in high fidelity model. Ocean Engineering, 254, 1-18.
Scopus3 WoS22022 Gao, Q., Khan, S. S., Sergiienko, N., Ertugrul, N., Hemer, M., Negnevitsky, M., & Ding, B. (2022). Assessment of wind and wave power characteristic and potential for hybrid exploration in Australia. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 168, 15 pages.
Scopus6 WoS32022 Neshat, M., Nezhad, M. M., Sergiienko, N. Y., Mirjalili, S., Piras, G., & Garcia, D. A. (2022). Wave power forecasting using an effective decomposition-based convolutional Bi-directional model with equilibrium Nelder-Mead optimiser. Energy, 256, 1-16.
Scopus10 WoS22022 da Silva, L. S. P., de Oliveira, M., Cazzolato, B., Sergiienko, N., Amaral, G. A., & Ding, B. (2022). Statistical linearisation of a nonlinear floating offshore wind turbine under random waves and winds. Ocean Engineering, 261, 15 pages.
Scopus3 WoS12022 da Silva, L. S. P., Sergiienko, N. Y., Cazzolato, B., & Ding, B. (2022). Dynamics of hybrid offshore renewable energy platforms: Heaving point absorbers connected to a semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine. Renewable Energy, 199, 1424-1439.
Scopus6 WoS12021 Tran, N., Sergiienko, N. Y., Cazzolato, B. S., Ding, B., Wuillaume, P. -Y., Ghayesh, M. H., & Arjomandi, M. (2021). On the importance of nonlinear hydrodynamics and resonance frequencies on power production in multi-mode WECs. Applied Ocean Research, 117, 1-14.
Scopus5 WoS52021 Skene, D. M., Sergiienko, N., Ding, B., & Cazzolato, B. (2021). The prospect of combining a point absorber wave energy converter with a floating offshore wind turbine. Energies, 14(21), 7385-1-7385-24.
Scopus5 WoS42021 Souza Pinheiro da Silva, L., Cazzolato, B. S., Sergiienko, N., & Ding, B. (2021). Efficient estimation of the nonlinear aerodynamic loads of floating offshore wind turbines under random waves and wind in frequency domain. Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, 7(3), 287-303.
Scopus62021 Souza Pinheiro da Silva, L., Cazzolato, B., Sergiienko, N., & Ding, B. (2021). Nonlinear Dynamics of a Floating OffshoreWind Turbine Platform via Statistical Quadratization - Mooring, Wave and Current In-teraction. Ocean Engineering, 236, 1-13.
Scopus10 WoS62021 Sergiienko, N. Y., da Silva, L. S. P., Ding, B., & Cazzolato, B. S. (2021). Importance of drivetrain optimisation to maximise electrical power from wave energy converters. IET Renewable Power Generation, 15(14), 11 pages.
Scopus6 WoS52021 Neshat, M., Sergiienko, N. Y., Mirjalili, S., Nezhad, M. M., Piras, G., & Garcia, D. A. (2021). Multi-mode wave energy converter design optimisation using an improved moth flame optimisation algorithm. Energies, 14(13), 1-17.
Scopus12 WoS92021 Gu, Y., Ding, B., Sergiienko, N. Y., & Cazzolato, B. S. (2021). Power maximising control of a heaving point absorber wave energy converter. IET Renewable Power Generation, 15(14), 3296-3308.
Scopus5 WoS42021 Sergiienko, N. Y., Cocho, M., Cazzolato, B. S., & Pichard, A. (2021). Effect of a model predictive control on the design of a power take-off system for wave energy converters. Applied Ocean Research, 115, 12 pages.
Scopus6 WoS42020 Neshat, M., Alexander, B., Sergiienko, N. Y., & Wagner, M. (2020). New insights into position optimization of wave energy converters using hybrid local search. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 59, 100744-1-100744-18.
Scopus17 WoS142020 Souza Pinheiro da Silva, L., Cazzolato, B., Sergiienko, N., Ding, B., Morishita, H., & Pesce, C. (2020). Statistical linearization of the Morison’s equation applied to wave energy converters. Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, 6(2), 157-169.
Scopus132020 Schubert, B. W., Robertson, W. S. P., Cazzolato, B. S., Ghayesh, M. H., & Sergiienko, N. Y. (2020). Performance enhancement of submerged wave energy device using bistability. Ocean Engineering, 213, 14 pages.
Scopus14 WoS132020 Tran, N., Sergiienko, N. Y., Cazzolato, B. S., Ding, B., Ghayesh, M. H., & Arjomandi, M. (2020). The impact of pitch-surge coupling on the performance of a submerged cylindrical wave energy converter. Applied Ocean Research, 104, 1-17.
Scopus5 WoS42020 Neshat, M., Sergiienko, N. Y., Amini, E., Nezhad, M. M., Garcia, D. A., Alexander, B., & Wagner, M. (2020). A new bi-level optimisation framework for optimising a multi-modewave energy converter design: A case study for the marettimo island, mediterranean sea. Energies, 13(20), 5498.
Scopus17 WoS162020 Silva, L. S. P., Sergiienko, N. Y., Pesce, C. P., Ding, B., Cazzolato, B., & Morishita, H. M. (2020). Stochastic analysis of nonlinear wave energy converters via statistical linearization. Applied Ocean Research, 95, 15 pages.
Scopus28 WoS122019 Meng, F., Cazzolato, B., Li, Y., Ding, B., Sergiienko, N., & Arjomandi, M. (2019). A sensitivity study on the effect of mass distribution of a single-tether spherical point absorber. Renewable Energy, 141, 583-595.
Scopus12 WoS92019 Sergiienko, N., Cazzolato, B., Arjomandi, M., Ding, B., & Souza Pinheiro da Silva, L. (2019). Considerations on the control design for a three-tether wave energy converter. Ocean Engineering, 183, 469-477.
Scopus17 WoS122019 Ding, B., Sergiienko, N., Meng, F., Cazzolato, B., Hardy, P., & Arjomandi, M. (2019). The application of modal analysis to the design of multi-mode point absorber wave energy converters. Ocean Engineering, 171, 603-618.
Scopus16 WoS92018 Sergiienko, N., Rafiee, A., Cazzolato, B., Ding, B., & Arjomandi, M. (2018). Feasibility study of the three-tether axisymmetric wave energy converter. Ocean Engineering, 150, 221-233.
Scopus40 WoS322017 Sergiienko, N., Cazzolato, B., Ding, B., Hardy, P., & Arjomandi, M. (2017). Performance comparison of the floating and fully submerged quasi-point absorber wave energy converters. Renewable Energy, 108, 425-437.
Scopus56 WoS462016 Sergiienko, N., Cazzolato, B., Ding, B., & Arjomandi, M. (2016). An optimal arrangement of mooring lines for the three-tether submerged point-absorbing wave energy converter. Renewable Energy, 93, 27-37.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2022 da Silva, L. S. P., Ding, B., Guo, B., & Sergiienko, N. Y. (2022). Wave energy converter modelling, control, and power take-off design. In D. Ning, & B. Ding (Eds.), Modelling and Optimisation of Wave Energy Converters (pp. 97-128). Online: CRC Press.
Scopus22022 Sergiienko, N. Y., & Ding, B. (2022). Multi-mode wave energy converters. In D. Ning, & B. Ding (Eds.), Modelling and Optimisation of Wave Energy Converters (1 ed., pp. 169-200). Online: CRC Press.
2022 Mayon, R., Ning, D., Ding, B., & Sergiienko, N. Y. (2022). Wave energy converter systems - status and perspectives. In D. Ning, & B. Ding (Eds.), Modelling and Optimisation of Wave Energy Converters (pp. 3-58). Online: CRC Press.
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Conference Papers
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2019 Sergiienko, N., & Arjomandi, M. (2019). CubeSat as a tool for training engineers of the future. Poster session presented at the meeting of Collection of abstracts from the 19th Australian Space Research Conference. Adelaide. 2016 Sergiienko, N., Ding, B., Cazzolato, B., & Arjomandi, M. (2016). Performance comparison of the floating and fully submerged point absorber wave energy converters. Poster session presented at the meeting of General Information and programme including abstracts and biographies of Australian Ocean Renewable Energy Symposium. Melbourne: CSIRO. 2015 Sergiienko, N., Cazzolato, B., & Ding, B. (2015). An optimal arrangement of mooring lines for the three-tether submerged point-absorbing wave energy converter. Poster session presented at the meeting of Program: KOZWaves 2015: The 2nd Australasian Conference on Wave Science. Adelaide: Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute.
Year | Award | Funding | |
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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 |
Grants:
Years | Grant title | Scheme | Amount awarded |
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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 |
Date | Position | Institution | Subject |
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2021, 2023 | Project advisor | The University of Adelaide | Research Methods & Project Management |
2019 - 2020, 2023 |
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) |
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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 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Performance Enhancement of Submerged Ocean Wave Energy Converter using Nonlinear Stiffness Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Benjamin Wilhelm Schubert 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 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
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2022 - 2023 Member Technical programme committee The 19th International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems Australia 2021 - ongoing Advisory Board Member The Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith Fund - Advisory Committee The Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith Fund Australia -
Presentation
Date Topic Presented at Institution Country 2023 - 2023 Academic promotion Academic Women's Forum University of Adelaide Australia 2022 - 2022 Trends, Challenges, and Future Perspectives for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Development - Blue Economy CRC Australia
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