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.
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Impact story
Waves to watts: converting wave power to electricity
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 | |
| 2025 | Aerodynamic design and development of a dual-wing unmanned aerial system | 4 | Harry Rowton |
| 2025 | Standardising biological testing protocols with CubeSat technology | 3 | |
| 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 | |||
| 2025 | Wave-powered autonomous underwater vehicle | 6 | |
| 2025 | Controlling coastal erosion with wave energy | 6 | Prof Ben Cazzolato |
| 2025 | Broadband energy absorption of water waves | 1 | |
| 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 |
| 2021* | Floating offshore wind platforms for different turbine sizes | 3 | |
| 2021* | Hybrid offshore aquaculture and wave energy conversion platform | 3 | A/Prof Boyin Ding |
| 2020* | Numerical and experimental study of a floating offshore wind turbine | 3 | |
| 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 |
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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 2025 Xue, L., Sergiienko, N. Y., Ding, B., Cazzolato, B., Wei, Z., Yang, Y., . . . Xue, Y. (2025). Control optimization and dynamic response analysis of a combined semi-submersible floating wind turbine and point-absorber wave energy converters. Ocean Engineering, 320, 15 pages.
2025 Gu, Y., Ding, B., Sergiienko, N. Y., Cazzolato, B. S., & Giorgi, G. (2025). The effects of predominant nonlinear hydrodynamics on the power absorption performance of a heaving point absorber adopting linear control principles. Ocean Engineering, 325, 13 pages.
2025 Cui, L., Spinks, N., Sergiienko, N. Y., Tothova, D., Leontini, J. S., Cazzolato, B. S., & Manasseh, R. (2025). Helmholtz-type resonator with increased tunability and reduced viscous loss with application to wave energy converters. Ocean Engineering, 333, 11 pages.
2025 Neshat, M., Sergiienko, N. Y., da Silva, L. S. P., Mirjalili, S., Gandomi, A. H., Abdelkhalik, O., & Boland, J. (2025). Hybrid wave–wind energy site power output augmentation using effective ensemble covariance matrix adaptation evolutionary algorithm. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 222, 115896.
2024 Akmeliawati, R., Harvey, D., Sergiienko, N., Yang, L. J., & Park, H. C. (2024). Preface. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 1248 LNEE, vii-viii. 2024 Cui, L., Sergiienko, N. Y., Leontini, J. S., Cohen, N., Bennetts, L. G., Cazzolato, B., . . . Manasseh, R. (2024). Protecting coastlines by offshore wave farms: On optimising array configurations using a corrected far-field approximation. Renewable Energy, 224, 120109-1-120109-14.
Scopus82024 Neshat, M., Sergiienko, N. Y., Nezhad, M. M., da Silva, L. S. P., Amini, E., Marsooli, R., . . . Mirjalili, S. (2024). Enhancing the performance of hybrid wave-wind energy systems through a fast and adaptive chaotic multi-objective swarm optimisation method. Applied Energy, 362, 122955.
Scopus142024 Galván-Pozos, D. E., Sergiienko, N. Y., García-Nava, H., Ocampo-Torres, F. J., & Osuna-Cañedo, J. P. (2024). Numerical analysis of the energy capture performance of a six-leg wave energy converter under Mexican waters wave conditions. Renewable Energy, 228, 14 pages.
2024 Sergiienko, N. Y., Cannard, P. A., Cui, L., Leontini, J. S., Manasseh, R., & Cazzolato, B. (2024). Impact of wave energy converters on infragravity waves: An experimental investigation. Ocean Engineering, 309(Part 1), 118345-1-118345-10.
Scopus12024 Neshat, M., Sergiienko, N. Y., Rafiee, A., Mirjalili, S., Gandomi, A. H., & Boland, J. (2024). Meta Wave Learner: Predicting wave farms power output using effective meta-learner deep gradient boosting model: A case study from Australian coasts. Energy, 304, 132122.
Scopus32024 Westcott, A. -R., Bennetts, L. G., Sergiienko, N. Y., & Cazzolato, B. S. (2024). Broadband near-perfect capture of water wave energy by an array of heaving buoy wave energy converters. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 998, A5-1-A5-33.
Scopus32024 Gao, Q., Hayward, J. A., Sergiienko, N., Khan, S. S., Hemer, M., Ertugrul, N., & Ding, B. (2024). Detailed mapping of technical capacities and economics potential of offshore wind energy: A case study in South-eastern Australia. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 189, 113872.
Scopus16 WoS12023 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, 103711-1-103711-10.
Scopus22023 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), 097110-1-097110-15.
Scopus62023 Gubesch, E., Sergiienko, N. Y., Nader, J. -R., Ding, B., Cazzolato, B., Penesis, I., & Li, Y. (2023). Experimental investigation of a co-located wind and wave energy system in regular waves. Renewable Energy, 219, 119520-1-119520-10.
Scopus92023 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, 120373-1-120373-12.
Scopus26 WoS72022 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.
Scopus11 WoS22022 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.
Scopus46 WoS182022 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.
Scopus13 WoS42022 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.
Scopus15 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, 111351-1-111351-15.
Scopus8 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, 112477-1-112477-13.
Scopus48 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, 111295-1-111295-18.
Scopus8 WoS32022 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.
Scopus40 WoS102022 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.
Scopus34 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, 112033-1-112033-15.
Scopus17 WoS52022 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.
Scopus35 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.
Scopus12 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.
Scopus19 WoS62021 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.
Scopus12 WoS52021 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.
Scopus23 WoS72021 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.
Scopus8 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.
Scopus19 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.
Scopus7 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.
Scopus21 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.
Scopus29 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.
Scopus21 WoS122020 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.
Scopus19 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.
Scopus6 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.
Scopus23 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.
Scopus40 WoS122020 Dela Cruz, A. L., Patel, C., Ying, S., & Pan, P. (2020). The relevance of professional skepticism to finance professionals’ Socially Responsible Investing decisions. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 26, 100299.
Scopus112019 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.
Scopus13 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.
Scopus22 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.
Scopus20 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.
Scopus51 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.
Scopus79 WoS472016 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.
Scopus43 WoS22- Gao, Q., Hayward, J. A., Sergiienko, N., Saeed Khan, S., Hemer, M., Ertugrul, N., & Ding, B. (n.d.). Offshore Wind Energy Development Strategies and Scenario Analyses: A Case Study in Australia. -
Book Chapters
Year Citation 2023 Neshat, M., Sergiienko, N. Y., da Silva, L. S. P., Amini, E., Nasiri, M., & Mirjalili, S. (2023). Adaptive bi-level whale optimization algorithm for maximizing the power output of hybrid wave-wind energy site. In M. Seyedali (Ed.), Handbook of Whale Optimization Algorithm: Variants, Hybrids, Improvements, and Applications (pp. 291-308). Elsevier.
DOI2022 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.
DOI Scopus82022 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.
DOI2022 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
Year Citation 2023 Sergiienko, N., Tuck, W., Cannard, P., Georgiadis, M., Capper, B., Schultz, J., . . . Cazzolato, B. (2023). Preliminary Investigation of Ocean Wave Refraction Using an Array of Wave Energy Converters. In Proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE, 2023) Vol. 8 (pp. 1-8). Melbourne, Australia: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
DOI Scopus32023 da Silva, L. S. P., Sergiienko, N., Cazzolato, B. S., Kiu, K., Gonçalves, R. T., & Ding, B. (2023). NONLINEAR AERO-MOORING EFFECTS ON FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES UNDER RANDOM WIND AND WAVES: ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTION EFFECTS. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE Vol. 8 (pp. 11 pages). Melbourne, Australia: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
DOI2023 da Silva, L. S. P., Sergiienko, N. Y., Cazzolato, B. S., Meng, F., de Oliveira, M., & Ding, B. (2023). MOTION SUPPRESSION OF A FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE USING HEAVING POINT ABSORBERS: A CASE STUDY IN AUSTRALIA. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE Vol. 8 (pp. 10 pages). Melbourne, Australia: AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.
DOI Scopus12023 Gubesch, E., Nader, J. R., Ding, B., Cazzolato, B., Li, Y., Sergiienko, N., & Penesis, I. (2023). EXPERIMENTAL HYDRODYNAMIC INVESTIGATION OF A CO-LOCATED WIND TURBINE AND WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE Vol. 8 (pp. 10 pages). Melbourne, Vic, Australia: American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME).
DOI Scopus22023 Hewins, S., Nader, J. R., Gubesch, E., & Sergiienko, N. (2023). POSITIVE INTERACTION OF HYDRODYNAMIC MOTIONS OF AN OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE WITH CO-LOCATED WEC. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE Vol. 8 (pp. 1-9). Melbourne, VIC, Australia: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
DOI Scopus12023 Pang, T. Y., Ding, B., Liu, L., & Sergiienko, N. (2023). SHORT-TERM SEA SURFACE ELEVATION PREDICTION USING DEEP LEARNING METHODS. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE Vol. 5 (pp. 10 pages). Melbourne, Australia: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
DOI2023 Sergiienko, N., Cazzolato, B., Cohen, N., Manasseh, R., Turner, I., & Flocard, F. (2023). The application of temporal gating in the measurement of response amplitude operators. In Proceedings of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Vol. 15. Bilbao: European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series.
DOI Scopus12023 Cohen, N., Flocard, F., Turner, I. L., Sergiienko, N., & Cazzolato, B. (2023). Experimental Investigation into the Air Compressibility Scaling Effect on OWC Performance and Wave Height. In Proceedings of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Vol. 15. Bilbao: European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series.
DOI Scopus22021 Skene, D. M., Sergiienko, N., Ding, B., & Cazzolato, B. (2021). The potential for combining floating wind turbines with point absorbing wave energy converters. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE Vol. 9 (pp. 10 pages). virtual online: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
DOI2020 Tran, N., Sergiienko, N., Cazzolato, B., Ghayesh, M., & Arjomandi, M. (2020). The effect of nonlinear pitch-surge coupling on the performance of multi-dof submerged wecs. In Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference Vol. 2020-October (pp. 144-151). online: ISOPE.
Scopus12020 Sergiienko, N. Y., Neshat, M., Silva, L. S. P. D., Alexander, B., & Wagner, M. (2020). Design optimisation of a multi-mode wave energy converter. In Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2020) Vol. 9 (pp. 1-11). Online: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
DOI Scopus172020 Neshat, M., Alexander, B., Sergiienko, N. Y., & Wagner, M. (2020). Optimisation of large wave farms using a multi-strategy evolutionary framework. In Proceedings of the 2020 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO'20) Vol. abs/2003.09594 (pp. 1150-1158). New York: Association for Computing Machinery.
DOI Scopus23 WoS102020 Gu, Y., Ding, B., & Sergiienko, N. Y. (2020). Power maximising control of heaving point absorber wave energy converters using quadratic damping force. In 14th ISOPE Pacific/Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium, PACOMS 2020 (pp. 330-334). online: ISOPE.
Scopus12020 Souza Pinheiro da Silva, L., Sergiienko, N. Y., Cazzolato, B. S., Ding, B., Pesce, C. P., & Morishita, H. M. (2020). Nonlinear analysis of an oscillating wave surge converter in frequency domain via statistical linearizatio. In Proceedings of the 2020 39th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE Vol. 9 (pp. 11 pages). online: ASME.
DOI Scopus32019 Ding, B., Wuillaume, P. -Y., Meng, F., Babarit, A., Schubert, B., Sergiienko, N., & Cazzolato, B. (2019). Comparison of wave-body interaction modelling methods for the study of reactively controlled point absorber wave energy converter. In The 34th International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies (pp. 1-4). online: CARMA. 2019 Neshat, M., Alexander, B., Sergiienko, N., & Wagner, M. (2019). A hybrid evolutionary algorithm framework for optimising power take off and placements of wave energy converters. In GECCO '19 Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Vol. abs/1904.07043 (pp. 1293-1301). New York: ACM.
DOI Scopus19 WoS142018 Howard, C., Sergiienko, N., & Gallasch, G. (2018). Monitoring the age of vehicle shock absorbers. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Science and Innovation for Land Power 2018 (ICSILP 2018) (pp. 1-4). Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia: DST Group. 2018 Arbonès, D., Sergiienko, N., Ding, B., Krause, O., Igel, C., & Wagner, M. (2018). Sparse incomplete LU-decomposition for wave farm designs under realistic conditions. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 11101 (pp. 512-524). Coimbra, Portugal: SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG.
DOI Scopus5 WoS42018 Schubert, B., Meng, F., Sergiienko, N., Robertson, W., Cazzolato, B., Ghayesh, M., . . . Arjomandi, M. (2018). Pseudo-nonlinear hydrodynamic coefficients for modelling point absorber wave energy converters. In Proceedings of the 4th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC 2018) (pp. 1-10). online: AWTEC. 2018 Ding, B., Sergiienko, N., Meng, F., Cazzolato, B., Hardy, P., & Arjomandi, M. (2018). Enhancing the relative capture width of submerged point absorbing wave energy converters. In Proceedings of the 4th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference: AWTEC 2018 (pp. 1-10). online: AWTEC. 2017 Ding, B., Sergiienko, N., Bleckly, B., Souza Pinheiro da Silva, L., Cazzolato, B., & Arjomandi, M. (2017). Power-take-off control in a scaled experiment of a point absorber wave energy converter. In T. Lewis (Ed.), Proceeding of the 12th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2017) (pp. 1-7). Cork, Ireland: EWTEC. 2017 Meng, F., Rafiee, A., Cazzolato, B., Arjomandi, M., Ding, B., Piper, J., . . . Qiuhao, H. (2017). Numerical simulation of a submerged spherical point absorber with asymmetric mass distribution. In T. Lewis (Ed.), Proceedings of 12th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference 2017. Cork, Ireland: EWTEC. 2017 Ding, B., da Silva, L., Sergiienko, N., Meng, F., Piper, J., Bennetts, L., . . . Arjomandi, M. (2017). Study of fully submerged point absorber wave energy converter - modelling, simulation and scaled experiment. In Proceedings of the 32nd International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies (IWWWFB) (pp. 1-4). Dalian, China: IWWWFB. 2017 Sergiienko, N., Cazzolato, B., Hardy, P., Arjomandi, M., & Ding, B. (2017). Internal-model-based velocity tracking control of a submerged three-tether wave energy converter. In Proceeding of the 12th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (pp. 1126-1-1126-8). Cork, Ireland: EWTEC. 2016 Ding, B., Sergiienko, N., Meng, F., Cazzolato, B., Arjomandi, M., & Hardy, P. (2016). Enhancing the relative capture width of submerged point absorbers. In 1st Indo-Australian Marine Renewable Energy Workshop. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. 2016 Wu, J., Shekh, S., Sergiienko, N., Cazzolato, B., Ding, B., Neumann, F., & Wagner, M. (2016). Fast and effective optimisation of arrays of submerged wave energy converters. In Proceedings of the 2016 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (pp. 1045-1052). Denver, CO: Association for Computing Machinery.
DOI Scopus35 WoS202016 Arbonès, D., Ding, B., Sergiienko, N., & Wagner, M. (2016). Fast and effective multi-objective optimisation of submerged wave energy converters. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature Vol. 9921 (pp. 675-685). Edinburgh, United Kingdom: Springer.
DOI Scopus11 WoS62016 Sergiienko, N., Cazzolato, B., DIng, B., & Arjomandi, M. (2016). Three-tether axisymmetric wave energy converter: estimation of energy delivery. In Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC 2016) Vol. 1 (pp. 163-171). Marina Bay Sands, Singapore: Research Publishing Services.
DOI2015 Sergiienko, N., & Chen, L. (2015). Adaptive head stabilisation system for a snake-like robot. In Proceedings of Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation 2014 Vol. 02-04-December-2014 (pp. 1-7). Melbourne, Australia: Australian Robotics and Automation Association Inc..
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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. -
Preprint
Year Citation 2025 Neshat, M., Sergiienko, N. Y., Silva, L. S. P. D., Mirjalili, S., Gandomi, A. H., Abdelkhalik, O., & Boland, J. (2025). Hybrid Wave-wind System Power Optimisation Using Effective Ensemble
Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolutionary Algorithm.
Grants:
| Years | Grant title | Scheme | Amount awarded |
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| 2025 | Flume wave generator | The University of Adelaide, the SET Faculty Research and Teaching Capital Equipment | $99,230 |
| 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 |
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| 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) |
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2025 Principal Supervisor Assessing the hydrodynamics of co-located wind-wave energy systems: Integrating an experimental approach to investigate and control wind turbine loading Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Rubab Nazar 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
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2025 - 2025 Director Conference Track Director The 16th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2025) Portugal 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 -
Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2025 - ongoing Member Applied Ocean Research Elsevier United Kingdom -
Presentation
Date Topic Presented at Institution Country 2024 - 2024 Ocean Wave Energy in Australia Blue Economy CRC webinar Blue Economy CRC Australia 2024 - 2024 Using wave energy converters to protect coasts and offshore structures KOZWaves 2024 The University of Otago New Zealand 2023 - 2023 Opportunities for wave power Centre for Energy Technology Research Day University of Adelaide Australia 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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