Prof. Dominic Hudson

Dominic Hudson is the Shell Professor of Ship Safety and Efficiency at the University of Southampton. He has research interests in all aspects of ship hydrodynamics, particularly ship design and operation for energy efficiency.

He advises Shell Shipping and Maritime on ship efficiency and performance management and is developing new techniques for assessing these using data analytics. He is also a member of the Performance Sports Engineering laboratory and has supervised research in sports ranging from sailing to swimming. The University was awarded a prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education in 2012 for its work in Performance sports engineering.

He has published over 140 papers in journals and proceedings of refereed conferences. From 2008-2013 Prof. Hudson was Director of Programmes for the Maritime Engineering degree courses offered by the University. He is a Chartered Engineer and member of both the Royal Institution of Naval Architects and Institution of Mechanical Engineers in the UK. He is presently a member of the 29th International Towing Tank Conference Specialist Committee on Ships in Operation at Sea.