Sailing In Newfoundland and to the Azores

Academic, naval architect and sailor:

Neil Bose is the Director of the AMC -- National Centre for Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics at the Australian Maritime College and a Professor of Maritime Hydrodynamics. Neil obtained his B.Sc. in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from the University of Glasgow in 1978 and his Ph.D. also from Glasgow in 1982. During 1974-1980 he was a partner in the Cape Wrath Boatyard, a builder of wooden and fibreglass boats and yachts. In 1983 he was appointed as a "New Blood" lecturer in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at the University of Glasgow. He moved to the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, in 1987. At Memorial, he was the Director of the Ocean Engineering Research Centre from 1994-2000 and the Discipline Chair of Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering from 1998 to 2003. In 2003 he was appointed to a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Offshore and Underwater Vehicles Design. He came to AMC in Tasmania in May 2007. His research interests are in marine propulsion, autonomous underwater vehicles, ocean environmental monitoring, ice/propeller interaction and aspects of offshore design.