Yongyan Wu
Offshore Floater & Mooring Expert | Aker Solutions (Houston)
- Role
- Principal Naval Architect Lead Mooring Engineer at Aker Solutions
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Yongyan Wu
Versatile engineer passionate about oceanic energy, with over 16 years experience in the offshore industry focusing on Semi, FPSO, and Spar systems, and 5 years in academic research on wave mechanics and wave/structure interactions. Currently serving as Sr. Principal Naval Architect at Aker Solutions Houston, leading/supporting major offshore projects globally. Published author of the first textbook on mooring, and more than 30 technical papers in ocean engineering. Invited panelist and speaker at multiple conferences and universities (OTC, SNAME, IPF, AFloat, ABS, SJTU, NTU, TAMU). Creator and Co-Inventor of V-Share Mooring™, an innovative system connecting two mooring lines from a single semi-submersible floater to one anchor. Since my publication, the V-Share mooring concept has been used in many projects and studies worldwide, including floating wind, solar, and aquaculture.
Experience
Principal Naval Architect Lead Mooring Engineer
Mar 2010 — Present · Houston, TX, US
Key roles in several offshore projects of the Gulf of Mexico, Western Australia, West Africa and Southeast Asia.
Education
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ph.D., Ocean Engineering
2004 — 2009
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
MS, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
2001 — 2004
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
BS, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
1997 — 2001
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