Our R&D team dedicated to offshore wind

Rudy is a research engineer specializing in floating offshore wind systems, with a focus on developing innovative solutions that reduce the levelized cost of energy via maximizing farms energy production and minimizing their OPEX. He obtained his master’s degree from the Izmir Institute of technology, where he led the design of an innovative floating platform featuring reduced motion and a novel mooring configuration. This project led to the first and only patented offshore floating platform for wind systems in Turkey and he continues to collaborate with academic and industrial partners towards the first deployment of this technology in the Aegean Sea.

He later completed his PhD at the University of Maine, where he developed a digital twin framework for reconstructing wave kinematics in the vicinity of floating wind turbines. He then joined the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Colorado, USA, where he led research efforts on conceptual shared mooring system designs for large-scale floating wind farms. His work focused on reducing mooring system costs while accounting for installation logistics, spatial constraints, and environmental considerations at the gigawatt scale.

Rudy joined France Energies Marines in 2026, where he continues to contribute to the development of innovative and reliable technologies that support the economic viability and the technical maturity of floating offshore wind energy.

An engineer by training, Baptiste graduated from Ecole centrale de Lyon, where he acquired solid technical and managerial expertise between 2016 and 2020. His academic and professional background reflects his ability to combine scientific rigour with a pragmatic approach to industrial challenges. Passionate about innovation and solving complex problems, he has distinguished himself through his involvement in demanding projects, both in academia and in industry. His experience and training enable him to work on a variety of topics, ranging from project management to industrial process optimisation.

After completing a scientific baccalaureate and a preparatory class, Mélissa studied the entire curriculum at Ecole nationale polytechnique of Algiers, specialising in process engineering. During this time, she completed several internships in the oil industry. During her final year project at the Université de Liège in Belgium, she became interested in topics more closely related to current events, such as energy transition, renewable energies and the supply chain. It was in this context that she decided to carry out a thesis on the optimisation of offshore wind systems coupled with hydrogen production.

Tanguy is an engineer in naval and offshore architecture from ENSTA with a specialization in hydrodynamics. Driven by a strong appetite for R&D, he also completed a master’s degree in research at the same school to deepen his knowledge in hydrodynamics. He began his career at Naval Energies, where he spent a year conducting studies and calculations for the moorings for the floating wind farm project off the coast of Groix and Belle-Île, including analyses related to fatigue and extreme loads, and script development. Tanguy then joined France Energies Marines in 2021 as a hydrodynamic project manager. He works on building digital models of systems and subsystems on topics related to floating wind turbines, such as shared anchors or the replacement of major components at sea.

Offshore wind project manager at France Energies Marines, Laure focuses on the understanding of synthetic mooring behaviour and ageing, as well as the technical-economic feasibility of shared anchors and mooring systems. She also carries activities on offshore wind operation and maintenance, through the study of maintenance costs optimization.  She has a background in material science and a previous professional experience as a R&D process engineer in material sector.

With over 8 years of experience in marine renewable energy, Adrien holds an engineering degree in structures and materials from Institut français de mécanique avancée, complemented by a master of science from Université Blaise Pascal and a PhD in applied mathematics from Université Grenoble Alpes, completed in collaboration with IFP Energies Nouvelles. Since 2021, Adrien has been working at France Energies Marines and currently holds the position of applied mathematics for offshore wind researcher. He has contributed to various national and international R&D projects involving academic institutions and industrial partners. In this role, he has deepened his knowledge of mathematical modelling and numerical analysis for floating offshore.