Highwave initially started as an interdisciplinary project to study wave breaking in vivo. Without a research station in the field, however, it was impossible to capture all the relevant data. This is how the Aran Island Research Station (AIRS) came to life, the fruit of the imagination of two inspired researchers...
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FRÉDÉRIC DIAS
A renowned mathematician and researcher specialising in fluid dynamics, Frédéric Dias has been working on wave hydrodynamics and mathematical modelling for almost 40 years. Between 2012 and 2016, he launched a research project on the formation and impact of rogue waves. This project has already received funding from the European Research Council (ERC).
In 2018, he launched the Highwave project together with Arnaud Disant. This is an interdisciplinary project that aims to better understand and model wave breaking under real conditions. Frédéric Dias is also a professor at ENS Paris-Saclay and at UCD (University College Dublin).
ARNAUD DISANT
Arnaud Disant is a marine research engineer, a former lecturer at the Irish Naval Academy and an expert in telecommunications. He is actively involved in the Highwave project as technical director of the AIRS research station. Based in Ireland, he regularly helps in setting up experiment protocols on Inishmaan Island.
In 2012, Arnaud invented SeaFi (TM): A novel way to transfer high volumes of data at sea. He integrated this technology into the HIGHWAVE project to help in the construction of a unique system for real-time data retrieval and instant transmission to the research station’s servers.
University College Dublin: Over 160 Years of Education
UCD is one of Europe's leading research-intensive universities; an environment where (opens in a new window)undergraduate education, masters and PhD training, research, innovation and community engagement form a dynamic spectrum of activity.
Since its foundation, the University has made a unique contribution to the creation of modern Ireland, based on successful engagement with Irish society on every level and across every sphere of activity. The international standing of UCD has grown in recent years; it is currently ranked within the top 1% of higher education institutions world-wide. UCD is also Ireland's most globally engaged university with over 38,000 students drawn from 152 countries, including over 5,000 students based at locations outside of Ireland. The University's main Dublin campus occupies an extensive parkland estate of 133 hectares and offers world-leading facilities including the UCD O'Brien Centre for Science, UCD Sutherland School of Law, UCD Lochlan Quinn School of Business, UCD Moore Centre for Business, and the UCD Student Centre.
As Ireland's largest university, with its great strength and diversity of disciplines, UCD embraces its role to contribute to the flourishing of Ireland through the study of people, society, business, economy, culture, languages and the creative arts, as well as through research and innovation. The University's Strategy 2020-2024 (opens in a new window)Rising to the Futureoutlines the objectives and major strategic initiatives set in place in order to accomplish UCD's vision for this era.
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris Saclay: Over 600 researchers...
ENS Paris-Saclay is a training and research centre with an international and multidisciplinary outlook. It offers students an early immersive contact with research and mobilises the laboratories in their training in basic sciences, humanities and social sciences, and engineering sciences.
The aim of the ENS Paris-Saclay Degree, which takes four years, takes ENS students to the level of a doctoral degree.
A component of the Université Paris-Saclay
ENS Paris-Saclay is one of the component members of the Université Paris-Saclay. From now on, the School's project will be part of this world-class university.
Bringing basic sciences, engineering sciences, humanities and social sciences together
Its unique feature is to bring together disciplines in a way that no other higher education institution would at equal level: basic sciences, engineering sciences, humanities and social sciences.
The School includes ten teaching and research departments and a language department which cover a broad spectrum of disciplines associated with research laboratories, the establishment of PhD track programmes for students and the interface of its research and training courses with the opportunities of Université Paris-Saclay.
This unique environment provides the opportunity for ENS students to receive research-intensive disciplinary training leading to Master’s and doctoral degrees.