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Dr Richard Cooke

Job Title
Research and Development Engineer
Site
Liverpool
Phone
54805

Biography

Qualifications:

Beng(Hons), MSc(Eng), PhD(Eng).

Background:

Graduated University of Liverpool 2000 with PhD in Engineering. Joined NOC in 2002 as Electronics Engineer to design and develop scientific instrumentation and provide engineering support to coastal science research projects.

Key area supported within Marine Physics and Ocean Climate (MPOC) research group is predominantly the Coastal Ocean Physics (COP) subgroup, particularly the sediment dynamics, transport and physics research science.

Skills and research interests:

  • Electronics engineering and design.
  • Software engineering and design.
  • Embedded systems design and programming.
  • Sensors and instrumentation engineering.

Projects

Fieldwork research projects supported:

  • INDIA project, Faro, Portugal, 2002.
  • ONR Mine Burial Project, Santa Cruz, March 2003.
  • River Dee Estuary field experiments, 2003–2009 .
  • River Severn field experiments, 2003–2004.
  • Coastal Observatory project, 2002–2009 .
  • Trace metal measurement probe collaborative development work with Prof. Stan Vandenberg and Dr Conrad Chapman of University of Liverpool, DEOS. Dissolved metal concentration monitoring system for ocean applications developed, 2005–2007.
  • LEACOAST2 project 2006–2007, in collaboration with University of Liverpool and University of East Anglia.
  • EU funded Hydralab-SANDS experiment at UPC Barcelona flume facility, 2008, in collaboration with UPC Barcelona and CNRS (Grenoble University), France.
  • FLOCSAM experiment, River Taymar Estuary, UK, 2009 with University of Plymouth and University of East Anglia.
  • Prototype 3-axis Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler river estuary field trials, 2009–2011.
  • WISE estuary sediment dynamics project, 2011.
  • EU funded Hydralab-RippleVortex bedform dyamics experiments project at UPC Barcelona flume facility, 2012, in collaboration with UPC Barcelona and CNRS (Grenoble University), France.
  • COHBED estuary bedform dynamcs project in the River Dee estuary, 2013, in collaboration with University of Bangor, et al.
  • EU funded Hydralab SandT-Pro/SINBAD project at UPC Barcelona flume facility, 2013, in collaboration with UPC Barcelona, CNRS (Grenoble University) and University of Aberdeen.
  • INSTRON tidal turbine bedform dynamics project at T.E.S. flume facility, University of Hull, 2013 and 2014, in collaboration with University of Hull, et al.
  • Shelf-Seas BioGeoChem project, Celtic Sea, 2014, in collaboration with Plymouth Marine Lab, et al.
  • MegaPEX coastal sediments dynamics project off the Dutch coastline near The Hague, Netherlands, 2014, in collaboration with Delft University of Technology et al.
  • Shelf-Seas BioGeoChem project, Celtic Sea, 2015, in collaboration with Plymouth Marine Lab, et al.
  • EU funded Hydralab+ sediment dynamics experiments project at UPC Barcelona flume facility, 2016-2017, in collaboration with UPC Barcelona and CNRS (Grenoble University), France.
  • NERC funded BLUEcoast project, 2016-2019, researching into physical and biological dynamic coastal processes at various sites around UK coastline.

Past research and development projects:

  • Development of NOC Acoustic Backscatter Systems for sediment particulate size distribution and concentration measurements.
  • Development of NOC Synchronous Timing Generator to control instrument recording times.
  • Development of NOC Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profilers for sediment transport studies.
  • Collaborative development of University of Liverpool, metal-ion probe system to measure dissolved metals concentrations.

Roles Provided

Field Engineer, providing technology support to NOC scientific fieldwork projects.

Instrumentation Engineer, providing system integration, repair, maintenance and operation of various NOC scientific instrumentation.

Research and Development Engineer, providing design and development of new scientific instrumentation.

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Publications

Authors

Baas, Jaco H.; Malarkey, Jonathan; Lichtman, Ian D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6646-2182; Amoudry, Laurent O.; Thorne, Peter D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-0937; Hope, Julie A.; Peakall, Jeffrey; Paterson, David M.; Bass, Sarah J.; Cooke, Richard D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; Manning, Andrew J.; Parsons, Daniel R.; Ye, Leiping. 2021 Current- and Wave-Generated Bedforms on Mixed Sand–Clay Intertidal Flats: A New Bedform Phase Diagram and Implications for Bed Roughness and Preservation Potential. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9. 10.3389/feart.2021.747567

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Authors

Ramirez-Mendoza, R.; Murdoch, L.; Jordan, L.B.; Amoudry, L.O.; McLelland, S.; Cooke, R.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; Thorne, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-0937; Simmons, S.M.; Parsons, D.; Vezza, M.. 2020 Asymmetric effects of a modelled tidal turbine on the flow and seabed. Renewable Energy, 159. 238-249. 10.1016/j.renene.2020.05.133

Publication year

2020

Publication type

Article

Authors

Lichtman, Ian D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6646-2182; Baas, Jaco H.; Amoudry, Laurent; Thorne, Peter D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-0937; Malarkey, Jonathan; Hope, Julie A.; Peakall, Jeffrey; Paterson, David M.; Bass, Sarah J.; Cooke, Richard D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; Manning, Andrew J.; Davies, Alan G.; Parsons, Daniel R.; Ye, Leiping. 2018 Bedform migration in a mixed sand and cohesive clay intertidal environment and implications for bed material transport predictions. Geomorphology, 315. 17-32. 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.04.016

Publication year

2018

Publication type

Article

Authors

Ramirez Mendoza, R.; Amoudry, L.O.; Thorne, P.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-0937; Cooke, R.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; McLelland, S.; Jordan, L.B.; Simmons, S.; Parsons, D.; Murdoch, L.. 2018 Laboratory study on the effects of hydro kinetic turbines on hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics. Renewable Energy, 129 (A). 271-284. 10.1016/j.renene.2018.05.094

Publication year

2018

Publication type

Article

Authors

Thorne, Peter D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-0937; Hurther, David; Cooke, Richard D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; Caceres, Ivan; Barraud, Pierre A.; Sánchez-Arcilla, Agustín. 2018 Developments in acoustics for studying wave-driven boundary layer flow and sediment dynamics over rippled sand-beds. Continental Shelf Research, 166. 119-137. 10.1016/j.csr.2018.07.008

Publication year

2018

Publication type

Article

Authors

Williams, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4123-4973; Bell, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-4822; McCann, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-700X; Cooke, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205. 2018 Low Cost GNSS Tide & Sea Level Measurements - LoCTIPS. In: Challenger Society 2018 Conference, Newcastle, 10-13 Sept 2018. (Unpublished)

Publication year

2018

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

Balfour, C.; Williams, M.; Cooke, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; Amoudry, L.; Souza, A.. 2015 NOC Liverpool report for the miniSTABLE benthic lander deployments as part of the UK-SSB research programme. Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, 71pp. (National Oceanography Centre Research and Consultancy Report, 53)

Publication year

2015

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Ramirez Mendoza, Rafael; Amoudry, Laurent; Thorne, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-0937; Cooke, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; Simmons, Stephen; McLelland, Stuart; Murphy, Brendan; Parsons, Daniel; Jordan, Laura-Beth; Vybulkova, Lada. 2015 Impact of scaled tidal stream turbine over mobile sediment beds. In: Proceedings of the 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, EWTEC2015. Nantes, France, Technical Committee of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 6p.

Publication year

2015

Publication type

Book section

Authors

Thorne, Peter D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-0937; Hurther, David; Cooke, Richard D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; Barraud, P.A.; Caceres, I.; Sanchez-Arcilla, A.. 2013 On the study of boundary layer transport processes using new developmental acoustic techniques. In: Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2013. Bordeaux, France, University of Bordeaux, 1667-1676.

Publication year

2013

Publication type

Book section

Authors

Chapman, Conrad S.; Cooke, Richard D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; Salaün, Pascal; van den Berg, Constant M.G.. 2012 Apparatus for in situ monitoring of copper in coastal waters. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 14 (10). 2793-2802. 10.1039/C2EM30460K

Publication year

2012

Publication type

Article

Authors

Moate, Benjamin D.; Cooke, Richard D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; Thorne, Peter D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-0937. 2009 Acoustic measurements of flocculating sediments in the Tamar estuary: a record of the POL data collection during the FLOCSAM fieldwork. Liverpool, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory. (POL Internal Document, No. 194) (Unpublished)

Publication year

2009

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Cooke, Richard D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; Thorne, Peter. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-0937; Moate, Benjamin. D.; Bell, Paul. S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-4822. 2009 Evaluation and preliminary results from an autonomous 3-axis coherent acoustic Doppler velocity profiler. In: 3rd International conference and exhibition on underwater acoustic measurements: technologies and results, Nafplion, Greece, 21st June 2009 to 26th June 2009. Greece, F.O.R.T.H., 491-496.

Publication year

2009

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

Thorne, Peter, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-0937; Hurther, David; Moate, Benjamin D.; Cooke, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; Chassagne, Francois, X.. 2009 Acoustic measurements of boundary layer flux profiles over a sandy rippled bed under regular waves. Hellas, Greece, Foundation for Research & Technology, 517-524, 8pp. (Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies & Results 3rd International conference and Exhibition, Nafplion, Greece, 21st June - 26th June 2009 Proceedings, 1).

Publication year

2009

Publication type

Book

Authors

Wolf, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-8221; Souza, A. J.; Bell, P. S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-4822; Thorne, P. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-0937; Cooke, R. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; Pan, S.. 2008 In-situ measurements of waves, tides, bedforms and sediment transport in the nearshore zone. In: ALSO/AUG/TOS ocean sciences meeting 2008: from the watershed to the global ocean, 7 March 2008, Orlando, Florida, USA, 7th March 2008. Orlando Florida USA, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 499-500.

Publication year

2008

Publication type

Conference item

Publication year

2008

Publication type

Article

Authors

Wolf, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-8221; Souza, Alejandro J.; Bell, Paul S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-4822; Thorne, Peter D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-0937; Cooke, Richard D ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; Pan, Shunqi. 2008 Wave, currents and sediment transport observed during the LEACOAST2 experiment. In: PECS 2008: Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Liverpool, UK, 25th - 29th August 2008. Liverpool, 373-376.

Publication year

2008

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

Moate, B. D.; Thorne, P. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-0937; Cooke, R. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; Betteridge, K. F. E.. 2007 POL ABS calibrations 2005-2007. Liverpool, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, 36pp. (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Report No. 183)

Publication year

2007

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Cooke, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205. 2007 Design and implementation of a 3-axis coherent Doppler velocity profiler. [Other] In: 2nd International conference and exhibition on Underwater Acoustic Measurements: technologies and results, 25-29 June 2007, Heraklion, Crete, 25-29 June 2007. F.O.R.T.H.. (Submitted)

Publication year

2007

Publication type

Conference item