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OUR MISSION

Prof. Ma's lab at NTU is a world-class research facility working to advance technology related to hull, mooring, anchor, and cable for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT). Our team also provides expert consultancy to operators, developers, and manufacturers in the renewable and oil & gas industries. Looking forward to collaborating with you!

RESEARCH

OUR RESEARCH

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Structure Analysis

The foundation of an offshore wind turbine is a floating platform. These immense structures are designed similarly to Oil and Gas platforms and analysed with the use of shipbuilding methods. We use FEM and other means to make sure structures are not only durable, but optimal and economical.

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Anchors

Torpedo anchors are an interesting new development in FOWT industry. An offshore platform anchor is quite different from one of a ship. It is installed in a different manner and may stay in place as long as decades. Therefore it is paramount that it holds the platform firmly in place.

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Mooring Analysis

A FOWT operates in a special allocated region and stays put in place. It is of utmost importance to make sure that it does not collide with other platforms, that it does not capsize and even that its inclination does not exceed an allowable angle. All that is achieved by a proper mooring system design.

TEAM

Dr. Kai-Tung Ma

Professor (Yushan Fellow)

馬開東

Chevron (retired)

Taipei, Taiwan/ Houston, U.S.A

Dr. Zhan Cheng

Consultant

程展

Houston, U.S.A

Wen-Yu Huang (Emily)

Master Student

黃彣彧

Anchor Team

Taipei, Taiwan

Wang Mo Hua (Jasmine)

Master Student

王茉驊

Taipei, Taiwan

Chi-Ang Chen

Alumni

陳其昂

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Igarashi Yuki

Alumni

五十嵐雪姬

Yu-Xiang Cheng

Alumni

鄭宇翔

Taipei, Taiwan

Kuan-Yi Wu (Zach)

Alumni

吳冠逸

Jan de Nul

Interned at GE Vernova

Taipei, Taiwan

Dr. Jer-fang Wu

Consultant

吳哲芳

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) (retired)

Houston, U.S.A

Ivanov Glib

PhD Candidate

雲在天

Structure Team

Taipei, Taiwan

Wei-Ling Tsai (Wei)

Master Student

蔡瑋凌

Mooring Team

Taipei, Taiwan

Lin Tzu An (Andrew)

Master Student

林子安

Taipei, Taiwan

I-Jen Hsu

Alumni

徐一仁

Synera Renewable Energy

Hung-Chun Chang

Alumni

張宏駿

Taipei, Taiwan

Jui-Chen Chen (Ray)

Alumni

陳睿辰

Master's degree at University of Michigan

Michigan, USA

Zhao-Yu Lai (Jeffrey)

Alumni

賴昭瑜

Mooring Team & Anchor Team

Taipei, Taiwan

Donghui Chen

Consultant

陳東輝

Houston, U.S.A

Dang Phuc Manh Dat

Master Student

鄧福孟達

Mooring Team

Taipei, Taiwan

Takeshi Tagami

Master Student

田上武

Taipei, Taiwan

Chung-Yu Chen (Daniel)

Intern

陳忠佑

Taipei, Taiwan

Kai-Hung Chen

Alumni

陳愷鴻

Boskalis / Master's degree at TU Delft

Yi-Chung Huang

Alumni

黃奕忠

Dr. Amir Noorizadegan

Alumni

Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Hsiu Liu (Alison)

Alumni

劉怡秀

Mooring Team & Anchor Team

Taipei, Taiwan

PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL PAPERS

1. Impact of tropical cyclones on mooring designs of floating offshore wind turbines

        Glib Ivanov, Phuc-Manh-Dat Dang, Wei-Ling Tsai, Yuefan Du, Ryota Wada, and Kai-Tung Ma (December, 2025)

        Ocean Engineering

       https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.122490

2. Optimized mooring solutions for floating offshore wind turbines in harsh environments

        Glib Ivanov, Yong-Yan wu, and Kai-Tung Ma (July, 2025)

        Ocean Engineering

        https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.122289

3. Ensuring the Security of Onshore and Offshore Wind Farms in the Context of War or Terrorism

        Glib Ivanov, and Yurii Poita (June, 2025)

        Sustainable Marine Structures

        https://doi.org/10.36956/sms.v7i2.1865

4. Wind Farm Design with 15 MW Floating Offshore Wind Turbines in Typhoon Regions

        Kai-Tung Ma, Wen-Yu Huang, Kuan-Yi Wu, and Glib Ivanov (May, 2025)

        Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol.13, No.4, pp.687

        https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13040687

5. Ukraine – Taiwan Offshore Wind Joint Venture Promising Cooperation for Achieving Energy Independence

        Glib Ivanov (November, 2024)

        International Journal of Business

        https://doi.org/10.55802/IJB.029(3).005

6. Floater Assembly and Turbine Integration Strategy for Floating Offshore Wind Energy: Considerations and  Recommendations

        Glib Ivanov, and Kai-Tung Ma (November, 2024)

        Wind, Vol.4, No.4, pp.376-394

        https://doi.org/10.3390/wind4040019

7. A Study on Offshore Anchor Selection with a Focus on Torpedo Anchor Stability and Performance

        Hung-Chun Chang, Amir Noorizadegan, Yi-Hsiu Liu, and Kai-Tung Ma (September, 2024)

        Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol.12, No.10, pp.1721

        https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12101721

8. Design Considerations on Semi-Submersible Columns, Bracings and Pontoons for Floating Wind

        Glib Ivanov, I-Jen Hsu, and Kai-Tung Ma (August, 2023)

        Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol.11, No.9, pp.1663

        https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11091663

9.浮式風機之半潛式浮臺結構初設計優化

        徐一仁, 雲在天, 馬開東, 黃政彰, 吳華桐, 黃韻慈, 周志明 (November, 2022)

        Journal of Taiwan Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Vol.41, No.4, pp.163-175

CONFERENCE PAPERS

1. Mooring Designs for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Leveraging Experience from the Oil & Gas Industry

        Kai-Tung Ma, Yong-Yan Wu, Simen Fodstad Stolen, Leopoldo Bello, Menno van der Horst, and Yong Luo (June, 2021)

        OMAE 2021

2. Dynamic Simulation and Control of a Semi-submersible Floating Offshore Wind Turbine with a Direct-Driving Permanent Magnetic Synchronized Generator

        Mao-Hsiung Chiang, Ching Lin, Chun-Hung Chien, Kai-Tung Ma, Shun-Han Yang, Kuan-Yu Chen, and Cherng-Jer Chueh (April, 2022)

        ICASI 2022

3. Optimization of Semi-Submersible Hull Design for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

        I-Jen Hsu, Glib Ivanov, Kai-Tung Ma, Zheng-Zhang Huang, Hua-Tung Wu, Yun-Tzu Huang, and Mike Chou (June, 2022)

        OMAE 2022

4. Model Tests of TaidaFloat Semi-submersible Floating Offshore Wind Turbine for Typhoon Environments

        Jing-Fa Tsai, Mao-Hsiung Chiang, Po-Sung Lin, Fu-Cheng Su, and Kai-Tung Ma (November, 2022)

        ETAR 2022

5. Design Considerations on Semi-Submersible Columns, Bracings and Pontoons for Floating Wind

        Glib Ivanov, I-Jen Hsu, and Kai-Tung Ma (June, 2023)

        OMAE 2023

6. Design of Mooring System for a 15MW Semi-Submersible, TaidaFloat, in Taiwan Strait

        Chi-Ang Chen, Kai-Hung Chen, Yuki Igarashi, Dong-Hui Chen, Kai-Tung Ma, and Zhao-Yu Lai (June, 2023)

        OMAE 2023

7. Overview of FOWT Demo Projects Cost and Analyses of Hull Design Features

        Glib Ivanov, I-Jen Hsu, and Kai-Tung Ma (August, 2023)

        WCFS 2023

8. Offshore Wind Turbines: Perspectives on Technological Challenges – Present & Future

        Krish Sharman, R. Basu, and Kai-Tung Ma (June, 2024)

        OMAE 2024

9. Optimal Mooring Pattern for a Semi-Submersible FOWT in a Typhoon Environment

        Glib Ivanov, Yong-Yan Wu, Dong-Hui Chen, Zhao-Yu Lai, Jui-Chen Chen, Nikolai Gladkov, and Kai-Tung Ma (June, 2024)

        OMAE 2024

10. Mooring Anchor radius and Spread-angle Optimization for a 2 MW Semi-Submersible Floating Wind Turbine in Taiwan Strait

        Zhao-Yu Lai, Glib Ivanov, Jui-Chen Chen, Dong-Hui Chen, and Kai-Tung Ma (June, 2024)

        OMAE 2024

11. Review of Anchor Solutions for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

        Kai-Tung Ma, Amir Noorizadegan, Hung-Chun Chang, David Cobb, Yi-Hsiu Liu, and Mao-Hsiung Chiang (November, 2024)

        APCOW 2024

12. Global-Local Finite Element Analysis of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine and its Fairlead Support Structure

        Glib Ivanov, Yu-Xiang Zheng, Amir Noorizadegan, and Kai-Tung Ma (November, 2024)

        APCOW 2024

13. Assessment of Intact Stability Criteria and Survivability for Semi-Submersible FOWT

        Kuan-Yi Wu, Amir Noorizadegan, Dong-Hui Chen, and Kai-Tung Ma (June, 2025)

        OMAE 2025

14. Evaluation of Anchoring Capacity of Suction Anchors with Fins in Silt

        Yi-Hsiu Liu, et al. (June, 2025)

        OMAE 2025

LOCAL CONFERENCE PAPERS

1. 浮式風機之半潛式浮臺結構初設計優化

        徐一仁, 雲在天, 馬開東, 黃政彰, 吳華桐, 黃韻慈, 周志明 (June, 2022)

        中國造船暨輪機工程研討會

2. 台灣西部海域應用重力式安裝錨錨碇之可行性初探

        顏振庭, 林俊宏, 張宏駿, 葛宇甯, 馬開東, 黃奕忠, Ming Yang, 葉馥瑄, Leopoldo Bello (August, 2022)

        大地工程研討會

3. 重力式安裝錨於水下砂層土壤錨碇之可行性初探

        林俊宏, 張宏駿, 林柏因, 顏振庭, 葛宇甯, 馬開東, 黃奕忠, Ming Yang, 葉馥瑄, Leopoldo Bello (November, 2022)

        海洋工程研討會

4. 臺灣離岸風電之前景與半潛式浮臺之發展

        張宏駿, 馬開東, 王詮文, 劉潔, 蕭伊珊, 吳浩平, 徐一仁, 雲在天, 江茂雄 (December, 2022)

        臺灣風能學術研討會

5. 浮動式風機「臺大浮臺」之設計與技術開發

        吳冠逸, 雲在天, 徐一仁*, 馬開東, 江茂雄 (December, 2022)

        臺灣風能學術研討會

6. 重力式安裝錨在臺灣海峽的可行性評估

        張宏駿, 劉怡秀, 林俊宏, 馬開東 (December, 2022)

        臺灣風能學術研討會               研討會最佳論文

7. 臺灣海峽浮動式風場之佈局最佳化

        黃彣彧, Amir Noorizadegan, 吳冠逸, 馬開東 (March, 2025)

        中國造船暨輪機工程研討會

8. Motion Comparison of 15 MW Floating Offshore Wind Turbine among Semi-submersibles, Barge and Tension Leg Platform

        鄧福孟達 , 蔡瑋凌, 雲在天, 馬開東 (March, 2025)

        中國造船暨輪機工程研討會

 
 
 
 

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