About

Proxsea was founded in 2025 by Dr John McDowell, CEng (MIMarEST).

Career:

• Oceanography, marine renewables & programming

• Successful academic researcher with focus on tidal stream

• Over a decade of industry experience in marine engineering

Specialisms:

• Site assessment (marine renewables, subsea research)

• Environmental modelling (spatial/temporal, moorings & fatigue)

• Statistical analysis (seasonality & extreme values)

• EIA & energy policy (ROC, FiT & CfD schemes, reporting to SoS)

• Tank testing (wave & tidal energy devices, commissioning & operating the DEEP wave & current tank)

• Design optimisation & novel applications of AI/ML

Links: LinkedIn ResearchGate