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Journal Papers

• A. Swingler and M. Hall, “Initial comparison of lithium battery and high-temperature thermal-turbine electricity storage for 100% wind and solar electricity supply on Prince Edward Island,” Energies, vol. 11, no. 12, 2018.
• P. Connolly and M. Hall, “Comparison of Pilot-Scale Floating Offshore Wind Farms with Shared Moorings,” Ocean Engineering, 171, pp. 172-180, 2018.
• M. Hall and A Goupee, “Validation of a Hybrid Modelling Approach to Floating Wind Turbine Basin Testing,” Wind Energy, vol. 21, no. 6, pp.391-408, 2018.
• D. Cevasco, M. Collu, C. M. Rizzo, and M. Hall, “On mooring line tension and fatigue prediction for offshore vertical axis wind turbines: A comparison of lumped mass and quasi-static approaches:,” Wind Engineering, vol. 42, no. 2, pp.97-107, Mar. 2018.
• M. Hall, A. Goupee, and J. Jonkman, “Development of performance specifications for hybrid modeling of floating wind turbines in wave basin tests,” Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1–23, Feb. 2018.
• M. Hall and A. Swingler, “Initial Perspective on a 100% Renewable Electricity Supply for Prince Edward Island,” International Journal of Environmental Studies, vol. 75, no. 1, pp. 135-153, 2017.
• M. Karimi, M. Hall, B. Buckham, and C. Crawford, “A multi-objective design optimization approach for floating offshore wind turbine support structures,” Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 69–87, Feb. 2017.
• M. Hall and A. Goupee, “Validation of a lumped-mass mooring line model with DeepCwind semisubmersible model test data,” Ocean Engineering, vol. 104, pp. 590–603, Aug. 2015.
• S. J. Beatty, M. Hall, B. J. Buckham, P. Wild, and B. Bocking, “Experimental and numerical comparisons of self-reacting point absorber wave energy converters in regular waves,” Ocean Engineering, vol. 104, pp. 370–386, Aug. 2015.
• M. Hall, B. Buckham, and C. Crawford, “Hydrodynamics-Based Floating Wind Turbine Support Platform Optimization: A Basis Function Approach,” Renewable Energy, vol. 66, pp.559-569, Jun. 2013.
• M. Hall, B. Buckham, and C. Crawford, “Evaluating the Importance of Mooring Line Model Fidelity in Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Simulations,” Wind Energy, vol. 17, pp.1835–1853, Dec. 2013.
• M. Hall, “A Cumulative Multi-Niching Genetic Algorithm for Multimodal Function Optimization,” IJARAI, vol. 1, no. 9, Dec. 2012.

Conference Papers

• K. Devries, M. Hall, “Comparison of Seabed Friction Formulations in a LumpedMass Mooring Model”. in Proceedings of the ASME International Offshore Wind Technical Conference, San Francisco, California, Nov. 2018.
• M. Hall, P. Connolly, “Coupled Dynamics Modelling of a Floating Wind Farm with Shared Moorings,” Proceedings of the ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Madrid, Spain, June 2018.
• A. Crespo, M. Hall, J. Dominguez, C. Altomare, M. Wu, V. Stratigaki, P. Troch, M. Gomez-Gesteira, “Floating Moored Oscillating Water Column With Meshless SPH Method”, Proceedings of the 37th International Conference of Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. Madrid, Spain, 2018.
• M. Hall, “Efficient Modelling of Seabed Friction and Multi-Floater Mooring Systems in MoorDyn,” in Proceedings of the 12th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Cork, Ireland, 2017.
• P. Connolly, K. Devries, and M. Hall, “Shared Mooring Systems for Floating Offshore Wind Farms,” in Offshore Energy and Storage Symposium, Cape Cod, USA, 2017.
• M. Hall and A. Goupee, “Comparing fatigue loads in floating wind turbine basin tests: geometric-scaled, performance-scaled, and hybrid approaches,” in Proceedings of the 27th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, San Francisco, California, 2017.
• D. Cevasco, M. Collu, M. Hall, and C. M. Rizzo, “On the comparison of the dynamic response of an offshore floating VAWT system when adopting two different mooring system model of dynamics: quasi-static vs. lumped-mass approach,” in Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Trondheim, Norway, 2017.
• S. Sirnivas, Y.-H. Yu, M. Hall, and B. Bosma, “Coupled Mooring Analysis for the WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Design Tool,” in Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Busan, South Korea, 2016.
• M. T. Andersen, F. T. Wendt, A. N. Robertson, J. M. Jonkman, and M. Hall, “Verification and Validation of Multisegmented Mooring Capabilities in FAST v8,” in Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Rhodes, Greece, 2016.
• G. Vissio, B. Passione, and M. Hall, “Expanding ISWEC Modelling with a Lumped-Mass Mooring Line Model,” presented at the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Nantes, France, 2015.
• C. McNatt, M. Hall, J. Davidson, A. de Andres, and S. Hamawi, “Innovation in offshore renewable energy: international collaboration and INORE,” in 5th International Conference on Ocean Energy, Halifax, Canada, 2014. (keynote presentation by M. Hall)
• M. Hall, J. Moreno, and K. Thiagarajan, “Performance specifications for real-time hybrid testing of 1:50 scale floating wind turbine models,” in Proceedings of the ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, San Francisco, California, 2014.
• M. Hall, B. Buckham, and C. Crawford, “Evolving Offshore Wind: Genetic Algorithm-Based Optimization of Floating Wind Turbine Platforms,” presented at OCEANS’13 MTS/IEEE Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 2013.
• M. Hall, B. Buckham, and C. Crawford, “A Genetic Algorithm-Based Platform Optimization Framework for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines,” presented at the 11th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, Vancouver, 2012.
• M. Hall, C. Crawford, and B. Buckham, “Generalized Floating Wind Turbine Platform Optimization: A Basis Function Approach,” at the 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, 2012.
• M. Hall, B. Buckham, C. Crawford, and R. Nicoll, “The Importance of Mooring Line Model Fidelity in Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Simulations,” at OCEANS ’11 MTS/IEEE Kona, Kona, Hawaii, 2011.

Conference Presentations

• M. Hall and A. Swingler, “Initial Perspective on a 100% Renewable Electricity Supply for Prince Edward Island,” presented at Energy and Natural Resources, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 2017. (published in Int. J. Env. Studies)
• M. Hall, “Versatile and Connective Mooring Dynamics Modelling,” presented at the North American Symposium of the International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2017.
• M. Hall, “Development and Validation of Hybrid Modelling for Floating Wind Turbines,” presented at the North American Symposium of the International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy, Orono, Maine, USA, 2016.
• M. Hall and A. Goupee, “A Single-Axis Hybrid Modeling System for Floating Wind Turbine Basin Testing,” presented at EERA DeepWind Deep Sea Offshore Wind R&D Conference, Trondheim, Norway, 2016.
• M. Hall, “Hybrid Modeling of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines,” presented at the 2015 North American Symposium of the International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy, Friday Harbor, WA, 2015.
• M. Hall, “A Common Coupling Framework for Offshore Renewable Energy Models,” presented at the 2015 European Symposium of the International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy, Naples, Italy, 2015.
• M. Hall and A. Goupee, “An efficient dynamic mooring line model: validation with OC4-DeepCwind semisubmersible test data,” in 2014 North American Symposium of the International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy, Halifax, Canada, 2014.
• M. Hall, B. Buckham, and C. Crawford, “Evolving Offshore Wind: Genetic Algorithm-Based Optimization of Floating Wind Turbine Platforms,” presented at the 2013 INORE (International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy) Symposium, Pembrokeshire, Wales, 2013. (best presentation award)
• M. Hall, B. Buckham, and C. Crawford, “A Global Support Structure Optimization Framework for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines,” presented at the 4th Annual New England MREC Technical Conference, Providence/Warwick, Rhode Island, Jan. 2013.
• M. Hall, “Real and False Solutions to Climate Change” panelist at PowerShift 2012, Ottawa, Ontario, Nov. 2012.
• M. Hall, “Genetic Algorithm-Based Platform Optimization for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines,” presented at the 2012 INORE (International Network on Offshore Renewable Energy) Symposium, Thisted, Denmark, 2012. (best poster award)
• M. Hall, B. Buckham, C. Crawford, and R. Nicoll, “The Accuracy of Quasi-Static Mooring Models in Floating Wind Turbine Simulations,” at MREC 2011, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2011.
• A. Bansal, M. Hall, and J. Scott, “Gibson Whammy Bridge Assembly,” presented at Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Student Design Competition, Victoria, BC, 2010.
• M. Hall, “Feasibility of Biogas Production from Manure on Small PEI Farms,” at UPEI Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics Undergraduate Research Symposium (CEMPURS 2008), Charlottetown, PE, 2008.

Reports

• Re-Energizing Canada: Pathways to a Low-Carbon Future, Sustainable Canada Dialogues report commissioned by Natural Resources Canada, 2017.
• A. Trivett and M. Hall, Feasibility of Biogas Production on Small Livestock Farms, UPEI Department of Engineering and Environmental Coalition of PEI, 2009.

Dissertations

• M. Hall, Hybrid Modelling of Floating Wind Tubines, PhD Thesis, University of Maine, 2016.
• M. Hall, Mooring Modelling and Design Optimization of Floating Offshore Wind Tubines, MSc Thesis, University of Victoria, 2013.

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