Frances Judge is a Lecturer in Energy Engineering in the School of Engineering in UCC and a member of the Offshore Renewable Energy Research Group located in then Research Ireland MaREI Centre in Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork. Frances has a BE in Civil Engineering from University College Cork, an MSc in Meteorology from University College Dublin and a PhD in Coastal Engineering from the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include logistics modelling, techno economic analysis and laboratory testing of offshore renewable energy technologies.