Newcastle University

Sub-theme leader for Greener Transport in transportNewcastle research group

Member of the Accounting, Governance, Ethics and Sustainability Research Group (AGES)

Member of marineNewcastle research group

Qualifications

MEng Marine Technology with Honours in Small Craft Technology 2002
Exectutive MBA 2010

Memberships

RINA

AMBA

Research Interests

Marine environmental sustainability, life cycle and cost-benefit analysis. Triple bottom line/Full cost accounting. Design for environmental safety, structural analysis and design. Small and recreational craft design, production and operation. Ship stability. Socio-economic stakeholder led small craft design. Autonomous marine vehicles.

Current Projects

 Low Carbon Shipping: A Systems Approach, ULYSSES, Clean North Sea Shipping

Past Projects

CREATE3S, PROMARC, AZIPILOT, CAREMAR, ECOBOAT

Projects

• AZIPILOT
  Project Leader(s): Michael Woodward and Melanie Landamore, Newcastle University are coordinator.
• CNSS – Clean North Sea Shipping
  Project Leader(s): Hordaland County Council (Norway) and Newcastle University is a beneficiary to this project.
• CREATE3S - Innovative Concepts realised by advanced design and production to improve total efficiency of new generation Short Sea Shipping
  Project Leader(s): Melanie Landamore
• ECOBOAT - A two stage project for the Anglian Boatbuilders Association
  Project Leader(s): Melanie Landamore
• Low Carbon Shipping: A Systems Approach
  Project Leader(s): Melanie Landamore and John Mangan

• Landamore MJ, Campbell DJ. Low Carbon Shipping - A Systems Approach: Conceptualising a full cost environmental model for sustainable shipping. In: 11th International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures (PRADS). 2010, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: COPPE UFRJ.
• Murphy AJ, Landamore MJ, Birmingham RW. The role of autonomous underwater vehicles for marine search and rescue operations. Underwater Technology 2008, 27(4), 195-205.
• Landamore M, Birmingham R, Downie M. Establishing the economic and environmental life-cycle costs of marine systems: A case study from the recreational craft sector. Marine Technology 2007, 44(2), 106-117.
• Landamore MJ, Birmingham RW, Downie MJ, Wright PNH. Sustainable technologies for inland leisure craft. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment 2007, 221(3), 97-114.
• Landamore MJ, Wright PNH, Birmingham RW, Downie MJ. Investigation of sustainable technologies in the leisure craft sector. Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects Part B: International Journal of Small Craft Technology 2006, 148(B2), 41-54.
• Landamore M, Cabezas-Basurko O, Downes J, Mesbahi E. Design for Environmental Safety and Sustainability: The Adoption of a Risk Based Approach. In: 3rd Annual Conference on Design for Safety. 2007, Berkeley, CA, USA.
• Landamore MJ, Aghatise O, Phan S. Environmental Assessment of Alternative Ship Designs to Improve European Short Sea Shipping Efficiency: CREATE3S. In: 11th International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures (PRADS). 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: COPPE UFRJ.
• Landamore M, Cabezas-Basurko O, Wright P, Birmingham R, Reichel M, Kremer E. Create3S: An outline of the concept and overview of possible solution routes for the hull form. Journal of Maritime Research 2009, 6(1), 3-14.
• Wright PNH, Broderick DR, Landamore MJ, Hopman JJ. Creative approach to ship design. Naval Architect 2008, 177-+.
• Landamore MJ, Birmingham RW, Downie MJ, Mesbahi E, Jackson S. Life Cycle Analysis and Cost Benefit Analysis of Selected Technologies for Sustainable Inland Boating. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK:Newcastle University,2006.
• Murphy AJ, Landamore MJ. A cost benefit analysis for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for marine search and rescue operations. In: Royal Institution of Naval Architects International Conference: Surveillance, Search and Rescue Craft (SURV7). 2009, Poole, UK: Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA).
• Wright PNH, Broderick D, Landamore M, Hopman JJ. Selection of a Design Concept for the Create3S Project. In: RINA International Conference on Design & Operation of Container Ships. 2008, London, UK: RINA.
• Landamore M, Woodward M. Intuitive operation and pilot training when using marine azimuthing control devices - AZIPILOT. In: Royal Institution of Naval Architects International Conference - Human Factors in Ship Design, Safety and Operation. 2009, London, UK: RINA.