Dr Michael Roberts

R & D Manager

View Dr Michael Roberts’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

PublishedResource characterization of a commercial tidal stream energy site: Morlais, Irish Sea
Chisholm, J., Roberts, M., Powell, B., Rowlands, S., Robins, P., Roome, E., Hughes, P., Owen, A., Milford, C., Amjadian, P. & Neill, S., 1 Jul 2025, In: Renewable Energy. 247, 122952.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

PublishedHow we discovered the wreck of a torpedoed British ship after a 109-year mystery
Roberts, M., 19 Mar 2024, The Conversation.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

PublishedCharacterizing the Marine Energy Test Area (META) in Wales, UK
Neill, S., Fairley, I., Rowlands, S., Young, S., Hill, T., Unsworth, C., King, N., Roberts, M., Austin, M., Hughes, P., Masters, I., Owen, A., Powell, B., Reeve, D. E. & Lewis, M., 1 Mar 2023, In: Renewable Energy. 205, p. 447-460
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

PublishedSeabed morphology and bed shear stress predict temperate reef habitats in a high energy marine region
Jackson-Bue, T., Williams, G., Whitton, T., Roberts, M., Goward Brown, A., Amir, H., King, J., Powell, B., Rowlands, S., Llewelyn Jones, G. & Davies, A., 5 Sept 2022, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 274, 107934.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

PublishedModelling scour around submerged objects with TELEMAC3D - GAIA
Yiannoukos, I., Benson, T., Van Landeghem, K., Couldrey, A., Whitehouse, R., McCarron, C., Quinn, R., Morgan, J., Roberts, M. & Clayton-Smith, B., 30 Oct 2020, Online proceedings of the papers submitted to the 2020 TELEMAC-MASCARET User Conference. Breugem, W. A., Frederickx, L., Koutrouveli, T., Kulkarni, R., Chu, K. & Decrop, B. (eds.). International Marine & Dredging Consultants, p. 68-73 6 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

PublishedTidal stream resource assessment uncertainty due to flow asymmetry and turbine yaw misalignment
Piano, M., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P., Hashemi, R., Davies, A., Ward, S. & Roberts, M., Dec 2017, In: Renewable Energy. p. 1363-1375
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

PublishedLate Devensian and holocene relative sea-level change in North Wales, UK.
Roberts, M. J., Scourse, J. D., Bennell, J. D., Huws, D. G., Jago, C. F. & Long, B. T., 1 Feb 2011, In: Quaternary Science. 26, 2, p. 141-155
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Coastal Communities Community Event
A community engagement event centred around climate change communication, coastal communities, and cultural heritage.
26 Mar 2024
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition (Contributor)

Hidden Wales
How research to support the development of marine renewable energy has provided us with unique new insights on shipwrecks located in Welsh waters
7 Sep 2022
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Speaker)
Hidden Wales
How research to support the development of marine renewable energy has provided us with unique new insights on the hidden seascape surrounding our coastline
25 Mar 2022
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Speaker)

Marine Life of WW1 shipwrecks in Welsh waters
In collaboration between the U-boat Project Wales, Bangor University and Seasearch UK a workshop was conducted on ‘Marine life of WW1 shipwrecks in Welsh waters’ on August 31st 2019. The target audience were Seasearch volunteer divers and other recreational divers looking to gain new skills on surveying wrecks.
31 Aug 2019
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)
Studying the environmental interactions of man-made structures: shipwrecks and marine renewable energy structures
Attendees were from the Friends of the Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path group.
27 Mar 2019
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Organiser)

Holyhead Breakwater Survey

10/04/2025 – 13/06/2025 (Finished)
UNPATH: To Unpath’d Waters, Undream’d Shores - Marine and Maritime Collections in the UK

01/11/2021 – 30/06/2025 (Finished)
CEFAS Noise monitoring project - extension

07/04/2021 – 17/08/2023 (Finished)
CEFAS Noise monitoring project extension

07/04/2020 – 06/05/2021 (Finished)
Commemorating the forgotten u-boat war around the welsh coast 1914-18

23/02/2018 – 15/08/2020 (Finished)
CEFAS Noise monitoring project

01/12/2017 – 24/08/2021 (Finished)