The Wavepiston Passive Control (WAPPAC) Competition is now live!
We’re excited to announce that the WAPPAC Competition, organized by Maynooth University’s Centre for Ocean Energy Research (COER) has officially launched!
The competition challenges the wave energy control community to design passive control strategies that optimize the performance of the Wavepiston device across a range of sea states — using the official Wavepiston Simulation Tool (WP-Sim-Tool) provided by the organizers.
This is a unique opportunity for researchers, PhD students, and engineers to put their wave energy control expertise to the test in a standardized, performance-driven environment.
🔗 Explore all competition details and documentation here:
👉 https://emg-mu.github.io/WAPPAC_docs/home.html
GitHub repository: https://github.com/EMG-MU/WAPPAC_comp_pub
📅 Timeline and Important Dates
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October 2025: Competition launch and release.
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October–February 2026: Participants develop and test their passive control strategies.
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March 2026: Submission of results.
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Spring 2026: Evaluation, announcement of results, and presentation of top-performing controllers.
Join the challenge, test your ideas, and help advance passive control strategies for next-generation wave energy converters.