Dr Rachel Nicholls-Lee
Position: Director
Rachel is the founder and director of Whiskerstay, a company offering naval architecture and marine engineering consultancy. She is a Chartered Engineer with extensive experience in the marine renewable energy and yacht design sectors. As a result, she is an author of over 40 publications in both international conferences and journals covering aspects of composite technology, offshore renewables and novel vessel design.
Having performed several years of research into the field of composites in the marine industry, she is highly qualified in the use of such materials for innovative applications from morphing blades through to composite foundations for subsea structures and lightweight vessels.
She has considerable experience in project management, design and development of marine vessels and structures; not least superyachts, tidal turbines, wave energy devices, subsea cable stability, platforms for operation in extreme environments and electric boats.
