Gabriel Alsenas

Gabriel Alsenas serves as Director at Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC). Established in 2010, SNMREC seeks to advance the recovery of utility-scale energy from the oceans’ renewable resources, with special emphasis on those resources available to the southeastern US: ocean currents and thermal gradients. The center works with industry, academia, and government to provide test infrastructure, in situ measurements, and other key enablers.

Prior to joining the Center in 2007, Mr. Alsenas worked as a graduate student engineer for the Department of Ocean Engineering at FAU, focused on US Navy future projects, prototypes, and sensor systems. Mr. Alsenas completed his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Ocean and Systems Engineering at FAU. Mr. Alsenas is the Convener of IEC/ISO’s TC-114 Maintenance Team 62600-200 (tidal power performance) technical standards development project team, Treasurer for the IEC’s Renewable Energy Conformity Assessment System (IECRE) and Convenor of Working Group 006 (Finance), Treasurer of the US National Committee for IECRE, and a Judge at FIRST Robotics FRC competitions.