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Stephen Hugh Salter, MBE, FRSE (7 December 1938 – 23 February 2024) was a South African-born Scottish academic who was Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design at the University of Edinburgh and inventor of the eponymous Salter's duck wave energy device.
Stephen Salter was a renowned inventor of wave energy devices and a proponent of geoengineering. He was an Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design at the University of Edinburgh and received the Royal Academy of Engineering Sustained Achievement Award in 2012.
Mar 1, 2024 · Stephen Salter, Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design and the 'Father of Wave Energy', passed away on 23 February 2024 at 85. He was a prolific inventor and a pioneer of wave and tidal energy research.
Stephen was the inventor of the touch screen (apparently in parallel with others) using a Perspex sheet over a CRT for recognising a pre-verbal child’s reactions to visual stimuli.
Now working on climate engineering, Salter has pioneered a method of marine cloud brightening - wherein a fleet of vessels would spray a very fine mist of w...
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Apr 10, 2007 · Stephen Salter, the father of wave power, has seen technology fall from favour only to come back into fashion. His new device aims to tackle global warming. Stuart Nathan reports
Sep 26, 2012 · Prof Stephen Salter, technical adviser at Aquamarine Power, believes geoengineering could help to mitigate some of the most pressing effects of climate change. Stuart Nathan reports.
