Taylor Marchment, PhD is the Lead R&D Engineer responsible for all manufacturing, facility and research endeavors at Sperra since 2022. He has a PhD in Civil Engineering obtained at Swinburne University, Australia specializing in the reinforcement and interlayer strengthening of 3DCP. He has +13 years of practical, industry and research experience in concrete and additive construction.
Mason Bell, FE is the Anchor Product Manager at Sperra. He is the co-inventor of Sperra's patented gravity anchor and torpedo anchor and the project manager for over $5 million in research and development projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and California Energy Commission. He is a Civil Engineer with a degree from the University of Colorado Boulder with expertise spanning 3D concrete printing, project management, product design, and commercialization. Mason is one of Sperra's first employees, joining the team as an intern during the summer of 2020.
3DCP (3D Concrete Printing) can help solve logistical and supply chain challenges for fabricating anchors and platforms for floating offshore wind (FOW) and other marine renewable energy structures such as solar and wave. 3DCP offers greater design flexibility, utilizing local material, and faster construction times and is well suited to fabricating large structures. Fabrication can be performed quayside, on semisubmersible barges, or in a dry dock. Sperra will present their 3DCP technology and the engineering works going into their marine renewable energy projects which UCSD have been supporting.