Our mission is to provide PhD students with an environment conducive to socialization, technical exchange, and peer networking within wind energy research in an informal and collaborative setting.
This year marks a significant milestone as the PhD Committee assumes a more active role within the European Academy of Wind Energy (EAWE). At the most recent EAWE PhD seminar in Visby, Sweden, committee membership expanded to over 30 members from universities across Europe and the U.S., reflecting a broad spectrum of experience in three key dimensions: institutional affiliation, ethnic background, and research focus. While wind energy serves as the unifying field, the breadth of perspectives and expertise fosters a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach toward advancing the Wind Energy field.
The PhD Committee plays a crucial role in this effort by offering a welcoming space where students from varied backgrounds can collaborate and grow—both individually and as a collective. This commitment to collaboration and mutual development lies at the heart of EAWE’s vision for advancing wind energy research.
> Define the Committee’s organizational framework by articulating our mission and establishing measurable objectives
> Create and implement the Online Exchange Forum—an EAWE-hosted digital platform designed to support PhD researchers through resource sharing, technical discussions, and peer-to-peer assistance in wind energy research.
> Organize bi-annual expert panel discussions featuring wind energy professionals from academia and industry to share insights on transitioning from being a PhD student to career roles in their respective fields.
> Represent PhD students at Europe’s leading wind energy conferences WESC and TORQUE conferences.
> Buddy program to connect PhDs within Wind Energy.
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Get to know the talented individuals behind our committee.
Theo is a final year PhD student based in Dublin, Ireland working towards improving the sustainability of Wind Turbines. His research focuses on the use of data to gain insight and extend the design life of Wind Turbine Blades.
Tim is a PhD Student at Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium working on structural dynamics of offshore wind turbines with an emphasis on sub-structures. His research focuses on vibration mitigation and the importance of higher order dynamics on the fatigue loads of 15+ MW offshore wind turbines.
Lidiya Kennedy is a doctoral researcher at ETH Zürich, working on graph-based reinforcement learning for adaptive wind farm control and sequential decision making for maintenance optimization.
Are you interested in contributing to wind energy research and collaboration? Join the committee today to connect with industry professionals and make a difference in the field. Click the button below to get started.
