Postdoctoral Researcher on Lidar Field Experiments for Wind Energy

Organisation/Company

EPFL

Department

ENAC-IIE

Research Field

Engineering
Environmental science

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Switzerland

Application Deadline

30 Apr 2024 – 12:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Offer Starting Date

1 Jun 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

The Wind Engineering and Renewable Energy Laboratory (WiRE) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL) searches a postdoctoral researcher for a project recently funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The project aims at investigating the interaction between wind farms and the atmospheric boundary layer using a combination of field experiments, wind tunnel experiments and numerical simulations.

The main activities to be carried out as part of the aforementioned project include:

1) Studying wind turbine wake flows and their superposition inside wind farms.

2) Investigating the effect of atmospheric stability conditions on wind turbine wakes and power output.

3) Using the lidar measurements for the validation and improvement of analytical wake models.

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

The candidates should hold a PhD in engineering or physics and have experience in experimental fluid dynamics and wind energy. It is highly desirable that the candidates have experience in the use and analysis of data from scanning Doppler wind lidars.

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Excellent

Additional Information
Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

EPFL

Country

Switzerland

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Lausanne, Switzerland

Website

http://wire.epfl.ch

Street

Lausanne

STATUS: EXPIRED