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Meet your teachers
Learn from world-class researchers and passionate educators who bring cutting-edge expertise and hands-on experience into the classroom.
Michael Kenneth McWilliam
Senior Researcher
Michael Kenneth McWilliam is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Wind and Energy Systems at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). An expert in system engineering, optimisation, aeroelastic modelling, and the development of advanced methodologies for wind turbine and wind farm analysis...
About the Course
This course will show how numerical optimization can be applied to either solve and/or gain deeper insights into design problems. This course is intended for engineers who have not had any training in optimization. It will cover the basics of how to formulate an optimization problem. Then, how to set up and solve an optimization problem in software. It will cover important properties of optimization problems and algorithms. Along with some common pitfalls and best practices. This course will show how optimization can be used effectively in a larger human-driven design process. It will give examples of how it can be used to efficiently carry out many design and trade-off studies in the preliminary design phase. Identify the most important driving factors and constraints in the intermediate design phase. How optimization can be used to refine the design in the final design phase.
Mohit Sharma
Senior Vice Presiden at Marubeni Corporation
Singapore
“Solid and comprehensive overview!”
"For anyone considering a career transition, this course offers a solid and comprehensive overview of wind energy. It equips you with the essential knowledge and skills needed to smoothly transition into the wind energy field."
Sophie Yin
Renewables Engineer, Woodside Energy
Australia
“Flexible learning with outstanding support!”
“What I enjoy the most about the programme is the flexibility. I have been able to access the content around other aspects of my life, which has been very valuable. Also, the lecturers have made them available to the students online to answer questions and actually provide knowledge beyond the course, which I really enjoyed.”
Fahd Outailleur
Head of Engineering at Enel Green Power
Morocco
“Europe’s leader in wind energy”
“I chose to enrol in this wind energy master's program because DTU is the leading technical university in Europe, renowned for its specialization in wind energy. The program reflects the state of the art of the sector. Before joining, I knew some of their software programmes like WAsP and the Global Wind Atlas. So I was confident about the quality of the training.”
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After this course, you can
Translate engineering design problem into optimization problems
-What is an objective function?
-What are design variables?
-What are constraints?
How to couple an optimization algorithm to analysis tools
How to interpret optimization results and gather deeper insights on your design problem
Understanding on common pitfalls and best practices
Knowledge on the different optimization tools that are available
In total, it will take 3 full days to complete the course. The course will be in a hybrid format (online or in person). The course will occur over 3 weeks, so students can watch lectures and work on the project in their own time.
Basic knowledge of beam theory, structural mechanics and blades.
Online course, hybrid classroom, group discussions, and hands-on assignments.
Evidence your learning with a Certificate of Achievement from the DTU on successful completion.
This course will be stackable with other LLL courses that will be developed by DTU Wind, to form certain specialisations or micro-degrees.
