Postdoctoral Researcher on Lidar Experiments for Wind Energy

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Publication date:22 April 2025
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Place of work:Lausanne
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Join EPFL as a Postdoctoral Researcher focusing on lidar experiments. Collaborate in a vibrant research community on wind energy.

Tasks

Investigate wind turbine wake flows in wind farms.
Study the impact of atmospheric stability on power output.
Utilize lidar data to enhance analytical wake models.

Skills

PhD in engineering or physics; experience in fluid dynamics is essential.
Proficient in experimental fluid dynamics and wind energy research.
Familiarity with scanning Doppler wind lidars is preferred.

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Postdoctoral Researcher on Lidar Experiments for Wind Energy

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, EPFL

Workplace Lausanne, Lake Geneva region, Switzerland Category

Environment | Research Management

Position

Senior Scientist / Postdoc

Published 17 April 2025

EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, is one of the most dynamic university campuses in Europe and ranks among the top 20 universities worldwide. The EPFL employs more than 6,500 people supporting the three main missions of the institutions: education, research and innovation. The EPFL campus offers an exceptional working environment at the heart of a community of more than 18,500 people, including over 14,000 students and 4,000 researchers from more than 120 different countries.

Postdoctoral Researcher on Lidar Experiments for Wind Energy

Main duties and responsibilities

The WiRE Laboratory 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.

Mission

The main goal of The Wind Engineering and Renewable Energy Laboratory (WiRE) research is to improve our understanding and ability to predict turbulent transport of momentum and scalars (e.g., heat, water vapor, pollutants) in environmental flows, with emphasis on the atmospheric boundary layer and wind energy systems. Improved descriptions of those processes are developed and used in engineering, environmental and wind energy applications (e.g., weather, air quality and wind resource assessment models).

Our research involves a synergistic combination of experimental (field and wind tunnel) work, numerical modelling (large-eddy simulation) and theoretical development.

Specific areas of research include:

Wind energy

Flow over complex terrain

Flow in urban canopies

Large-Eddy Simulation

Thermally stratified flows

Boundary-layer turbulence

Profile

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.

We offer

A stimulating and international working environment in the EPFL campus/Lausanne.

Competitive salary and excellent working conditions.

Opportunity to perform state-of-the-art research in one of the most dynamic scientific institutions in Europe.

Informations

Contract Start Date : as soon as possible

Activity Rate Min : 100.00

Activity Rate Max : 100.00

Contract Type: CDD

Duration: renewable on a one-year basis

Reference: 806

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