Dr. Marion Reijerkerk

Develop next generation of turbine-to-farm level probabilistic design and aero-servo-elastic simulation capabilities to reduce LCOE of wind energy systems. Contribute to the development of GE’s stability analysis development. Collaborate with Loads, Controls and Operability teams across Renewables to anticipate, develop, and integrate new/improved technologies into GE turbine, farm and Services products. Drive external partner R&D in critical competence areas.

Expert in Aerodynamics and Aero-elastics. Wind turbine system analysis, loads & stability analyses. Multi-disciplinary system-level optimization & uncertainty quantification. Aerodynamics and structural dynamics modelling. Design tools development. Root cause analyses.

GE in-house consultant and support for all relevant GE businesses (Aviation, Power, Oil and Gas, Renewables: Onshore Wind, Offshore Wind, Hydro-power), including: Technology transfer, Business case developments, Competitive assessments, Technology roadmaps, R&D special investigations w.r.t. Aerodynamics, loads, system simulations, stability, Multi-objective system optimization.

Team: Aero Loads Model and Integration. Developing and building aerodynamic models for Loads simulations, needed for aircraft design and certification. Wind tunnel planning and data evaluation/generation. CFD meshing and calculations of transport category aircraft in high lift (landing and take-off) and cruise configurations. Flight test planning and validation of the aerodynamic loads model.

Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics, Dept. System Dynamics and Control. Main topics: Flight test planning, Model improvements for realtime Aero-elastic flight simulator.

Industrial Sponsorship between DLR e.V. and Airbus Operations GmbH. Located from 2004 till 2005 at Airbus, Hamburg. From 2005 till 2007, located at the DLR Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics, Dept. System dynamics and control. Main topics: Flight test identification and aerodynamic model validation, enhancement of design loads analysis of large transport aircraft, aeroelastic investigations.

Industriepatenschaft Airbus-DLR from 2004-2007. PhD: Aeroelastic Model Identification of Winglet Loads from Flight Test Data (Sept 8th, 2008), Faculty for Aerospace Engineering, Chair: Simulation and Control. Topics: Aeroelastic Modelling, Winglet Loads Analysis, Flight Test Identification

Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity, Fluid-structure interaction