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poul la cour
wind
tunnel
in the making by c h a rlot te b o m a n h e d e in 2017, the new wind tunnel at dtu
ris๘ campus will open. ?e wind tunnel, which is called the poul la cour wind tunnel, is a unique masterpiece due to the size of the test section. ?e wind tunnel will be among the biggest university owned tunnels in the world, and the combination of test possibilities makes the wind tunnel one of a kind, not just nation- ally but globally. ?is is due to the size of the wind tunnel and high flow speed as well as the possibility to combine measurements of aero- dynamics and noise. peter hauge madsen, head of department at dtu wind energy looks forward to open- ing the new facility: ??e poul la cour wind tunnel is not only going to be a wind tunnel. it is going to be the best wind tunnel in the world,? he said while cutting the first sod in june. a great investment president at dtu, anders bjarklev also praised the the new facility ?i and the rest of the world have great expectations to what we can achieve by the use of the wind tunnel. ?e society will benefit from the new facility, which also brings denmark and dtu wind energy even further out into the world,? he said. ?e size of the wind tunnel will make it possible to not only test parts of turbine blades but also other products, e.g. downscaled mod- els of houses, vehicles and entire wind tur- bines. in 2016, president for dtu anders bjarklev, head of department at dtu wind energy peter hauge madsen and lars christensen, head of division for research infrastructures at danish agency for science and higher education cut the first sod for the new wind tunnel at dtu ris๘ campus. by c h a rlot te b o m a n h e d e during the fall of 2016, henrik stiesdal, one of the most influential professors within the field of wind energy, became affiliate professor at dtu wind energy. on october 28th he gave his inaugural lec- ture. ?e title of the lecture was ?research with impact ? how to foster innovation?. built one of the first wind turbines henrik stiesdal is well known within the field of wind energy. he built one of the first wind turbines attached to the power grid back in 1978 on a field owned by his parents. it was the be- ginning of the wind turbine adventure at vestas, which henrik stiesdal was a part of until 1987. a?er his stay at vestas, henrik steisdal was employed by bonus energy a/s, a wind tur- bine manufacturer, that later be- came a part of siemens, where henrik stiesdal worked for many years and made it all the way to the top by becoming head of technology in siemens wind power. 175 inventions and 650 patents besides his impressive career, henrik stiesdal has also made 175 inventions and has more than 650 wind related patents. as affiliated professor at dtu wind energy, henrik steisdal can now pass on his knowledge and innovative understanding to new gener- ations of enthusiasts within the field of wind energy. henrik stiesdal became affiliated professor annual report 2016 8 news inauguration of computer cluster the new pc cluster for high-performance computing within computational fluid dynamics, fluid structure interaction and structural optimization was inaugu- rated on 18 march 2014 . at the official opening, dtu?s president anders bjarklev and mayor of roskil- de, joy mogensen cut the red ribbon, held by head of department peter hauge madsen. 2014
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