Dr. Carlo Bottasso

Professor

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Biography

Carlo L. Bottasso holds the Chair of Wind Energy at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and is the founding director of the Wind Energy Institute. He received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He began his academic career there and later became a full professor specializing in flight mechanics before moving to TUM in 2013. Bottasso served as Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and has held visiting positions at numerous institutions across the USA, including the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and NASA Langley. With 30 years of experience in research, teaching, and consulting in flight technologies and wind energy, Bottasso has contributed significantly to the field. He has served as the President and Vice-President of the European Academy of Wind Energy (EAWE) and is the Editor-in-Chief of Wind Energy Science. He has published over 500 papers, including 150 journal articles, and has delivered 30 plenary keynote addresses at international conferences. In 2023, he received the EAWE Scientific Award for his outstanding contributions to the modeling, simulation, aero-servo-elasticity, and control design of wind turbine technologies.

Research Interests

Experience

Chair of Wind Energy

2013-01-01 — Present

Technical University of Munich • Munich, Germany

Full professorship focusing on wind energy technologies.

Associate Professor

— Present

Georgia Institute of Technology • Atlanta, USA

Taught and researched in the field of Aerospace Engineering.

Awards

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EAWE Scientific Award

2023-01-01