About

Engineering research, grounded in design.

Dr Lin Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham. His work spans renewable energy technology, wind turbines, structural engineering and computational design.

Biography

Research across energy and structures

Dr Wang’s research interests include offshore renewable energy, wind and wave energy technology, fluid–structure interaction, engineering design, design optimisation and structural reliability. His published work addresses wind turbine aerodynamics, blades and support structures, as well as reliability methods for offshore renewable energy systems.

Before joining Nottingham, he held academic and research roles at Coventry University and Cranfield University.

Career

2022–present

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering · University of Nottingham

2017–2022

Lecturer in Engineering Design

Coventry University

2015–2017

Research Fellow in Structural Mechanics

Cranfield University

Expertise

Research methods and topics

Offshore renewable energyWind energy technologyWave energy technologyFluid–structure interactionEngineering designDesign optimisationStructural reliabilityDynamicsCFDFEA

Relevant engineering tools: MATLAB, ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS Workbench, ANSYS AQWA and QBlade.