Assistant Prof. Nicolò Pollini

Faculty:

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Main energy field:

Offshore Wind Energy

About:

Postdoc – 2020-2022 – Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Offshore Wind Energy Systems

Postdoc – 2018 – Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Topology Optimization

PhD – 2018 – Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Civil & Environmental Engineering

MSc – 2012 – Politecnico di Milano, Civil & Environmental Engineering

BSc – 2009 – Politecnico di Milano, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Roles, Chairs, prizes

Horev Fellow, 2022-2024

Lady Davis Fellowship, 2013-2014

Research Area in Energy:

Renewable energy sources, Offshore wind energy

Research Interests:

Wind Power – Topology and layout optimization of wind farms. Optimization of offshore wind turbine support structures (floating and bottom fixed).

Selected Publications:

Pollini, N., Pegalajar-Jurado, A., & Bredmose, H. (2023). Design optimization of a TetraSpar-type floater and tower for the IEA Wind 15 MW reference wind turbine. Marine Structures, 90, 103437.

Pollini, N. (2022). Topology optimization of wind farm layouts. Renewable Energy, 195, 1015-1027.

Rodrigues, R. V., Friis-Møller, M., Dykes, K., Pollini, N., & Jensen, M. (2022, May). A surrogate model of offshore wind farm annual energy production to support financial evaluation. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 2265, No. 2, p. 022003). IOP Publishing.

McWilliam, M. K., Friis-Møller, M., Pollini, N., Dykes, K., & Jensen, M. (2022, May). A surrogate model of offshore wind farm support structures for wind farm design and financial valuation. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 2265, No. 4, p. 042048). IOP Publishing.

Pollini, N., Pegalajar-Jurado, A., Dou, S., Bredmose, H., & Stolpe, M. (2021, September). Gradient-based optimization of a 15 MW wind turbine spar floater. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 2018, No. 1, p. 012032). IOP Publishing.