Dr. Carsten Hein Westergaard earned his PhD in 1994 at the Danish Technical University. His dissertation from the physics department encompassed optical computing and optical turbulent flow measurements. Part of his research was completed with Professor Ronald Adrian at the University of Illinois. During his student years he had internships at CERN, Switzerland and in the US oil industry. Dr Westergaard started his industrial career in wind technology as an aerodynamics blade designer participating in a number of European community funded research projects. From 1999 to 2006 he held a variety of management roles with Dantec Dynamics A/S, a manufacturer of scientific measurement instruments. Prior to joining Vestas, he worked for Force Technology, providing energy and flow consultancy services to industry.
At Vestas Technology R&D, he established Vestas’ office on the campus of the National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy in Denmark (Risø). He successfully funded joint projects through the Danish Advanced Technology Foundation, while participating in Danish, European, and U.S. policy and strategy groups. He also developed a scholarship programme for Vestas to sponsor PhDs, MScs, and Professorships in connection with Vestas’ global research centres.
Currently, he is assigned to Vestas’ new research office in Houston as Director of Global Technology, guiding the establishment of Vestas’ R&D portfolio in Houston. He is also working with University collaborations and other external partnerships, such as TheWindAlliance.org.
Throughout his career, he has mentored and supervised numerous MSc and PhD theses, and actively participated in the scientific communities relevant to his industrial occupations, while publishing more than 35 conference and journal papers.
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