Dr Lin Wang is an Assistant Professor in Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham. He has been working on structural integrity, reliability and design optimisation of offshore wind turbine structures for over ten years.

He has participated in several projects related to Offshore Renewable Energy. Working on a DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change) funded 30kW Aero-generator project, he led the structural lead, analysis and optimisation of an innovative wind turbine composite rotor subjected to complex environmental loads.

He has also participated in the largest Joint Industry Project related to Offshore Wind, called SLIC (Structural Lifecycle Industry Collaboration), with the participation of 10 wind turbine operators and the support of the certification authority DNV GL. In the SLIC project, he was responsible for 1) statistical analysis to derive fatigue design curve based on the maximum likelihood method and fatigue testing data; 2) calculation of stress concentration factors of offshore welded structures combining 3D laser scanning technology and finite element analysis. He was also involved in a Carbon Trust project aiming to evaluate the benefits of condition monitoring in offshore wind turbine foundations.

In the project, he has developed a reliability assessment model for bottom-fixed offshore structures by incorporating reliability analysis method and structural health monitoring technologies. Additionally, he participated in an internationally joint project, collaborating with NOTC (National Ocean Technology Centre) to develop innovative wave energy converter (WEC) technologies. In the project, he developed a flexible multibody dynamics model of WECs and reliability assessment model of WECs. He has authored more than 40 papers in highly-regarded journals, e.g. Applied Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy, Ocean Engineering, etc.

Dr Fangying Wang joined the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham as an Assistant Professor in Structural Engineering in July 2020. She is also an active member of the Centre of Structural Engineering and Informatics (CSEI).

Her research expertise lies in the areas of sustainable and innovative technologies incorporating high performance materials, e.g. carbon-reduced hybrid structures, machine-learning based efficient design of steel structures, and multi-disciplinary research which combines circular economy business model and material recycling, as well as partnership with industries to develop translatable innovations and promoting high-performance structural materials.

Since starting her position, she has secured over £500,000 external grants from EPSRC, Royal Society, Institution of Structural Engineers, and industries. She has an internationally recognised track record of publications.

Dr Zigeng Fang is an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering and Management in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nottingham. Despite his engagement in teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, he mainly focuses on teaching the postgraduate level course - Civil Engineering and Management MSc.

He joined the university in June 2023. Before that, he was a research fellow in Digital Building Twins for the COGITO project under the Horizon Europe Programme at the Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, University College London. He obtained his BEng in Building Service Engineering from the University of Hong Kong, MSc in Facility and Environment Management, MRes in Architectural Computation, and PhD in Construction Project Management from University College London. Along with his research experience, He previously shouldered the data analyst/scientist role in the Strategic Asset Management Team of the Vercity Social Infrastructure and the Asseticom.

Dr Madhup Pandey is working as an Assistant Professor (Structural Engineering) in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham. His primary research interests lie in the areas of laboratory testing, theoretical and numerical modelling as well as assessment and development of design rules for structural steels, which have been widely used for offshore wind turbine support structures.

He has secured research funding of over £300,000 from structural steel projects, leading to over 30 top-tier SCI-indexed Q1 journal and peer-reviewed international conference papers. He is a member of the Centre for Structural Engineering and Informatics (CSEI) at the University of Nottingham, which has state-of-the-art laboratory testing facilities and dedicated high-performance servers for rapid computational simulations.

Dr Athanasios Kolios is a Professor in Risk and Asset Management at Technical University of Denmark, with extensive experience in offshore and renewable energy research. Since 2012, he has played a leading role in major Joint Industry Projects such as SLIC, contributing to the development of offshore-wind-specific S–N curves, and has secured and led multiple EPSRC, DECC, H2020 and industry-funded projects covering structural integrity, reliability, O&M decision tools, floating offshore wind, and novel wind turbine concepts, with a cumulative portfolio exceeding £14.6m.

He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, led consultancy projects in the energy sector, serves as editor of Elsevier’s book on decommissioning and service life extension of offshore wind farms, and holds senior professional roles including board membership of the European Academy of Wind Energy, membership of the ISSC Offshore Renewable Energy Committee, Chartered Engineer status, Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, and supervision of numerous MSc and PhD students to completion.