Beginning 2018, Daniele joined the OWI-Lab team, the wind energy RD&I initiative implemented and coordinated by Sirris. His main focus and expertise can be found within the domain of lab testing and R&D field measurements. As application engineer ‘wind energy’ he supports and performs either onshore and offshore R&D measurement campaigns, and ongoing RD&I projects for the industry. Moreover, he develops and performs test campaign in the Climatic Test facility of OWI-Lab together with the other OWI-Lab team members and research partners as VUB and UGent.
After achieving a master degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Udine (Italy), Daniele started his career first in the condition monitoring field in the steel industry at Danieli (Italy); in 2011 he joined the Noise and Vibration group in the Mechanical Engineering Department of KU Leuven (Belgium), first as researcher and then as test engineer, where he strengthened his knowledge in vibration testing either in the lab (6 DOF shaker table) as in the field. He obtained expertise knowledge on modal analysis and has experience with setting up measurement campaigns. Daniele has been involved in several research projects; he also worked at Siemens Industry with a secondment contract in the framework of EU projects.
His interest towards renewable energy comes from his passion for the outdoors. With climbing as his main activity, he found in the wind energy sector an opportunity to combine his interest with his professional skills.
