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ENERTRAG Blocker Workshop Berlin

ENERTRAG SE, Berlin and Uckermark, Germany

Participant

A three-day DENSE workshop hosted by ENERTRAG, combining software training, technical site visits, and research-development sessions.

• Open-source software development and functional programming with F#
• Visits to ENERTRAG’s green-hydrogen production facility and 10 MW PV-battery site within the Uckermark integrated power plant
• Research in the Age of AI
• Research funding and proposal writing
• Panel discussion on scientific and industrial career prospects

23rd IFAC World Congress

Busan, Republic of Korea

Presenter and reviewer

Presented “Robust Control Based on a New Wind Speed Observer for Floating Wind Turbines” and took part in the international automatic-control community’s flagship congress.

18th International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems

University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Research contributor

At VSS 2026, an international workshop dedicated to variable-structure and sliding-mode systems, Prof. Antonella Ferrara highlighted our joint project on neural-network-assisted sliding-mode control for floating wind turbines during her plenary talk.

TORQUE 2026

Bruges, Belgium

Presenter

Presented work on control-Lyapunov-function-based quadratic programming and adaptive super-twisting control for floating offshore wind turbines.

First DENSE Thematic Workshop

The University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Doctoral researcher and presenter

Shared six-month research progress in a programme featuring a keynote by Prof. Jovica V. Milanović, technical exchanges, and an expert panel discussion.

Nonlinear and Data-Driven Model Predictive Control

CentraleSupélec, Paris-Saclay, France

Participant

An EECI graduate course led by Prof. Frank Allgöwer and Prof. Matthias A. Müller, covering nonlinear, economic, robust, and data-driven model predictive control.

Journées Scientifiques de l’Éolien

École Centrale Méditerranée, Marseille, France

Presenter

Presented a sliding-mode wind-speed estimation method at a meeting connecting the French wind-energy research community with industry.

Research Secondment at BTU Cottbus–Senftenberg

Cottbus, Germany

Visiting doctoral researcher

A research stay within the DENSE Doctoral Network, focused on data-driven control in collaboration with Prof. Johannes Schiffer and Dr. Juan E. Machado.

GDR MACS Workshop on Data-Driven Control

ENSEEIHT, Toulouse, France

Invited speaker

Presented “Data-Based Sliding-Mode Control — Application to Floating Offshore Wind Turbines” at a national workshop connecting French research and teaching in data-driven control.

DENSE Workshop and 19th International DHC Symposium

EnergyVille, Genk, Belgium

Doctoral researcher and presenter

Joined the DENSE network workshop alongside the international district-heating-and-cooling symposium hosted by VITO and EnergyVille, exchanging ideas across research and industry.

Wind Energy Science Conference 2025

Nantes, France

Organizing committee member and presenter

Helped organize WESC 2025 and presented research on robust adaptive super-twisting control for floating wind turbines in above-rated operation.

DENSE Welcome Meeting

BTU Cottbus–Senftenberg and Fraunhofer IEG, Germany

Doctoral researcher

Met fellow doctoral candidates and supervisors to introduce research topics, align the network’s work packages, and plan training, dissemination, and collaboration activities.