• Research Assistant Professor, Ocean Engineering
Björn Windén

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., University of Southampton – 2014
  • B.S. & M.S., Royal Institute of Technology – 2009

Research Interests

    • Maritime- and energy-related technology development
    • Computational and fluid dynamics
    • Hydrodynamics
    • Naval architecture

Selected Publications

  • Windén, B. (2021), An Open Source Framework for Ship Performance CFD, SNAME Offshore Symposium, April 2021
  • Windén, B., Kamiirisa, H. (2020), Underwater Noise Concerns: How Can the Maritime Industry React?, Ocean Engineering (Pending review).
  • Hiroi, T., Windén, B., Kleinwächter A., Ebert E., Kamiirisa H., Damaschke N. (2020), Full-Scale On-board PIV Measurements of Flow Fields around a Wake-Mounted ESD, Journal of Marine Science and Technology (Pending review).
  • Sakamoto, N., Kobayashi, H., Ohashi, K., Kawanami, Y. Windén, B., Kamiirisa, H. (2020), An Overset RaNS Prediction and Validation of Full Scale Stern Wake for 1,600TEU Container Ship and 63,000 DWT Bulk Carrier with an ESD, Applied Ocean Research 105.
  • Hiroi, T., Windén, B., Kleinwächter A., Ebert E., Fujisawa J., Kamiirisa H., Damaschke N., Kawakita C. (2019), Full-scale on-board measurements of wake velocity profiles, under-water noise and propeller induced pressure fluctuations, JSNAOE Autumn Meeting 2019, November 21-22.