Assistant Professor in Integrated Dynamics of Offshore Wind Structures
Drive interdisciplinary research and help shape the future of offshore wind structures by developing integrated models of turbine dynamics under wind, waves, and future climate conditions at TU Delft.
Job Description
Offshore wind energy is expanding rapidly, with increasing deployment in deeper and more challenging marine environments. Emerging bottom-founded and floating concepts require a refined understanding of how offshore wind turbines (OWTs) behave under complex, coupled excitations from wind, waves, currents, ice, and seismic activity. Although significant progress has been made in individual fields such as aeroelasticity, hydrodynamics, and structural design, an integrated approach on the dynamics of OWTs is needed to ensure offshore wind is resilient to these multiple environmental actions, especially in view of future climate change scenarios.
To address these challenges, TU Delft is strengthening its research and education capacity in the integrated dynamics of offshore wind structures. This tenure-track Assistant Professor position is designed to establish and grow a leading research line within the Offshore Engineering Section of the Department of Hydraulic Engineering, focused on the coupled response of offshore wind turbines to multiple environmental actions.
We Seek Candidates Who Are Motivated To Contribute To a Holistic, System-level Understanding Of Offshore Wind Turbine Dynamics And Who Bring Expertise In One Or More (not Necessarily All) Of The Following Areas
Education and academic leadership
The Offshore Engineering Section delivers core education in offshore hydraulics, wind and renewable energy systems across the BSc in Civil Engineering, the MSc in Civil Engineering (Hydraulic Engineering and Hydraulic & Offshore Structures tracks), and the interdepartmental MSc in Offshore Dredging Engineering. You will contribute to teaching at BSc and MSc level and take responsibility for course development and coordination. You are encouraged to innovate in engineering education by integrating research, digital tools, and real-world offshore challenges, and to engage in outreach and professional education activities that help inspire the next generation of engineers.
Research, impact, and collaboration
You will build and lead an internationally recognised research programme in the integrated dynamics of offshore wind systems, with a clear focus on securing competitive national and international research funding. You will collaborate closely with industry partners, public stakeholders, and academic colleagues, and contribute to interdisciplinary research across TU Delft, including collaborations in aeroelasticity, hydrodynamics, mechanical systems, control engineering, and soil-structure interaction. Your work will result in high-impact scientific publications and contribute to societal impact and the global reputation of TU Delft in offshore and renewable engineering.
Organisation, collegiality, and social safety
You will contribute to the organisation and governance of the department and faculty through committee work and collegial service. You will actively promote TU Delft’s values and contribute to a socially safe, inclusive, and respectful academic culture, working constructively with colleagues, students, and staff from diverse backgrounds.
You will join an innovation-driven and international team of early-career researchers, senior professors, postdoctoral researchers, PhD candidates, and MSc students of the Offshore Engineering Section. This position is embedded in the globally Recognised Department of Hydraulic Engineering, known for excellence in education, research, and career development in areas such as climate change adaptation, energy transition, and biodiversity. The department offers state-of-the-art experimental and computational facilities and a collaborative research culture, with over 100 PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers.
TU Delft provides a supportive academic environment with clear criteria for career progression, mentoring, leadership development programmes, and strong institutional support for building an independent research profile and acquiring external funding.
Job Requirements
General qualifications:
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.
At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.
Challenge. Change. Impact!
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
The Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences (CEG) is committed to outstanding international research and education in the field of civil engineering, applied earth sciences, traffic and transport, water technology, and delta technology. Our research feeds into our educational programmes and covers societal challenges such as climate change, energy transition, resource availability, urbanisation and clean water. Our research projects are conducted in close cooperation with a wide range of research institutions. CEG is convinced of the importance of open science and supports its scientists in integrating open science in their research practice. The Faculty of CEG comprises 28 research groups in the following seven departments: Materials Mechanics Management & Design, Engineering Structures, Geoscience and Engineering, Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Transport & Planning, Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management.
Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences.
Conditions of employment
This position is offered as an Academic Career Track position (0.8 – 1.0 FTE). During the Academic Career Track, we expect you to grow towards an Associate Professor position within a maximum of eight years, for which a position will be available. With other Academic Career Track colleagues, you will participate in the Academic Career Track Development programme, where you are offered ample opportunities to develop yourself in the areas of Education, Research, Societal Impact & Innovation, and Leadership & Organisation. You will regularly discuss your development and results with senior staff based on a personalized development plan and performance criteria agreed upon at the start of your Academic Career Track. You will start with a temporary contract that will be converted to a permanent contract no later than 12 -18 months after a positive evaluation, based on continuous confidence in your development potential and fit in the organisation.
Inspiring, excellent education is our central aim. We expect you to obtain a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) within three years if you have less than five years of teaching experience. This is provided by the TU Delft UTQ programme as part of the Academic Career Track Development programme.
TU Delft sets high standards for the English competency of the teaching staff. The TU Delft offers training to improve English competency. If you do not speak Dutch, we offer courses to learn the Dutch language within three years.
Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, discounts on health insurance, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged and you can work partly from home.
Will you need to relocate to the Netherlands for this job? TU Delft is committed to make your move as smooth as possible! The HR unit, Coming to Delft Service, provides information and personal one-on-one guidance to help you prepare your relocation, and to find housing and schools for children (if applicable). In addition, Coming to Delft Service organises events to help you settle in the Netherlands, and expand your (social) network in Delft. A Dual Career Programme is available to support your accompanying partner with their job search in the Netherlands. .
Additional Information
If you would like more information about this vacancy or the selection procedure, please contact Dr. Apostolos Tsouvalas via a.tsouvalas@tudelft.nl.
Application procedure
Are You Interested In This Vacancy? Please Apply No Later Than 15 February 2026 Via The Application Button And Upload The Following Documents
You can address your application to Apostolos Tsouvalas.
Please Note
Job Description
Offshore wind energy is expanding rapidly, with increasing deployment in deeper and more challenging marine environments. Emerging bottom-founded and floating concepts require a refined understanding of how offshore wind turbines (OWTs) behave under complex, coupled excitations from wind, waves, currents, ice, and seismic activity. Although significant progress has been made in individual fields such as aeroelasticity, hydrodynamics, and structural design, an integrated approach on the dynamics of OWTs is needed to ensure offshore wind is resilient to these multiple environmental actions, especially in view of future climate change scenarios.
To address these challenges, TU Delft is strengthening its research and education capacity in the integrated dynamics of offshore wind structures. This tenure-track Assistant Professor position is designed to establish and grow a leading research line within the Offshore Engineering Section of the Department of Hydraulic Engineering, focused on the coupled response of offshore wind turbines to multiple environmental actions.
We Seek Candidates Who Are Motivated To Contribute To a Holistic, System-level Understanding Of Offshore Wind Turbine Dynamics And Who Bring Expertise In One Or More (not Necessarily All) Of The Following Areas
- Dynamic analysis of offshore wind turbines under complex environmental loading.
- Fluid–structure interaction phenomena in offshore wind systems, including instabilities, resonance mechanisms, and multi-physics coupling in bottom-fixed and floating concepts.
- Modelling of coupled aero–hydro–servo–elastic behaviour of offshore wind turbines.
- Control strategies for load mitigation, stability enhancement, service-life extension, and/or increased energy yield in dynamic offshore environments.
Education and academic leadership
The Offshore Engineering Section delivers core education in offshore hydraulics, wind and renewable energy systems across the BSc in Civil Engineering, the MSc in Civil Engineering (Hydraulic Engineering and Hydraulic & Offshore Structures tracks), and the interdepartmental MSc in Offshore Dredging Engineering. You will contribute to teaching at BSc and MSc level and take responsibility for course development and coordination. You are encouraged to innovate in engineering education by integrating research, digital tools, and real-world offshore challenges, and to engage in outreach and professional education activities that help inspire the next generation of engineers.
Research, impact, and collaboration
You will build and lead an internationally recognised research programme in the integrated dynamics of offshore wind systems, with a clear focus on securing competitive national and international research funding. You will collaborate closely with industry partners, public stakeholders, and academic colleagues, and contribute to interdisciplinary research across TU Delft, including collaborations in aeroelasticity, hydrodynamics, mechanical systems, control engineering, and soil-structure interaction. Your work will result in high-impact scientific publications and contribute to societal impact and the global reputation of TU Delft in offshore and renewable engineering.
Organisation, collegiality, and social safety
You will contribute to the organisation and governance of the department and faculty through committee work and collegial service. You will actively promote TU Delft’s values and contribute to a socially safe, inclusive, and respectful academic culture, working constructively with colleagues, students, and staff from diverse backgrounds.
You will join an innovation-driven and international team of early-career researchers, senior professors, postdoctoral researchers, PhD candidates, and MSc students of the Offshore Engineering Section. This position is embedded in the globally Recognised Department of Hydraulic Engineering, known for excellence in education, research, and career development in areas such as climate change adaptation, energy transition, and biodiversity. The department offers state-of-the-art experimental and computational facilities and a collaborative research culture, with over 100 PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers.
TU Delft provides a supportive academic environment with clear criteria for career progression, mentoring, leadership development programmes, and strong institutional support for building an independent research profile and acquiring external funding.
Job Requirements
General qualifications:
- A PhD in engineering or a closely related field.
- Experience in developing and/or teaching academic courses at BSc or MSc level.
- Excellent proven dissemination and communication skills.
- Ability to work in a team and/or across disciplines.
- Excellent command of written and spoken English.
- Ability to speak/or be open to learn, Dutch at a professional level (B2 Level).
- Experience in supervising or mentoring undergraduate or postgraduate students.
- Experience with national and/or international collaborative research projects.
- Experience in securing research funding or contributing to funded projects.
- Experience of working with/collaborating with diverse stakeholders (e.g. industry, government, NGOs, society).
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.
At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.
Challenge. Change. Impact!
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
The Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences (CEG) is committed to outstanding international research and education in the field of civil engineering, applied earth sciences, traffic and transport, water technology, and delta technology. Our research feeds into our educational programmes and covers societal challenges such as climate change, energy transition, resource availability, urbanisation and clean water. Our research projects are conducted in close cooperation with a wide range of research institutions. CEG is convinced of the importance of open science and supports its scientists in integrating open science in their research practice. The Faculty of CEG comprises 28 research groups in the following seven departments: Materials Mechanics Management & Design, Engineering Structures, Geoscience and Engineering, Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Transport & Planning, Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management.
Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences.
Conditions of employment
This position is offered as an Academic Career Track position (0.8 – 1.0 FTE). During the Academic Career Track, we expect you to grow towards an Associate Professor position within a maximum of eight years, for which a position will be available. With other Academic Career Track colleagues, you will participate in the Academic Career Track Development programme, where you are offered ample opportunities to develop yourself in the areas of Education, Research, Societal Impact & Innovation, and Leadership & Organisation. You will regularly discuss your development and results with senior staff based on a personalized development plan and performance criteria agreed upon at the start of your Academic Career Track. You will start with a temporary contract that will be converted to a permanent contract no later than 12 -18 months after a positive evaluation, based on continuous confidence in your development potential and fit in the organisation.
Inspiring, excellent education is our central aim. We expect you to obtain a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) within three years if you have less than five years of teaching experience. This is provided by the TU Delft UTQ programme as part of the Academic Career Track Development programme.
TU Delft sets high standards for the English competency of the teaching staff. The TU Delft offers training to improve English competency. If you do not speak Dutch, we offer courses to learn the Dutch language within three years.
Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, discounts on health insurance, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged and you can work partly from home.
Will you need to relocate to the Netherlands for this job? TU Delft is committed to make your move as smooth as possible! The HR unit, Coming to Delft Service, provides information and personal one-on-one guidance to help you prepare your relocation, and to find housing and schools for children (if applicable). In addition, Coming to Delft Service organises events to help you settle in the Netherlands, and expand your (social) network in Delft. A Dual Career Programme is available to support your accompanying partner with their job search in the Netherlands. .
Additional Information
If you would like more information about this vacancy or the selection procedure, please contact Dr. Apostolos Tsouvalas via a.tsouvalas@tudelft.nl.
Application procedure
Are You Interested In This Vacancy? Please Apply No Later Than 15 February 2026 Via The Application Button And Upload The Following Documents
- A detailed CV.
- A letter of motivation.
- A personal research and teaching statement (max 3 pages).
- Contact information of two persons who can provide references.
- Your publication list.
- An abstract of your MSc and PhD thesis.
- Two selected publications.
You can address your application to Apostolos Tsouvalas.
Please Note
- You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post.
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