Nicolai Radke

I joined the THS group as a PhD Student in May 2022 after I finished my master’s studies at RWTH Aachen University. My supervisor is Prof. Dr. Erika Ábrahám; I am co-supervised by Prof. Dr. Ralf Schelenz from the Center for Wind Power Drives.

I am working on “Sim4Dialog“, a project involving RWTH Aachen University, the Rhein-Ruhr-Institut für Sozialforschung und Politikberatung and the city of Herzogenrath. The project aims at accelerating the expansion of wind energy plants through increased acceptance by citizens. Dr. Pascal Richter coordinates this project at RWTH Aachen University and supervises me additionally.

Research Interests

• Optimal layout, evaluation, and visualization of wind farms

Teaching Assistance

• Lecture: Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen (Service, SS22)
• Seminar: Satisfiability Checking/Formal Methods (WS22/23)
• Practical Lab: Simulation and Optimization of Wind Farms (SS23)
• Practical Lab: Simulation and Optimization of Wind Farms (WS23/24)
• Practical Lab: Planning, Simulation, and Optimization of Wind Farms (SS24)
• Practical Lab: Planning, Simulation, and Optimization of Wind Farms (WS24/25)
• Lecture: Datenstrukturen und Algorithmen (SS25)

Supervision

• Felix Rácz, Wind Farm Layout Optimization near Urban Areas Using Approximated Shadow Flicker and Noise Emissions (Bachelor thesis 08/2023, with Pascal Richter, external supervision, hand-in at FH Aachen, Prof. Dr. Martin Reißel)
• Patrick De Smet, “A Novel Approach to Scale Shadow Flicker Simulations for Wind Farms Using Approximations” (Bachelor thesis 09/2024, with Erika Ábrahám)
• Arne Alexander Leon, “WindProof: A Validation Framework for Wind Farm Simulations” (Bachelor thesis 11/2024 , with Erika Ábrahám)

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