Sebastian Malte Hermansen

Sebastian Malte Hermansen is an Industrial Postdoc at the Department of Materials and Production, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Aalborg University. His research focuses on structural optimization, composite materials, and manufacturing processes for offshore wind turbine blades.

• Primary affiliation: Aalborg University
• Key research areas: Structural optimization, laminated composites, fatigue analysis
• Collaborations: Within wind energy research, including MADEBLADES and Future Core Materials projects

His work includes gradient-based optimization frameworks for blade root sections with high-cycle fatigue constraints (2025), open-source structural models for offshore wind blades (2025), and multi-material thickness optimization studies (2024). Recent publications address manufacturing instruction generation (2023) and automated draping process analysis (2023).

Scientific achievements include the Young Researcher Prize for innovative design tools in offshore wind energy. His research combines computational mechanics with practical manufacturing challenges, targeting structural efficiency and fatigue durability in wind turbine blade systems.