Tongguang Wang

Professor Tongguang Wang at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is the Director of Chinese Wind Energy Association, IEA Wind TCP Executive Committee member. He was designated as the Chief Scientist by the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2007 and in 2014, respectively, for the projects “Fundamental Study of Large Scale Wind Turbine Aerodynamics” and “Key Mechanical Issues and Design of Large Scale Wind Turbines” funded by the National Basic Research Program of China (known as 973 Program in China). He is now the Principal Investigator for the project “Simulation and design Software for Large Scale Wind Turbines” funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China.

He received his Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in engineering from NUAA in 1983 and 1988, respectively, with his master’s dissertation “Calculation of the Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Aerodynamic Performance in Different Wind Conditions”. He joined the University of Glasgow as a visiting scholar sponsored by the Sino-British Friendship Scheme Scholarship (SBFSS) in 1995 and then did his PhD there from 1996 to 1999 and received his Degree of Doctor of Philosophy with the dissertation “Unsteady Aerodynamic Modelling of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Performance”. He was awarded with the Arthur Charles Main Award by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1999. He did postdoctoral research at the University of Glasgow from October 1999 to August 2001 on orthogonal blade/vortex interaction, funded by the Engineering and Physic Science Research Council (EPSRC). During this period, he was invited to join in the Wind Turbine Unsteady Aerodynamics Experiment – Blind Comparison, organized by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of USA. His paper “An examination of key aerodynamic modeling issues raised by the NREL Blind Comparison” was awarded The Best Paper Prize by ASME/AIAA in 2002.

He came back to China and worked for Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics as Associate Professor in 2001. He became full Professor of aerodynamics in 2002. He has published more than 250 research papers and 8 books.