Pablo Jaen Sola
pablo jaen sola

Dr Pablo Jaen Sola BEng (Hons), MEngSc, MRes, PG Cert, PhD, MIET, MEI, CEng

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 0131 455 2213

  P.Sola@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Dr Pablo Jaen Sola is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering in the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment at Â鶹ÉçÇø. Pablo received his PhD in 2017 from the UK EPSRC Wind and Marine Energy Systems Doctoral Training Centre and worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Wind Energy Research Group of the University of Strathclyde for two years before joining Napier. His research is centred on wind and marine energy engineering with a focus on machine powertrain optimisation and design. Other areas of interest include sustainable ocean engineering and the use of advanced materials and manufacturing techniques in the design of renewable energy applications.

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Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • External Judge for the Robert Gordon University COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) Project Competition
  • Member of the organising/technical committee of the ASME SSDM 2025 (Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials) International Conference
  • External Judge and Host for the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM) - Young Annual Competition
  • Member of the organising/scientific committee of the 14th IET International Conference in Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD)
  • Member of the EPSRC College of Grant Reviewers
  • Member of the organising/scientific committee of the 13th IET International Conference in Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD)
  • Member of the organising/technical committee of the ASME SSDM 2024 (Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials) International Conference
  • Member of the UK Sustainable Electrification Forum
  • Flora Wind Ltd. Advisor (Simulation, Testing and Optimisation of Novel Wind Energy Systems)
  • Member of the organising/technical committee of the ASME SSDM 2023 (Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials) International Conference
  • Member of the organising/scientific committee of the 12th IET International Conference in Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD)
  • Member of the organising/scientific committee of the ASME SSDM 2022 (Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials) International Conference
  • Member of the organising/scientific committee of the 11th IET International Conference in Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD)
  • Siemens-Gamesa Renewable Energy Advisor (Structural Design of Electrical Machines)
  • Pentland Materials Supply Ltd. Advisor (Development, Design and Testing of Innovative Wave Energy Devices)

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • Chair, Member of the Organising Committee and Moderator - 4th Annual Solar and Wind Power Conference (2024)
  • Atkins Realis Consulting Workshop co-Organiser in Partnership with the Cybersecurity and Systems Group
  • Chair, Member of the Organising Committee, Moderator and Speaker - 3rd Annual Solar and Wind Power Conference (2023)

 

Editorial Activity

  • Editorial Board Member of the Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing Journal
  • Special Issue Lead Guest Editor - Wind MDPI
  • Editorial Board Member of the Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering Journal
  • Topic Editor of the Sustainability MDPI Journal
  • Editorial Board Member of the American Journal of Civil Engineering

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Bronze medal (Strathclyde Enterprise Pathway), 2016
  • EPSRC Wind Energy Systems Doctoral Training Centre PhD International Scholarship

 

Grant Funding Panel Member

  • EPSRC Grant Reviewer - Standard Grant

 

Invited Speaker

  • Kyungpook National University (South Korea) - A New Perspective on the Design, Optimisation and Manufacturing of Mechanical Components for Large-Scale Renewable Energy Devices
  • EPSRC Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing Hub - On the Design and Optimisation of Wind Turbine Electrical Generator Supporting Structures Following an Integrated Approach
  • Guangxi University of Science and Technology (China) - A New Methodology for the Design and Optimisation of Mechanical Components for Large-Scale Renewable Energy Devices
  • International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Member of the EPSRC College of Grant Reviewers
  • Senior Member of the Â鶹ÉçÇø of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom
  • STEM Ambassador

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • Delivery of Workshop for Sanjivani Group of Institutes (India)
  • Formula Student Structural and Fluid Simulation Advisor 2022
  • Keynote Speaker at the Opening Event of Napier's Engineering Â鶹ÉçÇø
  • Glasgow Science Centre - Wind Energy Demonstration for kids

 

Research Degree External Examining

  • MRes External Examiner - UK Wind and Marine Energy Systems (University of Strathclyde)
  • PhD Lead External Examiner - UK Wind and Marine Energy Systems (University of Strathclyde)
  • PhD Lead External Examiner - IDCORE Group (University of Edinburgh)
  • PhD International Panel of Experts (University of Zaragoza - Spain)
  • PhD Lead External Examiner - IDCORE Group (University of Edinburgh)

 

Reviewing

  • Reviewer Engineering Structures (Elsevier) - 1 paper
  • Reviewer IET PEMD 2025 International Conference - 11 papers
  • Reviewer Ocean Engineering (Elsevier) - 2 papers
  • Reviewer 4th Annual Solar and Wind Power Conference (2024) - 1 paper
  • Reviewer ASME SSDM 2025 - 8 papers
  • Reviewer IET RPG (Wiley) - 1 paper
  • Reviewer 3rd Annual Solar and Wind Power Conference (2023) - 2 papers
  • Energies, Sustainability, Entropy, Wind, Computation, JMSE, Appl. Sci., Symmetry, Dynamics and Resources MDPI - 32 papers

 

Visiting Positions

  • Research Scholar at the EPSRC Wind and Marine Energy Systems DTC - University of Strathclyde

 

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Structural Modelling and Optimisation of Direct-Driven Electrical Generators for Offshore Renewable Energy Converters

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bichan, M., Sellami, N., Jaen-Sola, P., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2024, August)
Structural Modelling and Optimisation of Direct-Driven Electrical Generators for Offshore Renewable Energy Converters. Presented at SCEBE Research Degrees Conference 2024, Â鶹ÉçÇø

Aero-Servo-Elastic Simulation of the IEA 15MW Reference Wind Turbine for Direct Drive Generator Integrity Modelling

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bichan, M., Jaen-Sola, P., Sellami, N., & Muhammad Sukki, F. (2024, June)
Aero-Servo-Elastic Simulation of the IEA 15MW Reference Wind Turbine for Direct Drive Generator Integrity Modelling. Presented at 4th Annual Solar and Wind Power Conference, Edinburgh, UK
This paper presents the development of a full turbine model and subsequent aero-servo-elastic simulation of the IEA 15MW Reference Wind Turbine, such that aerodynamic loads ca...

On the Integrity of Large-Scale Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Generator Structures: An Integrated Design Methodology for Optimisation, Considering Thermal Loads and Novel Techniques

Journal Article
With the rapid expansion of offshore wind capacity worldwide, minimising operation and maintenance requirements is pivotal. Regarded as a low-maintenance alternative to conven...

A Stiffness Approach for Coupling Structural and Magnetic Models for the Sustainable Design, Optimisation and Real-Time Structural Integrity Assessment of Radial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators for Direct-Drive Wind Turbines

Journal Article
McDonald, A., & Jaen-Sola, P. (2024)
A Stiffness Approach for Coupling Structural and Magnetic Models for the Sustainable Design, Optimisation and Real-Time Structural Integrity Assessment of Radial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators for Direct-Drive Wind Turbines. Sustainability, 16(6), Article 2393. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16062393
The mass of a direct-drive generator is often defined by the requirements for structural stiffness to meet the magnetic stiffness between the rotor and stator surfaces. This p...

A Stiffness Approach for Coupling Structural and Magnetic Models for the Design and Optimization of Radial Flux PM Generators for Sustainable Direct-Drive Wind Turbines

Working Paper
McDonald, A., & Jaen-Sola, P. A Stiffness Approach for Coupling Structural and Magnetic Models for the Design and Optimization of Radial Flux PM Generators for Sustainable Direct-Drive Wind Turbines

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McDonald, A., & Jaen-Sola, P. A Stiffness Approach for Coupling Structural and Magnetic Models for the Design and Optimization of Radial Flux PM Generators for Sustainable Direct-Drive Wind Turbines
The mass of a direct-drive generator is often defined by the requirements for structural stiffness to meet the magnetic stiffness between the rotor and stator surfaces. This p...

An Efficient Computational Analysis and Modelling of Transferred Aerodynamic Loading on Direct-Drive System of 5 MW Wind Turbine and Results Driven Optimisation for a Sustainable Generator Structure

Journal Article
Szatkowski, S., Jaen-Sola, P., & Oterkus, E. (in press)
An Efficient Computational Analysis and Modelling of Transferred Aerodynamic Loading on Direct-Drive System of 5 MW Wind Turbine and Results Driven Optimisation for a Sustainable Generator Structure. Sustainability, 16(2), Article 545. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020545
The study presents an efficient computational investigation on the behaviour of the direct-drive system integrated into the offshore 5 MW NREL wind turbine model under demandi...

Simulation of a Solar Dryer for Use in Developing Countries

Conference Proceeding
Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abiola Oladimeji, A., Sola, P. J., See, C. H., Bani, N. A., Muhtazaruddin, M. N., …Ahmad Kamil, A. S. (2023)
Simulation of a Solar Dryer for Use in Developing Countries. In 2023 International Conference on Power and Renewable Energy Engineering (PREE). https://doi.org/10.1109/PREE57903.2023.10370401
This paper examines the implementation of solar dryers in developing countries. Simulations were carried out using a simple model of a solar dryer to validate the drying proce...

A Metal Selection and Structural Optimisation Methodology for Large-Scale Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Generators

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bichan, M., Jaen-Sola, P., & Jack, A. (2023, October)
A Metal Selection and Structural Optimisation Methodology for Large-Scale Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Generators. Presented at 12th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2023), Brussels, Belgium
With an ever-growing market share for offshore wind, direct-drive generators are touted as a low maintenance alternative to conventional drivetrains. However, to contend with ...

Full turbine modelling of the NREL 15MW reference wind turbine for the transient thermal and structural analyses of the direct -drive generator structure

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bichan, M., Jaen-Sola, P., Sellami, N., & Muhammad Sukki, F. (2023, August)
Full turbine modelling of the NREL 15MW reference wind turbine for the transient thermal and structural analyses of the direct -drive generator structure. Presented at SCEBE Research Degree Conference 2023, Â鶹ÉçÇø, Edinburgh

A Critical Evaluation of Large Scale Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Machines Manufacturing Techniques Considering Sustainability Aspects and Recyclability Issues

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bichan, M., Jaen-Sola, P., & Jack, A. (2022, September)
A Critical Evaluation of Large Scale Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Electrical Machines Manufacturing Techniques Considering Sustainability Aspects and Recyclability Issues. Presented at Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing Hub Conference 2022, Sheffield, UK

Pre-Napier Funded Projects

  • Co-I and Technical Lead - GeGGearbox filter tests – MasterFilter (through Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult)
  • Co-I and Technical Lead - Comparison of turbine powertrain models and measurements for maximum energy capture: data analysis (SUPERGEN Wind Hub Flexible Funding – Special Projects)
  • Main Researcher - Comparison of turbine powertrain models and measurements for maximum energy capture: data analysis (SUPERGEN Wind Hub)

Current Post Grad projects