AAU Professor in Distinguished Company · 24. May 2011
Professor Zhe Chen of Aalborg University's Department of Energy Technology has already achieved substantial international recognition for his research in wind power technology. That recognition includes him having received a premium award in 2009 from the highly respected international, professional society, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), for his work with a new type of generator that can have a crucial role in future wind turbine farms.
Now there is even more honor for Zhe Chen. The London-based IET has named Zhe Chen of Aalborg University's Departement of Energy Technology an IET Fellow for his longtime work in wind power technology. This makes Zhe Chen only the third IET Fellow in Denmark and with that IET has accepted the recommendation submitted by, among others, Frede Blaabjerg, former dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Science at Aalborg University. Frede Blaabjerg appointed Zhe Chen as professor at Aalborg University in 2002.
"Through his active career in Europe, Professor Chen has worked to improve the generators that convert the movement of wind turbine blades to electrical power, and his research has had great significance for the development of the area. Over the past ten years, he has also succeeded in assembling a critically important group in the "Wind Power Systems" research programme at Aalborg University, and his international recognition makes it possible to attract some of the best researchers to his group, which naturally strengthens Aalborg University's international reputation. I am very pleased that Zhe Chen has been elected a Fellow of the IET; he deserves it as appreciation for his significant and important work,” says Frede Blaabjerg.
Following his university studies in China, Zhe Chen obtained a Ph.D. in England, where he specialized in wind power technology, before joining Aalborg University in 2002. At AAU, he has major activities funded by the Strategic Research Council, and he is currently supervising 12 Ph.D. students.
Zhe Chen is a visiting professor at numerous Chinese universities, and he spends several weeks a year teaching at the universities he also collaborates with.
