Daniel Micallef was recently awarded a joint Ph.D degree in engineering from TU Delft, The Netherlands, in collaboration with the University of Malta. He was awarded the Malta Government Scholarship Scheme in 2008.
Mr Micallef worked under the DUWIND group in the faculty of aerospace engineering at TU Delft and the mechanical engineering department of the University of Malta.
In his thesis, Dr Micallef provides new insight into the behaviour of wind turbines in different operating conditions. The outcome of his research will have direct influence on the industrial design of wind turbine blades and also on engineering modelling techniques used in such designs. New and innovative blade designs can provide improved efficiency and reduced costs of wind turbines.
During the final stages of his Ph.D, Dr Micallef was employed as a project officer at the University of Malta, where he was responsible for the aero-structural design of an innovative vertical axis wind turbine, which is being developed by Maltese industry.
Dr Micallef is currently carrying out post-doctoral research in the mechanical engineering department of the University of Malta on an EU-funded project.