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Short Curriculum Vitae of

Jacob Andersen

Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Aalborg University, Dept. of the Built Environment (AAU BUILD)

Thomas Manns Vej 23, DK-9220 Aalborg Ø, Denmark

Contact: +45 9940 8484, jacoba@build.aau.dk

Orcid: 0000-0001-5067-9339

Personal Information

Year of Birth: 1995, Nationality: Denmark

Focus

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) on nonlinear wave-structure interactions (coupled/uncoupled) and separating flows; physical wave tank experiments on offshore renewable energy devices; uncertainty analysis (stochastic error modelling) and verification and validation (V&V).

Work experience

07/2024-nowAssistant Professor, AAU BUILD
09/2023-06/2024Research Assistant, AAU BUILD
09/2021-08/2023Ph.D. Fellow, AAU BUILD
09/2019-08/2021Research Assistant, AAU BUILD
06/2018-02/2019Student worker at the Ocean and Coastal Engineering Laboratory, AAU
06/2017-08/2017COWI India Private Ltd., Chennai, India: Internship

Academic career

09/2020-10/2023Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, AAU
09/2017-06/2019M.Sc. in Structural and Civil Engineering, AAU
01/2018-06/20188th Semester at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
09/2014-06/2017B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, AAU

Ph.D. Dissertation

"Hydrodynamic Modelling of Offshore Renewables: Experimental Benchmark Dataset and Numerical Simulation"

Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Morten Bech Kramer (AAU) and Assoc. Prof. Claes Eskilsson (AAU).

Master's Thesis (45 ECTS)

"Wave Load Mitigation by Perforation of Monopiles" (link to derived paper)

Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Thomas Lykke Andersen (AAU) and Postdoc Morten Thøtt Andersen (AAU).

External Collaboration: Vestas Wind Systems A/S.

Selected research projects

Teaching

Lectured and supervised in fluid dynamics, renewable energy, and structural engineering at AAU on both B.Sc. and M.Sc. levels. Developed lectures in fundamental fluid mechanics (MSc) and three-dimensional beam theory (BSc). Appointed external examiner for engineering programmes (BSc and MSc) by the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science (2026-2030).

Lecturing

2025-now"Fluid Mechanics" (course leader), 7th semester, Civil and Structural Engineering; Indoor Environmental and Energy Engineering, M.Sc. Programs, AAU. Online teaching material: slides.jcobandersen.dk
2022-now"Renewable Energy Structures: Wind Turbines and Wave Energy Devices", 9th semester, Civil and Structural Engineering, M.Sc. Program, AAU.
2024"Continuum Mechanics, Three-Dimensional Beam Theory, and Stability" (course leader), 5th semester, Civil Engineering, B.Sc. Program, AAU.
2022"OpenFOAM Days", voluntary student activity for BSc and MSc engineering students, AAU.

Supervision

2025-2026"Breaking Wave Loads on Monopiles and Intermediate Platforms for Offshore Wind Turbines", long M.Sc. thesis (45 ECTS), Civil and Structural Engineering, AAU.
2024-2025"Analysis of Rigid and Flexible Sails in an Oscillating Wave Surge Converter", long M.Sc. thesis (45 ECTS), Civil and Structural Engineering, AAU.
2022-2023"High Fidelity Numerical Modelling of a Partly Submerged Sphere", long M.Sc. thesis (45 ECTS), Civil and Structural Engineering, AAU.
2020-nowMultiple semester projects, B.Sc. and M.Sc., Civil Engineering/Civil and Structural Engineering, AAU.

External examination

2026"Investigation of Aortic Annuloplasty using Fluid Structure Interaction Simulations", MSc thesis (30 ECTS), Mechanical Engineering, AU (supervisor Monica Colombo)
2026"Haemodynamic Assessment of Turner Syndrome Aorta: Development of a Patient-Specific Computational Fluid Dynamics Model", MSc thesis (30 ECTS), Mechanical Engineering, AU (supervisor Monica Colombo)

Pedagogical training

2024University Pedagogy Program, "Redesigning Lectures for an Engineering Course in a Hybrid Physical-Online Classroom Setting", department supervisor Thomas Lykke Andersen (AAU BUILD) and pedagogical supervisor Jette Egelund Holgaard (AAU Learning Lab).

Publications

Full publication list available at https://vbn.aau.dk/en/persons/jacoba/