Overview
Personal Profile
Daniel Zalkind joined NLR in 2020 to research wind turbine control systems. He has experience in the design, analysis, and testing of large, flexible rotors and developed an automated controller tuning procedure for new rotor designs. Zalkind also works to design controllers that reflect the overall wind turbine design goal of reducing the cost of energy by increasing power output.
At NLR, Zalkind works on coupling aeroelastic simulations, control design, and cost models to analyze and optimize floating offshore systems.
Research Interests
Floating offshore wind turbines
Wind turbine control
Systems engineering
Education/Academic Qualification
Master, Electrical Engineering, Drexel University
Bachelor, Electrical Engineering, Drexel University
PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Idealized Offshore Low-Level Jets for Turbine Structural Impact Considerations: Article No. e70097
de Jong, E., Quon, E. & Zalkind, D., 2026, In: Wind Energy. 29, 2, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modeling, Validation, and Control of the IEA-15 MW Reference Wind Turbine and VolturnUS-S Platform
Tran, D., Sarker, D., Mohsin, K., Rahman, S., Sakif, M., Ngo, T., Bergua, R., Zalkind, D., Jonkman, J. & Das, T., 2026, In: Wind Energy. 29, 5, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigation Into the Instantaneous Centre of Rotation for Enhanced Design of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
Patryniak, K., Collu, M., Jonkman, J., Hall, M., Barter, G., Zalkind, D. & Coraddu, A., 2025, In: Wind Energy Science. 10, 9, p. 2051-2077 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modeling and Verification of Lumped-Parameter, Multibody Structural Dynamics for Offshore Wind Turbines
Rahman, S., Sarker, D., Ngo, T., Bergua, R., Zalkind, D., Jonkman, J. & Das, T., 2025, p. 233-238. 6 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Wind Energy with Integrated Servo-Control (WEIS): A Toolset to Enable Controls Co-Design of Floating Offshore Wind Energy Systems
Zalkind, D., Jonkman, J., Hall, M., Barter, G., Allison, J., Herber, D. & Wright, A., 2025, 17 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report