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Personal Profile
Will Wiley is a member of the Water Power R&D group at NLR, and he focuses on fluid dynamics numerical modeling. He has an engineering background in naval architecture and marine engineering and has further emphasized high-fidelity research on offshore renewable energy devices. At NLR, he works on mid- and high-fidelity modeling efforts for marine hydrokinetic turbines, wave energy converters, and floating offshore wind energy platforms.
Research Interests
Marine renewable energy
Computational fluid dynamics
Education/Academic Qualification
Master, Offshore and Dredging Engineering, Delft University of Technology
Master, Wind Energy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Bachelor, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Webb Institute
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Extreme Wave Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling with 1-Way Fluid Structure Interaction for a Wave Energy Converter: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-24-24954
Wiley, W., 2026, 14 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Hydrodynamic Analysis and Optimization of Aquantis Marine Turbine: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-23-24080
Tran, T. T., Housner, S. & Wiley, W., 2026, 14 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Design and Validation of a Hybrid Model Testing Setup for Scaled Energy Converters in the NREL Wave Tank
Riedinger, N., Chamot, S., Ross, H., Mudafort, R., Wiley, W., Murphy, M., Sirnivas, S. & Hall, M., 2025, 16 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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OC6 Phase IV: Validation of CFD Models for Stiesdal TetraSpar Floating Offshore Wind Platform: Article No. e2966
Darling, H., Schmidt, D., Xie, S., Sadique, J., Koop, A., Wang, L., Wiley, W., Bergua Archeli, R., Robertson, A. & Tran, T. T., 2025, In: Wind Energy. 28, 1, 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Scopus Citations -
Sensitivity Analysis of Numerical Modeling Input Parameters on Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Loads in Extreme Idling Conditions
Wiley, W., Jonkman, J. & Robertson, A., 2025, In: Wind Energy Science. 10, 5, p. 941-970 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review