Julie Teuwen is an associate professor at the Department of Aerospace Structures and Materials at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology. She received her MSc and PhD from Delft University of Technology in 2006 and 2011 respectively. Her research work during this time focused on liquid composite moulding of thermoplastic wind turbine blades.

After obtaining her PhD, Julie worked as a materials and production process engineer at a wind turbine blade design and blade manufacturing company. In 2016, she was appointed assistant professor within the group of Prof. Rinze Benedictus on materials and manufacturing for wind turbine blades. In 2022, she was appointed associate professor.

Her research now focusses on materials and production processes for future wind turbine blades that can be structurally re-used after their lifetime as a blade and easily recycled at the end of the material life.

research interest

• Understanding of erosion behaviour of the leading edge of wind turbine blades.
• Optimisation methodologies of the manufacturing process of thermoset composite parts.
• Understanding of the intimate contact development in laser assisted, automated fibre placement of thermoplastic composites.
• Understanding of interphase formation between thermoset-thermoplastic resins for advanced joining processes or toughening of resin systems.