John Kurelek, Queen's University

Research

wind energy wind turbines wind farms aerodynamics wakes experimental fluid mechanics wind tunnel testing analytical modelling

Latest funding

Constant Temperature Anemometry System for Turbulent Flows in Bluff Body Wakes and Renewable Energy Systems
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$150,000
The Individual and Interactive Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines: Experiments and Models for Next-Generation Wind Farms
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$12,500
The Individual and Interactive Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines: Experiments and Models for Next-Generation Wind Farms
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$35,000

All 3 grants and awards

Constant Temperature Anemometry System for Turbulent Flows in Bluff Body Wakes and Renewable Energy Systems

Co-investigatorNSERC2025Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: da Silva, Barbara

Keywords: hot-wire anemometry; flow measurement; turbulence; wakes; wind turbine; bluff body; vortex structures

$150,000

The Individual and Interactive Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines: Experiments and Models for Next-Generation Wind Farms

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Kurelek, John

Keywords: wind energy; wind turbines; wind farms; aerodynamics; wakes; experimental fluid mechanics; wind tunnel testing; analytical modelling; particle image velocimetry; particle tracking velocimetry

$12,500

The Individual and Interactive Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines: Experiments and Models for Next-Generation Wind Farms

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kurelek, John

Keywords: wind energy; wind turbines; wind farms; aerodynamics; wakes; experimental fluid mechanics; wind tunnel testing; analytical modelling; particle image velocimetry; particle tracking velocimetry

$35,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: wind energy Dear Professor Kurelek, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on wind energy connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "The Individual and Interactive Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines: Experiments and Models for Next-Generation Wind Farms" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]