Katherine Álvarez
PhD candidate
Delft University of Technology
Delft, Netherlands
PhD student at TU Delft working on floating body dynamics in waves. Interested in hydrodynamics, offshore structures, and experiments.
My organisation
Delft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology
University / Research Institute
Delft, Netherlands
About me
My name is Katherine Alvarez. I come from Chili, where I completed my undergraduate studies in Naval Architecture and graduated with a master’s degree in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from Universidad Austral de Chile.
I specialise in the interaction of floating bodies under wave conditions, focusing on the development of floating energy using both experimental and numerical tools.
Nowadays, I work at TU Delft as a PhD researcher of the Floating Future Project and my job is to find the optimal loads in the connector system between modular structures through experimental research.
Skills
- Experimental reseach
- Numerical research
- Seakeeping
- Hydromechanics
- offshore
- Structural design
- Multi-body interaction
Interests
- experimental methods
- numerical methods
- Multi-body interaction
- Connector system
Additional questions
What kind of partners are you looking for?
I'm looking for people passionate for experimental research who I could exchange relative techniques with. I'm also interested in developing different connector systems for modular floating structures to be tested and compared.