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Received the M.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering: intensification in Mechanical Design, from the University of Basque Country (UPV-EHU), in 2011.
In 2016 she received another M.Sc. degree in Numerical Simulation in Engineering, from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), where she complemented her training in aspects related to Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Methods for Finite Elements analysis (FEM).
Since November of 2011 she has been working with TECNALIA Research & Innovation, where she is currently a senior researcher on the field of offshore renewable energy.
During 2018-2019, she worked part time at NAUTILUS Floating Solutions S.L. in Derio (Vizcaya), where she was a design engineer of a semi-submersible structure concept for floating offshore wind. Currently, she continues collaborating with this company providing consulting services.
She brings over thirteen years of experience in the design (based on international codes and standards) and calculation of offshore structures on the frame of marine renewable energy; As well as, on the implementation of hydrodynamic characterizations of floating devices, on the calculation of stability and naval architecture, on the design of marine operations and on the techno economic assessments of platforms for offshore wind turbines and wave energy converters.
She has worked on several R&D projects concerning wind and ocean energy, including the European projects LIFES50+ (H2020 for proving cost effective technology for floating substructures for 10MW wind turbines at water depths greater than 50 m) and DTOceanPlus (H2020 for producing open-source design tools for selection, development and deployment wave and tidal energy arrays), the MARINEL project (ETORGAI Basque Government project for the development of offshore auto-installable substation) and the HARSH project (HAZITEK Basque Government project for the development of floating laboratory for validating materials, components and equipment in real offshore environment).
Currently, she collaborates with the Master in Renewable Energy in the Marine Environment coordinated by the University of the Basque Country.
She is the author or co-author of more than 15 papers and conference presentations at national and international forums related to offshore renewable energy. She is also co-author of two patents. One is related to an offshore connection system for wave energy converters and the other one to the design of a floating platform for offshore wind purposes.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Controller influence on the fatigue of a floating wind turbine and load case impact assessment
Sánchez, A., Vicinay, M., Sánchez, M., Flores, I., López-Queija, J. & Busturia, J., 2024, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2875, 1, 012047.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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Hydrodynamic identification of nautilus fowt platform from small scale tests
Nava, V., Galván, J., Sánchez-Lara, M., Garrido-Mendoza, C., Pérez-Morán, G., Boulluec, M. L., Augier, B. & Rodriguez-Arias, R., 2019, Advances in Renewable Energies Offshore - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore, RENEW 2018. Soares, C. G. (ed.). CRC Press/Balkema, p. 711-720 10 p. (Advances in Renewable Energies Offshore - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore, RENEW 2018).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Hydrodynamic identification of NAUTILUS FOWT platform from small scale tests
Nava, V., Galván, J., Sánchez-Lara, M., Garrido-Mendoza, C., Pérez-Morán, G., Le Boulluec, M., Augier, B. & Rodriguez-Arias, R., 2019, Proceedings in Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering. CRC Press, p. 711-718 8 p. (Proceedings in Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering; vol. 2019).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Load sensitivity analysis for a floating wind turbine on a steel semi-submersible substructure
Müller, K., Guzman, R. F., Cheng, P. W., Galván, J., Sánchez, M. J., Rodríguez, R. & Manjock, A., 2018, ASME 2018 1st International Offshore Wind Technical Conference, IOWTC 2018. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), (ASME 2018 1st International Offshore Wind Technical Conference, IOWTC 2018).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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NAUTILUS-DTU10 MW Floating Offshore Wind Turbine at Gulf of Maine: Public numerical models of an actively ballasted semisubmersible: Public numerical models of an actively ballasted semisubmersible
Galván, J., Sánchez-Lara, M. J., Mendikoa, I., Pérez-Morán, G., Nava, V. & Rodríguez-Arias, R., 10 Oct 2018, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 1102, Conference 1, 012015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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Synthetic Transition Piece Dynamics and Stress Time Series
Lopez Mendia, J. (Creator), Fernando Salcedo Fernandez (Creator), Germán Perez Moran (Creator) & Miren J. Sánchez-Lara (Creator), Zenodo, 19 Aug 2025
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Synthetic Transition Piece Dynamics and Stress Time Series modelling data
Lander San Millán Langa (Creator), Sandra Seijo Fernández (Creator), Joseba Lopez Mendia (Contributor), Fernando Salcedo Fernandez (Contributor), Germán Perez Moran (Contributor) & Miren J. Sánchez-Lara (Contributor), Zenodo, 19 Aug 2025
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