Ing. Stefan Dircks

• Global focal point of special production equipment for all factories worldwide • Deputy team lead for global production equipment team • Nominated as talent of the Siemens Energy talent program 2024

• Focal point of special production equipment to all factories worldwide • Serve as the main contact for troubleshooting and development support of new and existing high quality equipment used in the wind blade manufacturing processes • Provide technical inputs for the development of strategies, programs, plans, proposals of actions and new technology projects • Coordinate and participate in discussions and decision-making on operational equipment matters

• Global Equipment Engineer for Blades Surface Treatment processes in Siemens Gamesa Offshore • Ensure that all equipment is delivered in time, within budget and according to requirements • Developing and implementing blade related production equipment to Siemens Gamesa factories around the world • Support process engineering with technology knowledge • Technical lead throughout new equipment projects

• Department: Manufacturing & Equipment Technology • Led projects for development of new technologies for wind turbine blades manufacturing • Implemented, tested and validated new equipment worldwide • Created equipment specification and ensured alignment with safety standards • Trouble-shooting support to the factories and training of stakeholders globally • Enhanced collaboration within the company organization to solve daily challenges

• Department: Digital & Sensors Engineering • Developed new digital and sensor solutions for rotor blade manufacturing • Implemented, tested and validated new sensor systems in production globally • Created detailed documentation for engineering projects • Scouting, interacting and evaluating suppliers for new technical solutions

• Applied research for a new sensor technology to improve control of wind turbine blades

• Teaching bachelor engineering courses in Mathematics-2. Course content: - Further calculus and statistics:       - Complex numbers (representations, properties, equations, de Moivre’s Formula, functions) - Laplace transforms (definitions, properties, solving ODE’s) - Fourier series (definitions, properties, differentiation and integration of Fourier series) - Data handling (probabilities, random variables, distributions).

• Research and development of a mathematical model by finite element analysis.

- Profil/Profile: Dynamic Systems - Master Thesis: Forces in Freezing of Gravel Pack in Polluted Water Wells

Bachelor Thesis: Ultrasonic Water Well Cleaning