Aurore Wendling
About
Research topic: Primary wind propulsion for ships: design, operation and sustainability from a fleet perspective.
Main supervisor: Benjamin Lagemann
Co-supervisor: Stein Ove Erikstad
Research interests:
- Wind-assisted ships & sustainable shipping
- Weather routing, route & speed optimisation
- Operations research
- Aerodynamic simulation methods
- Route simulation
- Life cycle assessment
- Degrowth & alternative shipping practices
Education: Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering - INSA Lyon (2024)
Work experience: SINTEF Ocean - Intern on KSP WIND project (2024)
Publications
2025
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Wendling, Aurore;
Lagemann, Benjamin.
(2025)
How to Discretise a Ship’s Voyage when Optimising for High Fractions of Wind Propulsion?.
Journal of Sailing Technology
Academic article
2023
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Wendling, Aurore;
Steen, Sverre;
Kramer, Jarle Vinje;
Lagemann, Benjamin.
(2023)
Comparative Assessment of Performance, Cost and Emission Saving Potential of Wind Assisted Propulsion.
INSA Lyon
INSA Lyon
Report
Journal publications
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Wendling, Aurore;
Lagemann, Benjamin.
(2025)
How to Discretise a Ship’s Voyage when Optimising for High Fractions of Wind Propulsion?.
Journal of Sailing Technology
Academic article
Report
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Wendling, Aurore;
Steen, Sverre;
Kramer, Jarle Vinje;
Lagemann, Benjamin.
(2023)
Comparative Assessment of Performance, Cost and Emission Saving Potential of Wind Assisted Propulsion.
INSA Lyon
INSA Lyon
Report
Outreach
2026
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Academic lectureWendling, Aurore. (2026) Exnovating the fossil shipping industry, towards a revival of sailing trade?. Degrowth & Exnovation Study Circle 2026 Winter Session “Exnovation and Degrowth: how do we terminate the fossil economy?” , Oslo 05.03.2026 - 07.03.2026
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Academic lectureWendling, Aurore. (2026) Modeling the operation of sailing ships: from vessel scale to fleet scale - In what conditions does primary wind propulsion have the best potential for large-scale trade?. DNV Nordic Maritime Universities Workshop 2026 , Tromsø 29.01.2026 - 30.01.2026