Georgios Deskos
Project Leader And Senior Research Engineer at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolGeorgios Deskos is a project leader and senior research engineer with over a decade of R&D experience applying computational fluid dynamics and renewable energy expertise to catastrophe modeling and risk engineering. At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory he advances computational science for resilient energy technologies, leading interdisciplinary teams to deliver bespoke models that improve accuracy of extreme-weather impact assessments. His background spans PhD-level numerical simulations of wind turbine wakes and hands-on coastal and infrastructure work from Imperial College and Virginia Tech to NATO projects, giving him a rare mix of theoretical, experimental, and practical engineering perspective. Georgios is skilled at translating complex physics into deployable, data-driven decision tools and mentoring scientists to bridge research and operational needs. Based in Boulder, he is driven by a practical mission to mitigate climate-driven risks to energy systems while optimizing predictive models for real-world implementation.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Earth Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College LondonMaster's degree, Civil Engineering, Master's degree, Civil Engineering at Virginia TechDiploma ( BEng,MEng), Civil and Environmental Engineering, Diploma ( BEng,MEng), Civil and Environmental Engineering at National Technical University of Athens
Github Skills (41)
simulation10
openfoam10
modeling-tool10
targeting10
solver10
sampling10
power-systems10
snl-applications10
amr10
modelica10
fiddle9
cluster-computing9
agent-based-modeling9
simulations9
computational-fluid-dynamics8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
xcompact3d/WInc3d
Apr 2017 - May 2021
Contributions:188 commits, 2 pushes in 4 years 2 months
Exawind/amr-wind
May 2020 - Jan 2023
AMReX-based structured wind solver
Contributions:142 reviews, 26 commits, 80 PRs in 2 years 8 months
power-systemsexascale-computingopenfoamstructuredwind-turbines
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