Curriculum Vitae

Julius Schmelter

Education

Portrait of Julius Schmelter

PhD Student

Stuttgart Wind Energy, University of Stuttgart
June 2024 - present

Aerospace Engineering, M. Sc.

University of Stuttgart
April 2022 - April 2024

Aerospace Engineering, B. Sc.

University of Stuttgart
October 2018 - March 2022

Experience

Stuttgart Wind Energy, University of Stuttgart

Research Associate

Flexible operation of wind power plants:

  • Wind turbine lifetime and fatigue analysis
  • Optimization of wind turbine operational strategies
  • Grid and electricity market integration

June 2024 - present

Mercedes-Benz AG

Working Student, System Integration Electric Drivetrain
  • Vehicle data processing and analysis
  • Systems and network programming
March 2022 - June 2024

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

Intern, Department for Space Mechanisms

  • Multibody simulation of a launch offload device
  • Requirements management and documentation
  • Bachelor Thesis: Implementation of an automated procedure to convert Matlab simulation models to the ESA SMP standard

May 2021 - Febuary 2022

Institute of Aircraft Design, University of Stuttgart

Student Assistant, Hybrid Electric Research Aircraft e‑Genius

Drivetrain integration and composite manufacturing.

April 2019 - March 2021

Publications

Impact of flexible wind turbine operation on low-frequency fatigue

Julius Schmelter and Po Wen Cheng. 2026 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 3224 062012 doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3224/6/062012

Comparison of optimization approaches for price-dependent wind turbine operational strategies

Niklas Requate, Julius Schmelter and Nico Ruck. 2026 EERA DeepWind conference, Trondheim, Norway

Flexible Operation of Wind Turbines as a Multidimensional Multiple-Choice Knapsack Problem

Julius Schmelter, Nico Ruck and Po Wen Cheng. 2025 Wind Energy Science Conference, Nantes, France doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15798195