Dr.
Adrian Ilinca is a professor in Mechanical Engineering at École de Technologie Supérieure. He was a professor, founder, and director of the Wind Energy Research Laboratory at Université du Québec à Rimouski. He completed a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at École Polytechnique de Montréal. His areas of interest are the aerodynamics and aeroelasticity of wind turbines, icing effects on wind turbines with anti-icing and de-icing techniques, and wind-diesel systems with compressed air energy storage.