Bert Blocken
Professor, Heriot-Watt University, UK & LUT University, Finland
Professor Bert Blocken is a Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, the UK, and a Full Professor of Civil Engineering at LUT University in Finland. He is also a guest professor at the National University “Kyiv Aviation Institute” in Ukraine, at the von Karman Institute in Belgium and for the International Cycling Union and the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. His main areas of expertise are subsonic aerodynamics, urban physics, wind tunnel testing, CFD and sports aerodynamics. He has published 262 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. His h-index values are 86, 92, 107 on Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar, respectively. He is listed as 2018-2024 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science) in Engineering. He is Editor of the peer-reviewed journal Building & Environment and Associate Editor of the journal Sports Engineering.