Martina Reche Vilanova wins Wind Propulsion Award

It gives us great pleasure to announce that Martina Reche Vilanova has won the Proposed Research Award at the Wind Propulsion Awards 2021!

Her forthcoming PhD project assessing wind propulsion technologies for the commercial shipping market was voted the best proposed project by International Windship Association member organisations.

Martina upon accepting her award:

"𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 – 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲."

"𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿—𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗱!"

Martina is open to collaboration, so if you are interested in the project please don't hesitate to get in touch.