Meet our team
The driving force behind Empire: our engineers are the beating heart of our business. Every team member boasts the very best technical expertise and years of industry experience.
Partner, Lead Fathom Developer and Structural Engineer
Eleni Minga
Partner, Lead Fathom Developer and Structural Engineer
Eleni joined Empire Engineering in 2019, bringing strong technical expertise in structural and geotechnical engineering. She works on foundation design projects across Empire’s portfolio, contributing advanced analytical skills and meticulous attention to detail to complex offshore wind developments.
About Eleni
LEAD FATHOM ENGINEER AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Eleni brought rigorous analytical capabilities and deep foundation engineering knowledge to strengthen Empire’s technical delivery across challenging offshore wind projects.
Early
career
Eleni began her career in civil and structural engineering, working on major infrastructure projects before specializing in offshore structures. Her academic background in advanced structural analysis and geotechnical engineering provided the technical foundation for tackling complex foundation design challenges.
Professional
experience
Before joining Empire, Eleni developed expertise in structural dynamics, soil-structure interaction, and advanced finite element analysis. She has worked on foundation design for major offshore wind farms, contributing to monopile optimization, jacket structures, and complex geotechnical assessments. Her work includes detailed load analysis, fatigue assessments, and pile-soil interaction modeling across diverse site conditions from the North Sea to emerging Asian markets.
Why offshore
wind
Eleni was drawn to offshore wind by the technical complexity of foundation engineering in challenging marine environments. She joined Empire to work on projects at the cutting edge of foundation design, where analytical rigor and innovative thinking are essential. Her passion lies in solving the detailed engineering problems that make ambitious offshore wind projects technically feasible and economically viable.
Expertise
Expertise
Core technical capabilities
The technical expertise and analytical skills that define Eleni’s contribution to Empire’s foundation design and analysis practice.
Foundation design analysis
Leading detailed structural analysis for monopile and jacket foundations, including ultimate limit state checks, fatigue assessments, and optimisation studies across global projects.
Geotechnical engineering
Developing pile-soil interaction models, conducting lateral and axial capacity assessments, and analyzing foundation behavior across varying soil conditions and design scenarios.
Advanced modeling
Implementing sophisticated finite element analysis, dynamic response calculations, and structural optimisation techniques to solve complex foundation engineering challenges.
Foundation design analysis
Leading detailed structural analysis for monopile and jacket foundations, including ultimate limit state checks, fatigue assessments, and optimisation studies across global projects.
Geotechnical engineering
Developing pile-soil interaction models, conducting lateral and axial capacity assessments, and analyzing foundation behavior across varying soil conditions and design scenarios.
Advanced modeling
Implementing sophisticated finite element analysis, dynamic response calculations, and structural optimisation techniques to solve complex foundation engineering challenges.
Deep thinking
