Dr. James Manwell
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Director, Wind Energy Center
Research Interests:
- Effect of external conditions (wind and waves) on the design of offshore wind turbines
- Hybrid power (wind/photovoltaics/diesel) system design and analysis
- Modeling of battery storage systems
- Offshore Wind Energy System Design and Analysis
- Remote sensing techniques applied to wind resource assessment
Dr. Matthew Lackner
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Associate Director, Wind Energy Center
Research Interests:
- Aerodynamics
- Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
- Structural Control
Dr. Jon G. McGowan
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests:
- Heat Transfer
- Thermal Systems Analysis
- Thermodynamics
Dr. Erin Baker
- Associate Dean, College of Engineering
- Professor, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
- Director, Wind Energy Fellows
Research Interests:
- Decision Making Under Uncertainty
- Publicly-Funded Energy Technology Research and Development Portfolios in the Face of Climate Change
- Sustainable Energy Systems
Dr. Golbon Zakeri
- Associate Professor
- Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Research Interests:
- Economics and optimization of power markets
- Planning under uncertainty
- Electricity markets with renewable power penetration
Dr. Zack Westgate
- Associate Professor, Civil Engineering
Research Interests:
- Marine Geotechnics
- Cable/Mooring-Seabed Interaction
- Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations
Dr. Sanjay R. Arwade
- Professor, Civil Engineering
Research Interests:
- Extreme Events (e.g. hurricanes) and their Consequences
- Interfaces Between Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
- Offshore Reliability Engineering
- Offshore Wind Energy Support Structures
Dr. Krish Thiagarajan Sharman
- Professor
- Endowed Chair in Renewable Energy
Research Interests:
- Offshore Engineering
- Naval Architecture
- Floating Wind Energy
- Wave and Tidal Energy
- Aquaculture
Dr. Alison Bates
- Lecturer, Environmental Conservation
- Graduate Program Director, Sustainability Science
Research Interests:
- Marine Spatial Planning
- Social Acceptance of Energy Infrastructure
- Stakeholder Interaction with Offshore Wind
Dr. Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests:
- Fluid-Structure Interactions
- Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines
- Wind Turbine Blade Instabilities
Dr. Dwayne Breger
- Extension Professor, Environmental Conservation
- Director, UMass Clean Energy Extension
Research Interests:
- Energy Democracy and Local Energy Choice
- Renewable Energy Technology, Markets, and Policy
- Systems Modeling of Energy Storage and Renewables
Dr. David P. Schmidt
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests:
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Offshore Wind Energy
- Two-Phase Flow
Dr. Don DeGroot
- Professor, Civil Engineering
Research Interests:
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Offshore Wind Energy Anchors
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