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Wind Energy Fellows Spring 2023 Seminar Series Announced

The Wind Energy Fellows Program, in partnership with the ELEVATE program, announces it's Wind Energy Fellows Seminar Series program for Spring 2023. It begins February 23, and goes through April 21, with a mix of in person and Zoom remote sessions with five speakers scheduled. For more information, contact Chris Hernandez-Negron, WEF Program Coordinator: c.hernandeznegron@gmail.com.

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Faculty and Students Showcased at International Offshore Wind Technical Conference

Faculty and students from the College of Engineering showcased UMass Amherst's pioneering leadership and cutting-edge technology development in wind energy research at the fourth International Offshore Wind Technical Conference (IOWTC) and Banquet, held Dec. 7 and 8 at Northeastern University. Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy and Dean Sanjay Raman provided pre-recorded remarks at the opening event.

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Fall 2022 Wind Energy Fellow Speaker Series

The Wind Energy Fellows (WEF) program offers a wind energy related guest speaker series co-sponsored by ELEVATE from various universities and NREL. The seminars take place on Thursdays from 4-5 PM EST beginning September 29.

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WEC 50th Anniversary Exhibit Opens at Science and Engineering Library

The Wind Energy Center 50th Anniversary Exhibit is on display as part of the "Engineering@75" exhibit in the Science and Engineering Library through December, featuring a collection of relics, archival documents and photographs spanning the decades from 1947 to the present day.

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ETI Director Baker Quoted in Popular Science Article

Energy Transition Institute (ETI) Director and professor of industrial engineering, Erin Baker, is quoted in an article by Popular Science entitled “Offshore wind has been slow to take off in the US. Here’s what could change that.” In the article, Baker comments on the Biden administration's goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030. “It’s a pretty ambitious goal” says Baker, “But with the price reductions we’ve seen in wind and offshore wind—we’ve seen about a 50 percent reduction over six years in offshore wind—I think it’s very doable.”

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2022 William E. Heronemus Scholarships Awarded to McTiernan and Saleh

For more than 13 years, the William E. Heronemus Graduate Fellowship Fund has supported UMass Amherst Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) graduate students break new ground in renewable energy research during their studies with the Wind Energy Center. Thanks to the generosity of the Heronemus family, alumni and other donors, this scholarship has provided tens of thousands of dollars to deserving UMass Amherst engineering students since its inception. This year, two winners of the scholarship are Ph.D. and M.S. Industrial Engineering candidates Kaylie McTiernan and Samer Saleh.

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First Annual Energy Transition Symposium Held at UMass Amherst

Yesterday, more than 150 faculty, students and community members attended the first annual Energy Transition Symposium at the campus Student Union ballroom. The event, sponsored by ELEVATE and partners, showcased energy transition research and campus climate action from the five-college community.

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Alum Bryce Aquino Featured in Recent RENEWABLE+ Series

A recent news article on Renewable Energy World website, How the wind industry is adapting to climate-fueled extreme weather, features UMass Amherst College of Engineering MIE Alum Bryce Aquino of the risk management firm Axis Capital.

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ETI Celebrates $1M in Congressional Funding

Last week, U.S. Senator Ed Markey and Congressman Jim McGovern joined UMass on April 14th for a press conference with remarks from UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy to celebrate the FY22 Congressional allocations that UMass Amherst received, including $1M for the Energy Transition Institute (ETI).

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Arwade Featured in UMass News on Hurricane Resiliency Project

Featured on April 4 in UMass Research News, Arwade Leads UMass Team on Hurricane Resiliency Modeling Project, UMass researchers led by Sanjay Arwade, civil engineering, are collaborating on the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium’s project to quantify and assess the risk to offshore wind installations of Atlantic coast hurricanes.

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