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Presentation TopicsJulie Chen - UML Introduction
Structural Dynamics and Acoustic Systems Laboratory
Chris Niezrecki - UML Wind
James Sherwood - Composites
David Willis - AerodynamicsTzu-Yang Yu - SHM
Peter Avitabile - Blade Loads
Advanced Composite Materials and Textile Research Laboratory
Chris Niezrecki - DIC
Civil - Structural Engineering Laboratory
Computational and Experimental Fluids LaboratoryOther Members of WTRG
Path Forward
Strategic Wind Energy Partnerships
Mark Rumsey, Wind Energy Technology Department, Sandia National Laboratory (SNL)
Stephen Nolet, Director, Design EngineeringTPI Composites (TPI), Warren, RI
Scott Hughes, Natl. Wind Technology Ctr. Natl. Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
Southwest Windpower, Flagstaff, AZ
Rahul Yarala, Boston, MA
External Wind Related Projects• DOE: “Effect of Manufacturing-Induced Defects on Reliability of
Composite Wind Turbine Blades” ($499k)
Figure 1. Project Plan of Work and Flow
• NSF: Dynamic Stress-Strain Prediction of Vibrating Structures in Operation ($189k)
• UMass President’s Office S&T Initiative Fund: Wind and Clean Energy Initiative to Build Collaboration and Cluster Competitiveness ($110k)
• National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, National Grid, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
• NSF (pending): Large Area Rapid Inspection of Composite Structures ($391k)• NIST-TIP (pending): Integrated Approach to Linking the Design, Manufacture
and Life Analysis of the Next Generation of Composite Wind Turbine Blades ($6.3M)