WESEP 594 

Course Schedule
Real-Time Research Seminar (Fall 2016)

Tuesday,  12-1, Coover Room 3041/3043

Lead instructor: Jim McCalley

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Week

Dates

Lecturer

Title

Seminar Slides

Readings

1

T, 8/23

No class

 

 

 

2

T, 8/30

Introductory class

Introduction

Slides

 

3

T, 9/6

James McCalley, ISU

Renewable-motivated transmission design

Slides

 

4

T, 9/13

Wesley Cole, NREL, Abstract/Bio

NREL’s 2016 Annual Technology Baseline

Slides1

Slides2

 

5

T, 9/20

Austin Herrema, ISU

Computational blade design at Denmark Technical University & Braunschweig Univers-ity of Technology

Slides

 

6

T, 9/27

Nick David, ISU

Overview of Wind Energy Systems Laboratory

Slides

 

7

T, 10/4

Gene Takle, ISU

Variations in Turbine-Specific Power Production in a Low-Density Wind Farms, with Applications to Wake Steering.

Slides

 

8

T, 10/11

Indraneel Kumar, Purdue Center for Regional Development, Purdue University

Input-output life cycle environmental assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from utility scale wind energy in the United States

Slides

 

9

T, 10/18

Nikola Vasiljevic, Danish Technical University, Abstract/Bio

Advancements in the multi-lidar anemometry for wind energy

Slides

 

10

T, 10/25

Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines and NREL

Control of segmented ultralight morphing rotors on wind turbines, Abstract

 

 

11

T, 11/1

Murat Yildirim, Georgia Tech, School of Industrial Engineering, Bio

Integrated Predictive Analytics & Optimization for Wind Farm Maintenance and Operations

Slides

 

12

T, 11/8

Matt Cole, Director of Wind Energy Operations, Alliant Energy; Bio

Wind investment and operations at Alliant Energy

Slides

 

13

T, 11/15

Brian Selinger, Head of the Iowa Energy Office: Bio

Iowa’s Energy Plan, Abstract

Slides

 

T, 11/22

Thanksgiving Break

 

 

 

14

T, 11/29

Dorothy Reed, Professor of Structural Engineering and Mechanics, University of Washington, Bio

Measurement and analysis of wind loadings on rooftop

photovoltaic panels – A

Case Study

Slides

 

15 

T, 12/6

Chris MacCracken, Carol Babb, Judah Rose, Elliot Roseman, Michael Sloan, Jeff Archibald, ICF

Transfer of Power: How President-Elect Trump’s Policies Will Affect the Energy Industry, Abstract

 

 

12/12-12/16

FINAL EXAMS

 

 

Disability Statement:

Please address any special needs or special accommodations with me at the beginning of the semester or as soon as you become aware. Those seeking accommodations based on disabilities should obtain a Student Academic Accommodation Request (SAAR) from the Disability Resources (DR) office. Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss your specific needs. Please contact the Disability Resources Office coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.