Committees

Conference Chairs

• Cristina Archer, University of Delaware;
• Paul Veers, NREL.

Conference Committee

• Tom Acker, Northern Arizona University;
• Sue Haupt, NCAR;
• Jim Manwell, University of Massachusetts Amherst;
• Jon Naughton, University of Wyoming;
• Luis (Tony) Martínez, NREL;
• Eric Paterson, Virginia Tech;
• Anupam Sharma, Iowa State University; 
• Bob Thresher, NREL.

Scientific Committee

Track #1 – Grid integration:

• Bethany Frew, NREL, Co-Lead;
• Bri-Mathias Hodge, University of Colorado Boulder, Co-Lead;
• Yingchen (YC) Zhang NREL, Co-Lead;
• Tom Acker, Northern Arizona University;
• Jian Fu, DOE WETO;
• Vahan Gevorgian, NREL;
• Hannele Holttinen, Recognis Oy (Finland);
• Clyde Loutan, CaISO;
• Charlie Smith, Energy Systems Integration Group;
• Aidan Tuohy, EPRI.

Track #2 – Social/Environmental aspects of wind energy:

• Jeremy Firestone, University of Delaware, Lead;
• Bonnie Ram, University of Delaware, Co-Lead;
• Allison Bates, Colby College;
• David Bidwell, University of Rhode Island;
• Mary Hallisey, NREL;
• Chris Hein, NREL;
• Ben Hoen, LBNL;
• Sarah Klain, Utah State University;
• Joe Rand, LBL;
• Suzanne Tegen, Colorado State University;
• Maggie Yancey, DOE/WETO.

Track #3 – Offshore wind:

• Jason Jonkman, NREL, Co-Lead;
• Amy Robertson, NREL, Co-Lead;
• Po Wen Cheng, University of Stuttgart (Germany);
• Willett Kempton, University of Delaware;
• Daniel Kuchma, Tufts University;
• Matt Lackner, University of Massachusetts Amherst;
• Lance Manuel University of Texas Austin;
• Michael Muskulus, Norwegian National Technical University (Norway);
• Matt Shields, NREL;
• Martin Wosnik, University of New Hampshire.

Track #4 – Wind turbines and wind plants:

• Raúl Cal, Portland State University, Co-Lead;
• Luis ‘Tony’ Martínez Tossas, NREL, Co-Lead;
• Carlo Bottasso, Technical University of Munich (Germany);
• Matt Churchfield, NREL;
• Dennice Gayme, Johns Hopkins University;
• Todd Griffith, University of Texas Dallas;
• Jiarong Hong, University of Minnesota;
• David Infield, University of Strathclyde (UK);
• Jon Naughton, University of Wyoming;
• Carlos Simão Ferreira, Delft University of Technology (Netherlands);
• Eric Simley, NREL;
• Jens Sørensen, Danish Technical University (Denmark).

Track #5 – Atmospheric/Ocean science for wind energy:

• Caroline Draxl, NREL, Co-Lead;
• Yelena Pichugina, NOAA, Co-Lead;
• Sandrine Aubrun, University of Orléans (France);
• James Edson, WHOI;
• Horia Hangan, University of Western Ontario (Canada);
• Sue Haupt, NCAR;
• Julie Lundquist, University Colorado Boulder;
• Jakob Mann, Danish Technical University (Denmark);
• Johan Meyers, KU Leuven (Belgium);
• Javier Sanz Rodrigo, CENER (Spain);
• William Shaw, PNNL.

All tracks:

• Rupp Carriveau, University of Windsor (Canada);
• Katherine Dykes, Danish Technical University (Denmark);
• Mike Robinson, NREL;
• Simon Watson, Delft University of Technology (Netherlands);
• Ryan Wiser, LBL.