Committees
NAWEA/WindTech 2021 Conference Chairs
- Cristina Archer, University of Delaware;
- Paul Veers, NREL.
NAWEA 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.
NAWEA/WindTech 2021 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.
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