Great Lakes Wind Energy Challenges

Summer 2023 Highlights

Student Cohort Photo

Accomplishment: 

Poster presentations at Summer Intersection Symposium at CWRU 

  1. Leo A Narbonne, Ervin P Urbanczyk, Wei Zhang and Corey Markfort. Wind Characterization at Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Effects of Terrain Features and Atmospheric Thermal Stability. 
  2. Holly Mullin and Sydney Kilgus-Vesely, and Christian Carloni.  Investigating Size Effect, Peak Load Behavior, and Bond Strength in Concrete Embedded with Corrosion-Free Reinforcements  
  3. Partisha Miller, Juan Reyna and Xiong (Bill) Yu. Improvement to Wind Turbine Blades Inspired by Biomimicry. 
  4. Matt Fulton, Andy Thomas. The regulatory framework for integration of renewable power systems: Cuyahoga county microgrid development project 
  5. Violet Tahshini, Corey Markfort, and Tyler Bell. Debugging bat tracking near wind turbines. 
  6. KrisAnna, Navid Goudarzi. Quantifying Sustainability Metrics of Green Alternatives. 

 

Poster presentation 

  1. Leo A Narbonne and Ervin P Urbanczyk. Characterization of wind at Cedar Rapids, Iowa for wind resource assessment. 76th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 19–21, 2023; Washington, DC 

Publication 

  1. Matthew R. Fulton and Andrew R. Thomas. Overview, facilitation and strategies involving municipal geothermal district energy systems in Ohio. 2023 
  2. Matthew R. Fulton, Lauren Williams, and Andrew R. Thomas. Role of partial requirement tariffs and standby charges in microgrid adoption in Ohio. 2023