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)