Collaborative Research: Planning Grant - I/UCRC for Wind Energy

风能I/UCRC规划拨款0934321马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校（UMA）；老道明大学研究基金会（ODU）；詹姆斯麦迪逊大学（JMU）；乔纳森·迈尔斯风能中心旨在加强国家在风能研究和发展方面的卓越表现，并与该行业直接相关；同时，培养一支由多样化的本科生和研究生组成的骨干队伍，他们将支持并最终领导风能系统的设计、制造、安装、操作和维护。上述学术合作伙伴正在合作建立拟议的中心，UMA作为牵头机构。建立该中心的动机是将工程与海洋和大气科学相结合，以支持低成本能源和高可靠性系统的发展。重点领域包括：海洋学和地质学，因为它涉及到准备风力涡轮机站点，涡轮机设计，环境影响，特别是对飞行野生动物的影响，土地使用，以及系统管理和整合到电网中。拟议的工作很好地关注了一个定义明确的领域，这对美国的能源生产具有长期重要性。这些研究人员有良好的背景，并将为扩大风力发电的使用提供所需的专业知识。拟议中的中心的工作将使风能，特别是海上风能，与不可再生能源相比更具竞争力。拟议中的中心将建立在阿默斯特的风能研究项目上，将风力发电的各个方面整合到一个单一的单元中。该中心计划增加风能研究和产业参与者的多样性。由于UMA是东北研究生教育和教授联盟（NEAGEP）的领导机构，NEAGEP的基础设施将提供给拟议的I/UCRC。ODU与汉普顿大学和诺福克州立大学有密切的研究和学术联系，这两所大学都被指定为HBCUs。与这些大学的长期合作将促进少数民族学生参与风能项目。

Planning Grant for an I/UCRC for Wind Energy 0934321 University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMA); James Manwell 0934333 Old Dominion University Research Foundation (ODU); Larry Atkinson0934325 James Madison University (JMU); Jonathan Miles The Center for Wind Energy is aimed at enhancing national excellence in wind energy research and development of direct relevance to the industry; and, developing a cadre of diverse undergraduate and graduate students who will support and eventually lead in the design, manufacture, installation, operation, and maintenance of wind energy systems. The academic partners listed above are collaborating to establish the proposed center, with UMA as the lead institution. The proposed Center is motivated by the possibility of integrating engineering with ocean and atmospheric sciences to support the development of systems with low cost of energy and high reliability. The thrust areas include: oceanography and geology as it relates to preparing wind turbine sites, turbine design, environmental effects, particularly impact on flying wildlife, land use, and system management and integration into the electrical grid. The proposed work has a very good focus on a well-defined area that is of long-term importance to energy generation in the US. The investigators have an excellent background, and will provide the needed expertise to expand the use of wind power for electrical generation. The work by the proposed Center will make wind energy, particularly off-shore wind energy, more competitive with energy from non-renewable sources. The proposed Center would build on Amherst's wind research program, consolidating all aspects of wind power into a single unit. The Center plans to increase the diversity of participants in wind energy research and industry. Since UMA is the lead institution for the Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (NEAGEP), the NEAGEP infrastructure will be available to the proposed I/UCRC. ODU has strong research and academic ties with Hampton University and Norfolk State University, both designated as HBCUs. The long standing collaborations with these universities will be leveraged to promote the participation of minority students in wind energy projects.