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

风能I/UCRC规划补助金0934321马萨诸塞州阿默斯特大学（UMA）; James Manwell 0934333旧自治领大学研究基金会（ODU）; Larry Atkinson 0934325詹姆斯麦迪逊大学（JMU）; Jonathan Miles 风能中心的目的是提高国家在风能研究和开发的直接相关的行业卓越;和，开发多样化的本科生和研究生的干部谁将支持并最终导致在设计，制造，安装，操作和维护风能系统。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。 拟建中心的动机是将工程与海洋和大气科学相结合，以支持开发低能源成本和高可靠性的系统。 推力区域包括：海洋学和地质学，因为它涉及准备风力涡轮机场地、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、以及系统管理和并入电网。 拟议的工作有一个很好的重点是一个明确的领域，是长期的重要性，能源发电在美国。 调查人员具有良好的背景，并将提供所需的专业知识，以扩大风力发电的使用。 拟议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力研究计划的基础上，将风力发电的各个方面整合到一个单元中。 该中心计划增加风能研究和工业参与者的多样性。 由于UMA是东北研究生教育和教授联盟（NEAGEP）的牵头机构，NEAGEP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很强的研究和学术联系，两者都被指定为HBCU。 与这些大学的长期合作将被用来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.