Project Experience:

12/94 – present: GE Wind Energy: NREL Advanced Wind Turbine Next Generation Turbine Project and Near Term Research and Testing Project: component design and specification, system concept definition through examination of performance / design / cost tradeoffs for alternative configurations, system design and protection, rotor blade aero-structural optimization, loads analysis, component stress analysis, test planning, calibration, test data analysis, system reliability, product certification, proposal preparation, contract negotiation, budgeting, team development, and project planning and reporting.

01/01 – present: HTH Wind Energy: Windfarm project development throughout western United States: resource assessment, turbine siting, technology selection, power balance and transmission assessment, project engineering and management.

07/01 – 12/01: Global Energy Concepts: Operations and maintenance cost survey and analysis for wind turbine and specific drivetrain components.

01/95 – 04/01: PS Enterprises: NREL Advanced Wind Turbine Innovative Subsystem Project: aerodynamic and structural design, testing, and data analysis for flexible, utility-scale PSE-33 rotor. Emphasis on materials technology and high-quality, low-cost blade manufacturing processes.

04/95 – 01/02: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Wind Technology Center: Meteorological and operational analysis for wind turbine siting and application at DOD military installations: data collection and analysis, hybrid system design and modeling, cost and feasibility analysis.

09/00 – 02/01: enXco: Windfarm project development in NE Colorado: resource assessment, turbine siting, budgeting; interface planning with utility, community, FAA, and local governments.

08/99 – 06/00: The Wind Turbine Company: NREL Advanced Wind Turbine Next Generation Turbine Project: prototype wind turbine testing, test engineering, test planning, instrumentation, data acquisition, troubleshooting, data analysis and quality assurance, and reporting.

09/97 – 12/98: Cannon Energy Corporation / OEM Development Corporation: Windeagle 25 and 300, Near Term Research and Testing and Small Wind Turbine Projects: structural and dynamics modeling, test and project planning, data analysis, stress and fatigue analysis.

04/93 – 12/94: Zond Energy Systems: Extensive data management project, including test planning, calibration, data quality assurance, analysis of 500 Mb of structural and performance data. Utility-scale rotor aerodynamic and surface design for Z-40 wind turbine. Despite repeated design challenges, this blade planform was adapted for Enron's next four turbines.

08/94 – 10/95: SecondWind: NREL Advanced Wind Turbine Innovative Subsystem Project: windplant monitoring and control - structural advice.

09/93 – 04/95: TDH Associates: Engineering support for wind and hydro power project siting and feasibility in Nan'ao and Zhao'an, China.

11/93 – 05/94: Carter Wind Turbines: Documentation for Germanischer-Lloyd Certification of Carter-300.

02/93 – 04/93: Stone & Webster Management Consultants: Review of wind energy project feasibility study.

01/93 – 04/93: Northern Power Systems: Aerodynamic and structural modeling for design of NPS-250.

06/92 – 10/92: Advanced Wind Turbines: AWT-26 wind turbine prototype testing and data analysis.