Graduate Education
Programs in Wind Energy in
North America and Europe
James F. Manwell, UMass Amherst
Jon G. McGowan, UMass Amherst
Andrew H. P. Swift, Jr., Texas Tech
Thomas L. Acker, Northern Arizona Univ
NAWEA Education Committee
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
June 10, 2015
Outline
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Motivation
Review of Grad programs
Collaborative MOU
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Why Focus on Education?
Increased
reliability,
durability,
performance
Grid
integration
and
adaptation
Expanding
Workforce
Need for
new and
expanded
academic
programs
New
business and
operational
paradigms
New
Technologies:
Labs,
Industry,
Academia
Drive to
reduce costs
Environment
Regulatory
and policy
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US Wind Education: 45 Univ
US REGION
SCHOOL
UG/GRAD WIND
COURSES
LEVEL
GRAD
GRAD
CERT PROGRAM
1: NORTHEAST: NEW ENGLAND (CT, ME, MA, NH,RI, VT)
UNIV. OF MAINE
1 UG; 1 GRAD
UNIV. OF MASS/ AMHERST
1 UG (+online); 3 GRAD YES
UNIV. OF MASS/ LOWELL
? UG/GRAD
MIT
?UG
2: NORTHEAST: MIDDLE ATLANTIC (NJ, NY, PA)
CLARKSON UNIVERSITY
CORNELL
PENN STATE UNIV
ROCHESTER INST. OF TECH.
RPI
1 UG?
1 UG;? GRAD
2 UG (Online); 3 GRAD
1 UG
1 UG?
YES
3: MIDWEST: EAST NORTH CENTRAL (IN, IL, MI, OH, WI)
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV 1 UG?
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
1 UG; 1 GRAD
NOTRE DAME UNIV
2 UG
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
1 UG; ? GRAD
UNIV OF WISCONSIN-MADISON 1 UG; 1 GRAD
4: MIDWEST: WEST NORTH CENTRAL (IA,KS,MN, MO,NB,ND,SD)
IOWA STATE UNIV
6 UG; 3 GRAD
UNIV OF IOWA
4 UG; 3 GRAD
UNIV OF KANSAS
1 UG; 1 GRAD
KANSAS STATE UNIV
2 UG
UNIV OF MINNESOTA
1 UG; 1 GRAD (Online)
UNIV OF NEBRASKA
1 UG
YES
CONTACT
MS, PHD
MS, PHD
MS; PHD
MS, PHD
Habib Dagher
Jim Manwell
Chris Niezrecki
Alexander Slocum
MS
MS
MS, PHD
MS, PHD
Ken Visser
Alan Zehnder
George Lesieutre
Mario Gomes
Miki Amitay
MS
MS, PHD
MS, PHD
MS, PHD
MS
Iwan Alexander
Sanford Fleeter
Robert Nelson
Michael S. Selig
James Tinjun
MS,PHD
MS,PHD
MS, PHD
MS
MS, PHD
Sri Sritharan
Andrew Kusiak
Saeed Farokhi
Ruth Miller
Fotis Sotiropoulos
Jerry Hudgins
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US REGION
SCHOOL
UG/GRAD WIND
COURSES
LEVEL
GRAD
GRAD
CERT PROGRAM
5: SOUTH: SOUTH ATLANTIC (DE,DC,FL,GA,MD,NC,SC,VA,WV)
UNIV OF DELAWARE
1 UG; 2 GRAD (1 Online) YES
GEORGIA INST OF TECHNOLOGY 1 UG
CLEMSEN UNIVERSITY
2 UG
YES
UNIV OF MARYLAND
1 UG/GRAD
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV
1 UG?
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY
1 UG;1 GRAD
6: SOUTH: EAST SOUTH CENTRAL (AL,KY,MS,TN)
UNIV OF TENNESSEE
1 UG
7: WEST SOUTH CENTRAL (AR,LA,OK,TX)
UNIV OF TEXAS AUSTIN
1 UG
UNIV OF TEXAS DALLAS
1 GRAD
UNIV OF HOUSTON
1 UG?
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
18 UG; 4 GRAD
YES
TEXAS A&M
1 UG?
WEST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY 1 UG
8: WEST: MOUNTAIN (AZ,CO,ID,NM,MT,UT,NV,WY)
NORTHER ARIZON UNIV
1 UG/GRAD
UNIV OF COLORADO
1 UG/GRAD
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
1 UG; 1 GRAD
COLORADO STATE UNIV
1 UG
BOISE STATE UNIV
1 UG
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY
1 UG?
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
1UG?
9: WEST: PACIFIC (AK,CA,HI,OR,WA)
UNIV OF ALASKA
1UG?
UNIV OF CALIF DAVIS
1UG
CAL POLY
1UG?
STANFORD UNIV
3 UG
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
1UG?
MS,PHD
MS,PHD
MS
MS,PHD
MS
CONTACT
W Kempton, J Madsen
Lakshmi Sankar
Elham Makram
Norman Eisenberg
Charles Meneveau
Jon Miles
Kivanc Ekici
MS,PHD
MS, PHD
MS, PHD
MS,PHD
MS,PHD
MS
Lance Manuel
Mario Rotea
Su Su Wang
Andy Swift
John Pappas
Kenneth Starcher
MS, PHD
MS, PHD
MS, PHD
MS, PHD
MS,PHD
MS,PHD
Tom Acker
Julie Lundquist
Kathryn Johnson
Dan Zimmerle
John Gardner
Douglas Cairns
Jonathan Naughton
MS
MS,PHD
MS
MS,PHD
MS.PHD
Katherine Keith
Case van Dam
Patrick Lemieux
Mark Jacobson
Bob Paasch
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Observations
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45 universities offering wind energy courses
6 graduate certificates in wind energy
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UMass-Amherst, Texas Tech, Penn St, Iowa,
Delaware, Clemson
Courses taught across all 45 universities
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30 offer UG courses (maybe as many as 44); of
these 22 offer only 1 UG; 8 offer more than 1 UG
17 offer Grad courses (maybe as many as 20); of
these 11 offer only 1 Grad (3 of these are coconvened UG/Grad); 7 offer more than 1 Grad
course (4,3,3,3,3,3,2)
5 online courses (3 UG, 2 Grad)
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Mexico
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Mexican Center of Innovation in Wind Energy
32 organizations including14 universities
Universities
Universidad del Istmo (UNISTMO)
Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ)
Instituto Tecnológico de La Laguna (ITL)
Universidad Veracruzana (UV)
Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas (UAT)
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMICH)
Universidad Politécnica de Chiapas (UPCH)
Instituto Tecnológico del Istmo (ITI)
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco (UJAT)
Instituto Tecnológico de Chihuahua (ITCH)
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)
Instituto Tecnológico Sanmiguelense de Educación Superior (ITSES)
Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ)
Universidad Tecnológica de Valles Centrales de Oaxaca (UTVCO)
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Canada
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12 Canadian universities with renewable or
sustainable energy programs
Institution
University of Waterloo
University of Windsor
University of Calgary
University of New Brunswick
University of Quebec
McGill University
MCMaster University
Memorial University of Newfoundland
University of Western Ontario
University of Toronto
University of British Columbia
Carleton University
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European Wind Education
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Significant number of universities offer
undergrad, MS and PhD level courses in wind
energy
Most significant of these programs are:
1) European Wind Energy Master
2) European Academy of Wind Energy
3) European Master in Renewable Energy
See Moses Kärn presentation
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University Course Offerings
Univ A
Univ B
Univ C
Univ D
Intro to Wind
Energy
Intro to Wind
Energy
Intro to Wind
Energy
Intro to Wind
Energy
Wind Turbine
Structures
Wind Turbine
Design
Wind Power
Development
Wind Energy
Regulation
and Policy
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Collaborative Offerings
Univ A
Univ B
Univ C
Univ D
Wind Turbine
Structures
Wind Turbine
Design
Grid
Integration of
Wind and
Solar
Wind Energy
Controls
Wind Power
Development
Wind
Resource
Assessment
& Modeling
Intro to Wind
Energy
Wind Energy
Regulation
and Policy
Courses available online
at each university
participating in the
collaboration
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MOU: The Equal Exchange
10 Pay
Tuition
Univ A
10 Pay
Tuition
5 Pay
Tuition
5 Pay
Tuition
Univ B
Univ C
Univ D
Wind Turbine
Design
5 from Univ A
Grid
Integration of
Wind and
Solar
Wind Energy
Controls
Intro to Wind
Energy
5 from Univ B
Wind Power
Development
5 from Univ B
5 from Univ A
5 from Univ C
Wind
Resource
Assessment &
Modeling
5 from Univ D
No $$ exchanged between
universities. Equal number
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students over a few years
This Work Supported by
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Thank You
Jim, Jon, Andy, Tom Contact Info
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European Wind Energy Master
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Two year Master of Science with four
specializations: 1) wind physics, 2) rotor design,
3) electric power systems and 4) offshore
engineering.
There are four partner universities
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Delft University of Technology (coordinator)
Technical University of Denmark
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Scientific staff in wind energy of 250 full time
equivalents (FTEs) and more
130 PhD students; 110 MSc students annually
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Snapshot of other programs
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European Academy of Wind Energy
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39 member institutions, most universities
European Master in Renewable Energy
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postgraduate educational experience
four main topic areas, including:
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wind energy
solar photovoltaics, solar thermal
renewable energy grid integration
ocean energy
Several universities participating
Large number of different courses in RE and
Wind Energy
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US Renewable Energy Centers
Institution
Alfred University
Appalachian State University
Arizona State University
Boston University
Calhoun Community College
California Institute of Technology
Clarkson University
Colorado State University
Confederation College
Eastern Connecticut State University
Eastern Illinois University
Florida Atlantic University
Grand Valley State University
Humboldt State University
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Iowa State University
Kansas State University
Lehigh University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mesalands Community College
Michigan Technological University
Mississippi State University
Montana State University
National Central University
North Carolina State University
Northwestern University
Oregon State University
Pace University
Pennsylvania State University
Institution
Purdue University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
Texas Tech University
The University of Arizona
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Riverside
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Central Florida
University of Delaware
University of Florida
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Louisville
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota, Morris
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of Nevada, Reno
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Dakota
University of South Florida
University of Southern California
University of Toledo
Washington University in St. Louis
Western Michigan University
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Why we are here
The ultimate objective of the NAWEA
educational programs is to realize a future
where wind energy is a main stream electrical
generation technology, providing affordable,
reliable, clean energy with no water
consumption and minimal environmental
impacts.
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