Recent research from Dr. Giacomo Valerio Iungo, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was featured on the cover of the journal Atmosphere in August and included a related article. The cover features an image of Iungo’s mobile LiDAR station, which was deployed at Galveston Island State Park from November 2018 to April 2019. Read the full article at the…
From Bench to Blast: UT Dallas Wind Energy Working at Gale Force
ll the currents necessary to reach the promises of renewable wind energy have now converged at UT Dallas. Internationally elite researchers from academia, government labs and industry have joined corporate partners in the form of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC). A new wind tunnel unlike any other and a four…
Mechanical Engineer Helps Propel Progress of Giant Wind Turbine
When Dr. Todd Griffith sees palm trees swaying in the wind, he doesn’t think it’s time to kick back with a piña colada. The associate professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas instead thinks about efficiency. “I’m thinking how efficient it is when powerful winds blow. The fronds are flexible; they fold up in hurricane-force…
Winds of Change
IT’S CLEAN; it’s sustainable; and it’s abundant from the Gulf of Mexico to the West Texas plains. UT Dallas engineers are riding a tailwind as their work propels innovations that will help increase wind’s role as a power player in the Lone Star State. Take a spring drive along Interstate 20 near Sweetwater in West Texas, and…
New Control Strategy Helps Reap Maximum Power From Wind Farms
Every two and a half hours, a new wind turbine rises in the U.S. In 2016, wind provided 5.6 percent of all electricity produced, more than double the amount generated by wind in 2010, but still a far cry from its potential. A team of researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) has developed…
Jonsson School Engineers Help Autistic Teens Showcase Skills
UT Dallas students and faculty encouraged teenagers with autism to explore engineering careers at a recent event called Engineering Brighter Futures for Autism. The event challenged participants with tasks that required teamwork and focused thinking. Working with graduate students from the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, approximately 14 teens with autism were asked to design…
University and Wind Industry Researchers Meet to Advance Innovation in Renewable Energy
National investments from the private and public sectors are generating state-of-the-art technology and knowledge to secure a sustainable energy future utilizing wind power. Recently, WindSTAR, a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Wind Energy, Science and Technology, held its seventh Industry Advisory Board meeting to review progress and set the stage for ongoing collaborations…
Jonsson School’s WindSTAR Team Works to Improve the Energy of Air
For three consecutive years, the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UT Dallas has received funding from the National Science Foundation to support a center that, in partnership with industry, conducts research to increase the amount of energy the nation gets from wind. Since 2014, the NSF has given UT Dallas and the University of Massachusetts, Lowell $532,732…
Rotea Shares Wind Energy Expertise at IEEE Conference
Dr. Mario Rotea, head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, recently gave a plenary lecture at this year’s IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control. IEEE – the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology…