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Research, Education, and Public Service for
"Everything Wind."
Current News
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Dr. Christopher Weiss, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric
Science and Wind Science and Engineering Research Center Faculty
Affiliate, was a winner of the fall 2008 Research Enrichment
Fund grant Competition at Texas Tech. Dr. Weiss Received a
grant of $35,000 for a proposal entitled, "Pilot Study:
Pioneering Measurements of Tornadogenesis and Tornado Vortex
Structure Using Emerging Technologies at TTU."
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The Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program has recently
awarded a $129,000 grant to Dr. Lance Manuel (UT-Austin) and Dr. Sukanta Basu, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science
at Tech and Wind Science and Engineering Research Center Faculty
Affiliate, to study the impacts of atmospheric turbulence on
wind turbine loads and reliability.
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Dr. Sukanta Basu, Assistant Professor, was recently
awarded a five-year NSF-CAREER grant of $505,000. This
grant will be used to conduct research in the areas of low-level
jets, mesoscale modeling, and wind energy; to develop a new
graduate course on wind power meteorology; to forge
collaboration with a local K-12 school; and to provide support
for a post-doctoral associate and a PhD student.

(from right to left) Dr. Erik Petersen, Risoe Labs,
Denmark;
Chris Pattison, Wind Science & Engineering Ph.D. student;
Jason McNeill, Wind Science & Engineering Ph.D. student;
Dr. Sukanta Basu, Assistant Professor, Geosciences
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2007 Annual Report

Brochure - Ph. D. in Wind Science
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