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Current News

 

 

 

  • 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."

 

  • 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.

 

  • 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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Brochure - Ph. D. in Wind Science and Engineering