1. J. McCalley WESEP 594 August 30, 2016
Introduction to the Wind Energy Science, Engineering, and Policy (WESEP) Seminar Fall Semester, 2016
J. McCalley
WESEP 594
August 30, 2016

2. Today’s class Introductions Kristy Carter (Takle)
Charlie Czahor (Anderson/Russell)
Andrew Bodling (Sharma)
Emily Johnson (Hsu)
Find a new meeting time
WESEP 594 course overview
Semester schedule
International opportunities
Attending conferences/writing papers
Information for WESEP advisors
Upcoming annual review
Last year’s review
Last comments

3. 3. WESEP 594 Course Overview WESEP 594 Presentations:
Let me know if you would like to give one
I encourage those of you who are taking qualifier or preliminary exam to present in here first
…and those of you who spent the summer overseas
External speakers: industry, government, other universities
ISU faculty

4. 4. Semester schedule http://home.eng.iastate.edu/~jdm/wesep594/
Let me know if there is anyone in particular who you are interested to invite to provide a seminar…
…or if there is any particular type of person you would like to invite to give a seminar.
My orientation is to mix technical, policy, environmental, and professional skills (e.g., ethics/writing); I try to touch several disciplines throughout the semester.
My name is Brian Selinger and I head up the Iowa Energy Office which is a division within the Iowa Economic Development Authority. Knowing that I am leading the development of a comprehensive energy plan for Iowa, I would be more than happy to partake in your seminar series.

5. 5. International opportunities
The following IGERT fellows have had IGERT-funded international experiences in previous years:
Huiyi Zhang: China
David Jahn: Germany
Nick Brown: OFFIS Energies, Oldenburg
Michael Czahor: Fraunhofer IWES, Hannover Germany
Aaron Rosenberg: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
The following IGERT fellows had international experiences this past summer (or are having them now):
Austin Herrema, Denmark, Germany
Austin Downey, Italy
Armando Figueroa, University of Sydney, Australia
IGERT supports expenses not incurred if you were here (travel, accommodations, some subsistence).
you are strongly encouraged to do it;
if you are not planning to do it, I want to know “why not”?;
it helps you now; it helps you later; it helps your advisor;
talk with your advisor, and/or me, regarding where.

6. 6. Attending conferences/writing papers
You are encouraged to attend conferences and workshops to present papers and posters.
I can provide a significant part of the support for such activities (but not all).
it helps you now; it helps you later; it helps your advisor.

7. 7. Information for WESEP advisors
It was suggested in our annual review two years back that I send information to WESEP advising faculty.
I developed and sent an and then later posted to the IGERT website – see
I will send to all IGERT/WESEP advisors reminding them of this.
Please take a look and let me know if there is anything else I should communicate to them.

8. 8. Upcoming annual review
Please respond to Brandi Geisinger’s request to fill the annual IGERT survey.
Dr. Pietrafesa will be here again in late October or November to perform a 2-day review.
This is an NSF requirement, and I am grateful to you for taking your time to speak with Dr. Pietrafesa.

9. Review
I will go through selected parts from the executive summary and just point to page 17. You might skim through the rest if you have not already done so.

10. 10. Last comments A. Four WESEP students have graduated:
Huiyi Zhang, NextEra
Morteza Khosravi, ?
David Jahn, Post-doctoral researcher at ISU, Atmospheric Science Department
Helena Khazdozian, Ames National Laboratory
B. There exists the Wind Energy Student Organization (WESO); the president is Fritz Wagner,
C. The Wind Energy Systems Lab has greatly expanded under the management of Nick David. Stop in at some point, Room 1111 Coover.
D. I am discussing with NSF about a possible renewal of the WESEP IGERT. This will require some work….

11. Last Year’s Wind Symposium

12. Last Year’s Wind Symposium