2. Presentation Topics Julie Chen - UML Introduction Structural Dynamics and Acoustic Systems Laboratory Chris Niezrecki - UML Wind James Sherwood - Composites David Willis - Aerodynamics Tzu-Yang Yu - SHM Peter Avitabile - Blade Loads Advanced Composite Materials and Textile Research Laboratory Chris Niezrecki - DIC Civil - Structural Engineering Laboratory Computational and Experimental Fluids Laboratory Other Members of WTRG Path Forward

3. Strategic Wind Energy Partnerships Mark Rumsey, Wind Energy Technology Department, Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) Stephen Nolet, Director, Design Engineering TPI Composites (TPI), Warren, RI Scott Hughes, Natl. Wind Technology Ctr. Natl. Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) Southwest Windpower, Flagstaff, AZ Rahul Yarala, Boston, MA

4. External Wind Related Projects DOE: “Effect of Manufacturing-Induced Defects on Reliability of Composite Wind Turbine Blades” ($499k) Figure 1. Project Plan of Work and Flow NSF: Dynamic Stress-Strain Prediction of Vibrating Structures in Operation ($189k) UMass President’s Office S&T Initiative Fund: Wind and Clean Energy Initiative to Build Collaboration and Cluster Competitiveness ($110k) National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, National Grid, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative NSF (pending): Large Area Rapid Inspection of Composite Structures ($391k) NIST-TIP (pending): Integrated Approach to Linking the Design, Manufacture and Life Analysis of the Next Generation of Composite Wind Turbine Blades ($6.3M)