Offshore Wind Interest Group

Offshore wind energy is a growing industry along the east coast of the United States, particularly in the waters just off Long Island. We have considerable expertise in different facets of this industry across campus (e.g., engineering and design, energy grid issues) as well as a number of researchers working to understand the potential impacts of offshore wind development on the marine ecosystem, notably seabirds and marine mammals. The goal of this interest group is to initiate conversations across these different areas of specialty on campus, and to coordinate collaborations between campus researchers and others (e.g., industry, government agencies) working on offshore wind energy development and monitoring.

Group Members: 

Dimitris Assanis (Mechanical Engineering), Krystina Braid (SPIR Center), Yong Chen (SoMAS), Jackie Collier (SoMAS), Cynthia Colon (OWTI-SPD), Mohammad Delasay (College of Business), Donna Digiovanni (E&E), Steve Englebright (SC Legislature), Bettina Fries (Medicine), Christine Gilbert (SoMAS), Benjamin Hsiao (Chemistry), Reuben Kline (Political Science), Heather Lynch (IACS/E&E/C4E), Joshua Rest (E&E), Carl Safina (SoMAS), Paul Shepson (SoMAS), Gordon Taylor (SoMAS), Lesley Thorne (SoMAS), Jason Trelewicz (Materials Science and Chemical Engineering), Joe Warren (SoMAS), Yifan Zhou (Electrical Engineering)