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Introduction to the Wind Energy Science, Engineering, and Policy (WESEP)

Real-Time Research Seminar (RTRS)Fall Semester, 2013

J. McCalleyWESEP 594

August 30, 2013

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Overview

a. What is WESEP?b. Motivation for WESEPc. Housekeepingd. Planninge. Overview of WESEP 594

What is WESEP? Overview• A PhD degree program, like EE, ME, … but not a department• Interdepartmental: grad faculty from different departments

Aerospace EngrGeological & Atmospheric Sciences AgronomyElectrical & Computer Eng.Materials Science Eng.Industrial & Man Systems Eng.

SociologyEconomicsStatisticsJournalism & CommunicationsCivil, Con & Environmental Eng., Mechanical Eng.

Admitted applicants must have calculus-based UG or MS training. It is expected that most admitted applicants will come with UG and/or MS degrees in math, engineering, economics, statistics, atmospheric sciences.

Research structure is by following thrusts:I. Wind resource characterization & aerodynamics of wind farms II. Wind energy conversion system and grid operations III. Manufacturing, construction, and supply chainIV. Turbine reliability & health monitoringV. Economics, policy and public perception

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What is WESEP? 5 thrust areas for resrch & courses

You can suggest courses to add to this list; it will be considered and voted on by WESEP Supervisory committee:• AeroE 481, Advanced Wind

Energy: Technology and Design

• IE 508, Design and Analysis of Allocation Mechanisms

• Metr507, Mesoscale Meteorology

Thrust 1: Wnd rsrc chrctrztn & ardyn of wnd frmsAgon 505 Environmental biophysicsMteor 507 Mesoscale meteorology Mteor 605 MicrometeorologyEnSci 381/382 Environmental systems I, IIAgEds 451 Agricultural lawEE 553 Power System operationAerE 541 Incompressible flow ardynamAerE/ME 546 Comp fld mech/heat trnsfr AerE 570 Wind engineeringAerE/EM 570 Wind engineeringAerE 572 TurbulenceThrust 2: Wind energy cnvrsn sys & grid oprtnsAerE 541 Incompressible flow ardynamAerE/ME 546 Comp fld mech/heat trnsfr AerE 580* Wind turbine aerodynamicsAerE 522 Vibrations & aeroeleasticityME 543 Intro to rand vibs/nnlinr aerdyn EE 552 Power system planningEE 553 Power system operationEE 554 Power system dynamicsEE 556 Power electronic systems EE 559 Elctrmchncl wind energy conv&grid intgrtnEE 577 Linear systems EE 578 Nonlinear systemsME 517 Advanced machine designAerE 580* Wind turbine aerodynamics IE 531 Linear programmingIE 510 Network analysisIE 534 Linear programmingIE 631 Nonlinear programmingIE 632 Integer programmingThrust 3: Mnfctrng, cnstrction & supply chainAerE/EM 514 Advance mechanics of materialsAeroE 525 Finite element analysisCE 533 Structural steel design IICE 534 Reinforced concrete design II

CE 561 Applied foundation engineeringCE 460 Foundation EngineeringCE 535 Prestressed Concrete StructuresCE 541.Dynamic Analysis of StructuresIE 503 Intro to sustainable production systemsIE 514 Production schedulingIE 543 Wind energy manufacturingIE 541 Inventory cntrl & production planningIE 546 Geometric variability in manufacturingIE 549 Cmptr aided design & manufacturingME/EM 564 Fracture and fatigueME 520 Material & manufctrng in designMSE 554 Polymer composites & processingMSE 569 Mchncs of composite/combined mtrlsSCM 522 Supply chain planning & control systemsThrust 4: Reliability and health monitoringEM/MSE 550 Fundamentals of NDEMSE/EE 588 Eddy current NDEEM 551 Fund of ultrasonic NDE engrStat 500 Statistical methodsStat 511 Statistical methodsStat 533 ReliabilityStat 542 Theory of probability and statistics IStat 543 Theory of probability and statistics IIThrust 5: Wind econ, policy,& public perceptionEcon501 MicroeconomicsEcon 581 Advanced Environmental EconEcon 580 Intrmdite Envrnmntl/resource econEcon 537 Cmmdty Mrkts: Analysis & StrategyJl MC 547 Science communicationJl MC 560X Risk perception & communicationSoc382 Environmental sociologySoc415 Sociology of technologySoc 549 Sociology of the environment

WESEP 502

Thrust 1 Courses

Thrust 2 Courses

Thrust 3 Courses

Thrust 4 Courses

Thrust 5 Courses

WESEP 501 (Agron 590)

WESEP 512WESEP 511

LEVEL 2: CORE COURSES (DEPTH AND BREADTH)Students take 4 courses in major thrust, 3 in secondary thrust

LEVEL 1: INTRODUCTORY COURSES (BREADTH)Students take both WESEP 501 and 502

LEVEL 3: SPECIALIZATION COURSES (DEPTH)Students select one of WESEP 511 or 512

WESEP 594 (EE 594B)

Real-Time Research Collaborative

(1 credit course taken every semester)

Cognitive approaches, team-based research,

leadership, ethics, communications

What is WESEP? Curriculum

Level 2: POLICY COURSE*Econ, PolySci, Soc,

JLMCC

Every year

Every 3rd sem

Every sem

*If policy is a secondary area, then Level 2 course is chosen out of a thrust not major or secondary.

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Motivation: See handout

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home.eng.iastate.edu/~jdm/wesep594/index.htm

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The WESEP PhD degree crosses boundaries between • Atmos science, Econ, Statistics, Engr, Policy, Finance• Within engineering: AE, CE, EE, IMSE, ME, & Materials

Why WESEP will be successful

And so this degree will enable you to work effectively across all of these boundaries.

Perhaps of more importance, we intend to provide you with a foundation of “boundary crossing,” enabling you to work effectively in the seams of different disciplines that you will encounter in the future.

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Housekeeping: Register on IGERT.ORG

Students, faculty, and AdminCoordinator (Barb) should register:• Promotes collaboration between projects (poster contest, webinar

tool is available with free phone conference line, speakers and seminars can be streamed, they can record and post videos)

• Share resources (news, job-board, conference calendar) so that all IGERT students and faculty can benefit from them;

• Dissemination and outreach. In the library, you can post the abstract of the publication and then link to the journal and these articles will rise to the top that are presented, highlights, achievements, and “stories” can be placed in the “Showcase”

• Networking: they have an algorithm to connect people. Also, you can put your external website there and you will get more hits.

• Students will have to submit IGERT annual reports.Use contact@igert.org to ask questions about how to use IGERT.org.

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Planning: Typical time line

Time Courses PhD Visits

Semesters 1,2 501 and 502; 4 cores

Summer 1 *

Semesters 3,4 511 or 512; 4 cores Qualifier exam

Summer 2 International experience#

Semesters 5,6 * Preliminary exam

Summer 3 Industry internship#

Semesters 7,8 *

Summer 4 Final defense

* You may want to take more courses. You may also want to delay taking some core courses until these semesters. This decisions is to be made by you and your advisor.# You may like to reverse the order of these visits. This decisions is to be made by you and your advisor.

A 4-year “time-to-degree” is typical but a student may take somewhat more or less time.You should fill this table yourself with exactly which course you will take and when.Check with department to ensure you know when they will be offered.

Planning: Research topic

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• To obtain WESEP PhD, choose a wind energy topic.• You and advisor must agree on the topic.• You are encouraged to identify one or more

companies who will be interested in your dissertation work. Mid-term or long-term interests are preferred; We desire to work collaboratively with industry;

o Monthly or quarterly conference calls strongly encouragedo Facilitates internship opportunity and the potential for that

opportunity to facilitate and enrich the research Use “Project spreadsheet” in considering your topic choice

Planning: dissertation as “living” draft

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• Have draft1.0 of dissertation by Semester 2: Thrust area, topic, objective, chapter headings Some literature review

• Have draft2.0 of dissertation by Semester 3: Thrust area, topic, objective, chapter headings Significant literature review Chapter 1, including high-level articulation of your approach A research plan for next three years Initial draft of qualifier (should become part of dissertation)

• Additional comments:• Advisor should be aware of/involved in your planning• Turn into WESEP supervisory committee (John Jackman)• A dissertation draft in year 1?!!!!

Better to have a plan and change it than not have a planLiving draft: good way to maintain your current thinkingAvoids stress of “writing an entire book” at the end

Planning: qualifier

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Objective of exam: The objective of the qualifier exam is to determine if the student is able to perform research at the level required by the Ph.D. degree.

Expected timeframe of exam: The qualifier exam is to be administered during the third full semester following the student’s entry into the program.

Planning: qualifier

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Exam format: The student submits a 5-7 page paper one week in advance of the exam date and provides a 15-minute oral summary of the paper, followed by approximately 15 minutes of questioning by the evaluation committee. The qualifier exam is “open” (i.e., anyone may attend the sessions). The major professor is particularly encouraged to be present. The student may be questioned on the content of the submitted paper and presented materials, information from graduate courses taken to date (particularly related to fundamental concepts), and research methods and approaches.

Planning: qualifier

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Problem to be addressed: The student should develop a research problem related to the dissertation. This may include an articulation of the dissertation problem itself or a sub-problem within the dissertation topic. Some amount of literature review is appropriate. The student will be asked to expound on a research problem and its significance, list the main questions to be answered, propose the method(s), identify needed resources and potential issues that might emerge, and explain expected outcomes. The student should drive the idea and area of work with guidance from the major professor.

Overview of WESEP 594

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• NSF: ISU’s grad education should change as a result.• WESEP PhDs required to take it each semester• 4 year program Take this course 8 times.• Objective: To enhance students’ research skills in

Wind Energy Science, Engineering & Policy (WESEP)• Intended to complement your research efforts• Instruction on how to do research• Opportunities to collaborate• Tangible outcomes: proposals and papers!

• It is more than a 1 credit course: you are the heart of the WESEP program, and this course is a very central tool to use in making it successful.

WESEP 594 Activities

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1. Broaden cognitive approaches: 4 Seasoned researchers will provide lectures on how they “do” research; how they think while doing it, addressing:• How do we become aware of the problems we work on? • What are the attributes of a “good research problem”? • To what extent can research be planned?• What is the interplay between creativity and literature review? • What is the desired “end-product” of a research project (paper? “contribution”?

patent? technology transfer? impact? graduated student?); how in the research process does choice of “end-product” affect what happens?

• When does bottom-up and top-down thinking yield their greatest potential? • How are solution approaches identified? • What constitutes acceptable evidence that a problem is indeed solved?• What organizational structures and modes of human interaction are effective in

facilitating research?

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2. Develop leadership skills: 2 classes/semester to be dedicated to ethics, communication, and leadership issues.

This activity is central to the WESEP program because high wind penetration will lead to complex human interactions between landowners and land managers, manufacturers, utilities, regulators, state and federal agencies, policy-makers, ecologists, and non-government organizations.

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3. Industry lectures: 2-3 lectures will be given by individuals from industry. If you have suggestions on who you would like to hear from, please do let me know. Below are some examples.

•Midwest ISO•CA ISO•PJM•MidAmerican•Alliant

• Iowa Utilities Board• Iowa Office of

Energy Independence

•Ames National Lab•Argonne National Lab•National Renewable Energy Lab• Los Alamos National Lab• Sandia National Lab

•Acciona•Clipper •GE•Siemens

•ABB•enXco• Iowa

PrestressedConcrete

•Rockwell Automation• TPI

Wind Turbine Manufacturers

Utilities, Regulators, System Operators

Component Suppliers,

Maintenance Providers

Government Labs

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In the past, WESEP 594 students completed an end-to-endresearch effort in teams.

Motivation was that having students do this 8 times (once per semester for 4 years) would give good experience in “doing research” while providing a desirable breadth of understanding for wind energy.

There was some feedback from students last year indicating their efforts to accomplish this was pretty time-intensive, and that it made them divide their time between the chosen WESEP 594 topic their own dissertation work.

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Alternative approach:• Each student to provide presentation: two presenters per class • Presentation should focus on their research:

objective, motivation, approach, any results, relationship to the work of other WESEP students

• Presenter selects technical paper; distributes 1 week in advance together with dissertation topic Paper to provide foundational background for important element(s) of the disst topicAll WESEP 594 students to read paper to gain background and prepare for seminar

• Each presenter has 20 min + 5 min Q&A• Rest of the class provides “Response” (< 1 pg) by end of class:

How does the work relate (or could relate) to my own disst work? How does the work relate (or could relate) to the disst work of other WESEP students? What are the strengths of this research? How could the research be enriched/improved?

Student Response to Presenter

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My name: (Class students fill this out before class)

Today’s Student Presenter 1: (Class students fill this out before class)

Research paper 1 author, title: (Class students fill this out before class)

Research topic Student 1: (Class students fill this out before class)

1-page response: How does the work relate (or could relate) to my own disst work? (Develop 1 paragraph narrative before class) How does the work relate (or could relate) to disst work of other WESEP students? (Develop 1 paragraph narrative before class) What are the strengths of this research? (Develop 1 paragraph narrative in class) How could the research be enriched/improved? (Develop 1 paragraph narrative in class)

Turn in to instructor at end of class.Instructor reviews; passes on to Presenter 1 the next week