epscor in iowa: harnessing energy in the biosphere
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Harnessing Energy in the
Biosphere
EPSCoR in Iowa:
Innovating Iowa’s Future
The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is aimed at building research capacity and increasing competitiveness for the state through investments in infrastructure and human capital. Through partnerships with Iowa’s three public universities, industry, private and community colleges, school districts, and government agencies, the program stimulates lasting research infrastructure improvements for the State of Iowa. (http://iowaepscor.org/)
The vision of a 5-year, $20M EPSCoR project funded by the National Science Foundation is to establish Iowa as a leader in the world-wide transition from fossil fuels to harnessing renewable energy sources in the biosphere. The project is composed of four distinct platforms: Bioenergy, Wind Energy, Energy Utilization, and Energy Policy.
The Wind Energy platform of the project will employ advanced engineering principles — including fluid dynamics, machine design, and control theory — to improve the reliability of wind turbines.
Wind Energy Resource CharacterizationAn outdoor laboratory will be established to collect reliable wind speed and turbulence data for use with computational models of wind turbine systems.
Blade Performance and ReliabilityBlade health monitoring diagnostics will be coupled with structural optimization and failure analysis to advance rotor blade performance.
Drivetrain Design OptimizationReliability-based design optimization (RBDO) will be employed to enhance design of wind turbine drive trains.
Green Energy GridsHighly adaptive, decentralized electric grid management techniques compatible with wind power systems will be developed.
Training the Next Generation
Through partnerships with industry, community colleges, private colleges, and school districts, this project will strengthen the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) pipeline across Iowa to support the next generation of scientists and educators. The goal of these efforts is to create a highly-skilled workforce that will meet the demands of Iowa’s emerging green economy and will continue to attract new industries to the state.
“As one of the leading wind energy-producing states in the nation,
Iowa is well-positioned to play a central role in the world-wide transition from
fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.”
Harnessing Energy in the Biosphere
Contact us
Jordan CohenState Governance
Committee ChairVP for Research and
Economic DevelopmentUniversity of Iowajordan-cohen@uiowa.edu
Robert Brown Project DirectorDirector, Bioeconomy
Institute, Iowa State University
Mechanical Engineeringrcbrown@iastate.edu
P. Barry ButlerWind Platform LeaderCo-Project DirectorExecutive Vice President and
Provost, University of IowaMechanical & Industrial
Engineering patrick-butler@uiowa.edu
ResourceCharacterization
Christopher AndersonAgronomy, Iowa State
Universitycjames@iastate.edu
James BuchholzMechanical and Industrial
Engineering, University of Iowa
james-h-buchholz@uiowa.edu
Andrey PetrovGeography,
University of Northern Iowaandrey.petrov@uni.edu
Gene TakleAtmospheric Science,
Iowa State Universitygstakle@iastate.edu
Blade Performance and Reliability James BuchholzMechanical and
Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa
james-h-buchholz@uiowa.edu
Michael KesslerMaterials Science and
Engineering, Iowa State University
mkessler@iastate.edu
Ganesh RajagopalanAerospace Engineering,
Iowa State Universityrajagopa@iastate.edu
Song ZhangMechanical and Industrial
Engineering, Iowa State University
song@iastate.edu
Olesya ZhupanskaMechanical and Industrial
Engineering, University of Iowa
olesya-zhupanska@uiowa.edu
Drivetrain Design Optimization Dionysios AliprantisElectrical and Computer
Engineering, Iowa State University
dali@iastate.edu
Kyung ChoiMechanical and Industrial
Engineering, University of Iowa
kyung-choi@uiowa.edu
Shaoping XiaoMechanical and Industrial
Engineering, University of Iowa
shaoping-xiao@uiowa.edu
Green Energy Grids
Yong ChenMechanical and Industrial
Engineering, University of Iowa
yong-chen@uiowa.edu
Soura DasguptaElectrical and Computer
Engineering, University of Iowa
soura-dasgupta@uiowa.edu
Pavlo KrokhmalMechanical and Industrial
Engineering, University of Iowa
pavlo-krokhmal@uiowa.edu
Raghuraman MudumbaiElectrical and Computer
Engineering, University of Iowa
raghuraman-mudumbai@uiowa.edu
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