CEE alumna Barbara Simpson (CEE PhD 2018) is the principal investigator on a research project to be funded by a $1.25M grant from the US Department of Energy.
The research team will simulate the combined and complex effects of wind and wave forces on turbines by conducting physical experiments and numerical models.
Dr. Barbara Simpson is an assistant professor of structural engineering at Oregon State University.
See DOE funding wind in the sails for offshore energy research (Oregon State University blog, 11.5.19)