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University of Texas at Dallas
800 W. Campbell Road
Richardson, TX 75080
Day 1: Wednesday January 28
7:30 am
Registration
7:30 - 8:15 am
Breakfast and Networking Time
8:15 - 8:40 am
Welcome Remarks
Mario Rotea, WindSTAR Site Director, UT Dallas
Bruce Gnade, Vice President Research, UT Dallas
Dean Spong, Dean of Engr. and Computer Sci., UT Dallas
8:40 - 9:15 am
NSF I/UCRC Presentation
Raffaella Montelli, NSF Program Director
Don Davis, Center Evaluator
9:15 9:45 am
Meeting Goals, Vision and Center Capabilities, IAB Update
Christopher Niezrecki, WindSTAR Director
Mario Rotea, WindSTAR Site Director
9:45 - 10:00 am
Break
10:00 - 11:30 am
Project Presentations, Discussion, and LIFE Forms
20 min. presentation followed by 10 min discussion with IAB and evaluation
E2-14 Extremun Seeking Control for Wind Turbine Power Maximization
E3-14 Two-step Optimization for Maximizing Wind Farm Power Output
A1-14 Design for Composite Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing
11:30 - 12:30 pm
Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Project Presentations, Discussion, and LIFE Forms
20 min. presentation followed by 10 min discussion with IAB and evaluation
A3-14 Failure Prevention via Self-healing Materials
D1-14 Large Area Turbine Blade Inspection
1:30 - 2:30 pm
Roadmap for WindSTAR Research
Interactive discussion with IAB members. Open to WindSTAR faculty and staff
2:30 - 2:45 pm
Break
2:45 - 3:45 pm
Discussion of Center Operation
Center By-Laws
3:45 - 4:00 pm
Review of Evening and Day 2 activities
Mario Rotea, WindSTAR Site Director
4:00 - 5:00 pm
IAB Prospect Companies Information Session (Location: Faculty Dining Hall)
Christopher Niezrecki, Center director
Mario Rotea, WindSTAR Site Director
Raffaella Montelli, NSF Program Director
5:00 - 6:00 pm
Poster Session (Location: Faculty Dining Hall)
IAB Members and prospective WindSTAR companies, faculty, and students
6:00 - 7:15 pm
Dinner & DOE Presentation (Location: Faculty Dining Hall)
Featured presentation by Dr. Mike Robinson, NREL and DOE
Industrial Advisory Board Meeting
Agenda
January 28-29, 2015
TI Auditorium, University of Texas at Dallas


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