Research Projects

Wind and Wave

Research Members

	Larry Atkinson, eminent professor and the Samuel L. and Fay M. Slover Professor of Oceanography, is an expert in coastal oceanography and has extensive experience with "observing systems" that monitor the Chesapeake Bay and oceans. He is the secretary of the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Observing Regional Association and on the Steering Committee of the Chesapeake Bay Observing System. His current research funding from NOAA supports installation of a surface current radar mapping system in the lower Chesapeake Bay. He collaborates with the U.S. Navy on research involving autonomous underwater vehicles that may be of use in exploring wind farm sites and underwater engineering. Contact 757.683.4926 Atkinson@ccpo.odu.edu
	David R. Basco, professor of civil engineering and director of the Coastal Engineering Center at ODU, can draw on vast experience to investigate physical impacts of wind farms on currents, sediment transport and shorelines along the Virginia coast. He is uniquely qualified to evaluate offshore wind farm sites in the Mid-Atlantic region according to legal/governmental, economic, environmental, technological and aesthetic measures and constraints. His Coastal Engineering Center has a Coastal Area Morphodynamic Simulation (CAMS) system that can perform the numerical modeling needed to identify relative physical impacts of wind farms depending on where they might be located. Contact 757.683.3223 dbasco@odu.edu
	Shirshak Dhali, professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is a senior member of the Institute of the Electrical and Electronics Engineers. With funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, he has worked on pollution abatement related to energy production. He also has research interests in power electronics and sensors and is currently co-principal investigator on a project for the U.S. Navy involving multi-electro-optic sensors for surveillance of coastal areas. Similar sensors could monitor the direction and power of winds off the Virginia shore. His work can predict fluctuations in power produced by wind generation and how the power can best be integrated with existing power grids. Contact 757. 683.3744 sdhali@odu.edu
	Vishnu Lakdawala, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has worked with the Atomic Molecular and High Voltage Physics group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research focuses include electron attachment in fluorine compounds, breakdown studies in compressed gases and vacuum, material characterization and simulation studies in compound semiconductors and high-power semiconductor switches. He and collaborators will develop stochastic models to predict wind power generation and strategies for integration of wind power into conventional grids. Contact 757.683.4665 vlakdawa@odu.edu
	Ravindra Joshi, professor of electrical and computer engineering, is involved in research broadly encompassing modeling and simulations of charge transport, simulation of electronic devices and semiconductors, non-equilibrium phenomena, breakdown physics and bioelectrics. He is a senior member of the Institute of the Electrical and Electronics Engineers and has been a visiting scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Kirtland Laboratory, Motorola, NASA Goddard and Brooks Base. Contact 757.683.4827 rjoshi@odu.edu
	Jose Luis Blanco, post-doctoral fellow, and Teresa Garner, research assistant, at ODU's Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, have projects that will shed light on the feasibility of wind and wave electricity generation. Blanco studies physical processes and climate variability in coastal areas. Garner's experience includes work in harmonic analysis of tides, tidal current prediction and development of a method to determine the largest vertical length scales of turbulent eddies. Contact 757.683.5556 jlblanco@ccpo.odu.edu

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